In sport psychology, organizational culture is usually depicted as shared, consistent, and clear—the glue that holds people together so they can achieve success. There is, however, growing discontent in sport psychology with this idea of culture and extensive critiques in other academic domains that suggest this perspective is limited. Accordingly, the authors draw on narrative interviews with participants (n = 7) from different areas of sport and use Martin and Meyerson’s three perspective (integration, differentiation, and fragmentation) approach to culture alongside thematic analysis to reconstruct three “ideal cases” that exemplify each perspective. The findings emphasize a different pattern of meaning in each actors’ narrative and suggest the need to develop a broader, more inclusive concept of culture, so as not to minimize or dismiss cultural content that is not obviously shared, clear, or created by leadership; a course of action that can enhance both research and practice in the area.

在运动心理学中，组织文化通常被描述为共享，一致且清晰的组织，这是将人们团结在一起以使他们取得成功的粘合剂。然而，随着这种文化观念和其他学术领域的广泛批评，人们对运动心理学的不满与日俱增，这表明这种观点是有限的。因此，作者对参与者进行叙述性访谈（n = 7）从体育的不同领域出发，使用马丁和梅森（Martin and Meyerson）的三个视角（整合，分化和碎片化）方法进行文化研究，并进行主题分析，以重构出三个“理想案例”，以例证每个视角。这些发现强调了每个行为者叙事中的意义模式不同，并建议有必要发展更广泛，更具包容性的文化概念，以免最小化或消除领导层显然没有分享，清楚或创造的文化内容；可以加强该领域研究和实践的行动方针。