Does stress affect nonverbal engagement in teams? A case study in professional team sport. Issue 3 (1st November 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Does stress affect nonverbal engagement in teams? A case study in professional team sport. Issue 3 (1st November 2019)
- Main Title:
- Does stress affect nonverbal engagement in teams? A case study in professional team sport
- Authors:
- Serpell, Benjamin G.
Larkham, Stephen
Cook, Christian J. - Abstract:
- Abstract : Purpose: Team effectiveness is often predicated by a group's ability to communicate. However, the effect of stress response on communication success, particularly nonverbal engagement, and how this might affect team performance, is not clear; a "phenomenon" this study sought to explore. Design/methodology/approach: This was an observational study in a cohort of professional rugby players. Participants gave presentations to their peers on two separate occasions during a "live-in" camp designed to have psychologically stressful elements. Presentations were video recorded and audience engagement was measured. Testosterone and cortisol were used as biomarkers of stress response, with a high testosterone–cortisol ratio considered positive. A team training session followed the presentations and participants were rated for training quality. Findings: A small decline in testosterone was observed each day after waking. Conversely, cortisol rose after waking, with the rise being the highest on the first day. A decline in testosterone–cortisol ratio was also seen each day after waking; the decline was greatest on the first day. Presentation duration and audience engagement was greatest for the second presentation; when the testosterone-cortisol ratio decline and the cortisol increase after waking was smaller. Training quality was also better that day. Pooled data revealed a moderate inverse relationship and weak positive relationships for audience engagement withAbstract : Purpose: Team effectiveness is often predicated by a group's ability to communicate. However, the effect of stress response on communication success, particularly nonverbal engagement, and how this might affect team performance, is not clear; a "phenomenon" this study sought to explore. Design/methodology/approach: This was an observational study in a cohort of professional rugby players. Participants gave presentations to their peers on two separate occasions during a "live-in" camp designed to have psychologically stressful elements. Presentations were video recorded and audience engagement was measured. Testosterone and cortisol were used as biomarkers of stress response, with a high testosterone–cortisol ratio considered positive. A team training session followed the presentations and participants were rated for training quality. Findings: A small decline in testosterone was observed each day after waking. Conversely, cortisol rose after waking, with the rise being the highest on the first day. A decline in testosterone–cortisol ratio was also seen each day after waking; the decline was greatest on the first day. Presentation duration and audience engagement was greatest for the second presentation; when the testosterone-cortisol ratio decline and the cortisol increase after waking was smaller. Training quality was also better that day. Pooled data revealed a moderate inverse relationship and weak positive relationships for audience engagement with post-meeting cortisol and post-meeting testosterone–cortisol ratio, respectively. Training quality was related to testosterone and testosterone–cortisol ratio, but inversely related to cortisol. Originality/value: This study suggests that in stressful conditions, as suggested by an awakening hormone response, communication and team performance could become compromised with reduced ability to engage with others. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Team performance management. Volume 26:Issue 3/4(2020)
- Journal:
- Team performance management
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Issue 3/4(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 3/4 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 3/4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0026-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 197
- Page End:
- 210
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-01
- Subjects:
- Communication -- Stress -- Cortisol -- Hormones -- Testosterone -- Endocrinology
Teams in the workplace -- Periodicals
Employee empowerment -- Periodicals
Management -- Employee participation -- Periodicals
658.402 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1352-7592 ↗
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1108/TPM-06-2019-0059 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1352-7592
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