SportLogia
Vol. 7, Issue 2, Decembar 2011.
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND MICROSOCIAL
STRUCTURE WITHIN FEMALE HANDBALL TEAM
Joško Sindik1 and Dodi Mihaljević2
1Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
2Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split, Croatia
ORGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER
10.5550/sgia.110702.en.155S
COBISS.BH-ID: 2433048
UDC: 796.322.058-053.2
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In a sample of 18 players, members of the senior major league handball team, the correlation between the micro structure of handball in relation to their socioeconomic status, using the sociometric procedure, was analyzed. The research results lead to the acceptance of the hypothesis that the players of the same socioeconomic status, have better mutual emotional acceptance. The hypothesis of a better mutual functional accepting players of the same socioeconomic status, may be only partially accepted, in a field of the trend of cooperation in the game, but not in relation to the selection of players with the authority of leaders or handball knowledge. Hypothesis about the hierarchical microsocial structure of groups can be fully accepted. Players are in relation to sociometric status differentiated into four levels of hierarchy, while at the top of this hierarchy, team captain. Selection of team captain by players directed by a player (“leader”), according to the functional and emotional criteria.
Key words: handball, sociometry, connection, contingency, hierarchy.
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