ABSTRACT

In this article, three prevailing myths about team and organisational culture – an increasingly popular topic in applied sport psychology research and practice – are identified, reviewed and challenged. These are; that culture is characterised only by what is shared, that culture is a variable and therefore something that a particular group has, and that culture change involves moving from the old culture to an entirely new one. We present a challenge to each myth through the introduction of alternative theoretical and empirical material and discuss the implications for sport psychology research and practice. The intent of this endeavour is to stimulate debate on how to best conceptualise and study culture. More broadly, we aim to encourage sport psychologists to consider team and organisational culture in new and/or varied ways, beyond current conceptualisations of consensus, clarity, integration and as a management tool to facilitate operational excellence and on-field athletic success.

摘要

在本文中，确定，审查和挑战了关于团队和组织文化的三个普遍的神话，这三个神话是应用体育心理学研究和实践中越来越流行的话题。这些是; 文化仅以共享为特征，文化是可变的，因此是特定群体拥有的东西，文化的变化涉及从旧文化向全新文化的转变。通过引入可供选择的理论和经验材料，我们对每个神话提出了挑战，并讨论了对体育心理学研究和实践的启示。这项工作的目的是激发有关如何最好地概念化和研究文化的辩论。更广泛地说，我们旨在鼓励体育心理学家以新的和/或多种方式考虑团队和组织文化，