Sport contribution to open communication in a workplace:  a qualitative study

dc.contributor.author	Joubert, Yvonne Trijntje
dc.date.accessioned	2015-02-25T14:04:18Z
dc.date.available	2015-02-25T14:04:18Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.citation	Joubert, Y.T. (2014). Sport contribution to open communication in a workplace: a qualitative study. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 24(1)	en
dc.identifier.issn	1433-0237
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18271
dc.description.abstract	This study explored employees’ perceptions of the contribution that conversations about sport have on workplace social bonding. Participants were 63 sport participants from nine different financial organisations in the Gauteng region of South Africa (33% were female and 67% were male). The ages of participants ranged from 21 years to 43 years. Data regarding the contribution that sport has on open communication in the workplace were collected from the participants using focus group discussions and individual interviews. The results indicate that conversations about sport facilitated organisation social bonding and quality of service.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	common ground, communication, connection point, icebreaker, organisational team sport	en
dc.title	Sport contribution to open communication in a workplace: a qualitative study	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Human Resource Management	en