Consequences of prosocail and antisocial teammate behaviours for the recipient

This thesis investigates the potential consequences of prosocial and antisocial teammate behaviours for the recipient in sport. Specifically, (a) whether prosocial and antisocial teammate behaviours are related to effort, performance, commitment, attention, task cohesion, burnout, and affective outcomes; and (b) the potential mediators and moderators of these relationships. Overall, prosocial teammate behaviour was positively related to enjoyment, happiness, positive affect, effort, performance, commitment, and task cohesion, and negatively related to burnout. The effects of prosocial teammate behaviour on: (a) effort, perceived performance, and commitment were mediated by enjoyment; (b) perceived performance and commitment were mediated by effort and perceived performance, respectively; and (c) task cohesion and burnout were mediated by positive affect. Mastery climate moderated the relationships between prosocial teammate behaviour and enjoyment and perceived performance. Antisocial teammate behaviour was positively related to anger, negative affect, actual performance, and burnout, and negatively related to effort, perceived performance, attention, and task cohesion. The effects of antisocial teammate behaviour on: (a) effort were mediated by anger; and (b) task cohesion and burnout were mediated by negative affect. Performance climate moderated the antisocial teammate behaviour-perceived performance relationship. These findings are discussed in relation to theory, relevant literature, implications, and future research directions