There's No "I" in "Team": Lessons from Athletics on Community Building | Zendy

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There's No "I" in "Team": Lessons from Athletics on Community Building

Author(s) -

Lisa WolfWendel,

J. Douglas Toma,

Christopher C. Morphew

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

review of higher education/the review of higher education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1090-7009

pISSN - 0162-5748

DOI - 10.1353/rhe.2001.0012

Subject(s) - athletes , adversary , public relations , psychology , team building , college athletics , higher education , sociology , political science , management , law , medicine , economics , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics

This study explores how athletics meets the challenges associated with creating a community out of difference and how its processes can serve as a model for higher education. Based on interviews with athletes, coaches, and athletic administrators from five NCAA division I institutions, this study reports traits that facilitate community-building: team members share a common goal; they engage in intense, frequent interaction; they share adversity; they have a common enemy; and they recognize that each individual has something important to contribute.

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