Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Année : 2025

The Influence of Cultural Diversity on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Professional Sport Teams: The Moderating Role of Intercultural Competence

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Professional sports teams provide a relevant setting for the study of multicultural work groups. Engaging in additional tasks or voluntary efforts-broadly referred to as organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs)-is key to the effective functioning of such teams. Unfortunately, cultural diversity has been shown to decrease team cohesion and could therefore be detrimental to OCBs. However, intercultural competence (IC) should help team members understand and adapt to the cultural diversity in their teams. Because these aspects remain poorly understood, this study examines the influence of cultural diversity on OCB (i.e., sportspersonship, civic virtue, helping behavior), and the moderating role of IC. A vignette survey study was conducted with 219 professional athletes from different sports (i.e., football, basketball, and volleyball). Data were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling. Results suggest an inverted curvilinear relationship between cultural diversity and OCB, with OCBs being significantly lower in the moderate cultural diversity condition compared to the low and high conditions. In addition, the results suggest that athletes' level of IC acted as a positive moderator between the level of cultural diversity and perceptions of OCB. These findings are discussed in relation to the literature on cultural diversity and (sport) team dynamics.

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hal-05007597 , version 1 (26-03-2025)

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Manon Eluère, Jean-Philippe Heuzé, Michael Godfrey, Valérian Cécé, Anne Bartel-Radic, et al.. The Influence of Cultural Diversity on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Professional Sport Teams: The Moderating Role of Intercultural Competence. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2025, 25 (2), pp.421-442. ⟨10.1177/14705958251332112⟩. ⟨hal-05007597⟩
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