Below is a selection of relevant papers that members of our research team have published. Bolded author names are current and former members of the lab. If you’re unable to access any of these papers, please email Desi for the author version.
For additional information on team effectiveness and teamwork, please refer to the following two infographics:
2026 & In Press
- Walhauser, K., Chen, S., Atkinson, S., & McEwan, D. A scoping review of intercollegiate athlete burnout. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport.
- Crawford, K., Brown, D. J., Arnold, R., McKay, C., & McEwan, D. A mixed methods examination of a season-long teamwork training intervention for university sport teams. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
- Shah, E., Arnold, R., Moore, L., Lyon-Monk, O., & McEwan, D. A mixed methods exploration of how shared athlete leadership influences teamwork. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
- McGuire, C. S., McEwan, D., & Beauchamp, M. R. Dyadic trust in sport: A theoretical and integrative review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Stewart, P., Fletcher, D., Arnold, R., & McEwan, D. Performance support team effectiveness in elite sport: a narrative review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Wolf, S. A., Evans, M. B., McEwan, D., Sylvester, B. D., & Greene, T. L. Gathering strength in numbers: Team cohesion increases precompetitive excitement through enhanced social support, self-efficacy, and coping prospects. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
2025
- McGuire, C., Brown, D., McEwan, D., Arnold, R., & Martin, L. Thriving together: Conceptual and methodological considerations for examining group-level thriving in interdependent sport. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Szabadics, A., Morgan, P., Sarkar, M., McEwan, D., & McCormack, F. Team resilience in women’s high-performance football: Contextual stressors and opportunities for development. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
- Bichmann, A., Blanchard, E. E., Wittig, J., McEwan, D., Cooper, D., Tannenbaum, S., Tofil, S., Salas, E., Weller, J., Schnaubelt, S., Paige, J. T., & Lauridsen, K. G. Impact of team composition on learning outcomes following simulation-based training of teamwork competencies: A systematic review. Simulation in Healthcare.
2024
- Crawford, K. L., Arnold, R., McKay, C., & McEwan, D. Coaching teamwork: Team sport athletes’ and coaches’ perceptions of teamwork facilitators. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
- López-Gajardo, M. A., Díaz-García, J., Leo, F. M., & McEwan, D. Reciprocal effects between teamwork, emergent states, and perceived team performance in sport: A longitudinal investigation. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Bird, M. D., McEwan, D., Healy, L. C., & Jackman, P. C. Goal setting practices in sport and exercise psychology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
- Paes, M. J., Arthur, D. P., Machado, T. A., Fernandes, G. J., McEwan, D., & Stefanello, J. M. Psychometric support for a Brazilian version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teamwork in Sport (MATS-B). Perceptual and Motor Skills.
- Vella, S., Schweickle, M., Sutcliffe, J., Mayland, E., McEwan, D., & Swann, C. Psychological safety in sport: A systematic review and concept analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Stewart, P. F., Fletcher, D., Arnold, R., & McEwan, D. Exploring perceptions of performance support team effectiveness in elite sport. Sport Management Review.
2023 and earlier
- McEwan, D., Shah, E., Crawford, K. L., Jackman, P., Hoffmann, M. D., Bruner, M. W., Cardinal, E., McLaren, C., & Benson, A. J. The psychometric properties of two brief measures of teamwork in sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- Jeong, Y. H., Healy, L. C., & McEwan, D. The application of Goal Setting Theory to goal setting interventions in sport: A systematic review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- López-Gajardo, M. A., Leo, F. M., Jackman, P., & McEwan, D. Teamwork execution and team resilience: A multistudy examination of reciprocal and longitudinal relationships. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology.
- López-Gajardo, M. A., McEwan, D., Pulido, J., Díaz-García, J., & Leo, F. M. Do teams with greater team resilience perceive higher performance at the end of the season? A multilevel analysis in sport teams. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.
- McEwan, D., & Crawford, K. Why does teamwork execution break down? Experiences of university team sport athletes. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology.
- McEwan, D., & Beauchamp, M. R. Teamwork training in sport: A pilot intervention study. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
- Fransen, K., McEwan, D., & Sarkar, M. The impact of identity leadership on team functioning and well-being in team sport: Is psychological safety the missing link? Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
- McEwan, D. The effects of perceived teamwork on emergent states and satisfaction with performance among team sport athletes. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology.
- McEwan, D. A home advantage? Examining 100 years of team success in National Hockey League playoff overtime games. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
- McEwan, D., Zumbo, B. D., Eys, M. A., & Beauchamp, M. R. The development and psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teamwork in Sport (MATS). Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
- McEwan, D., Ruissen, G. R., Eys, M. A., Zumbo, B. D., & Beauchamp, M. R. The effectiveness of teamwork training on teamwork behaviors and team performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled interventions. PLOS ONE.
- Beauchamp, M. R., McEwan, D., & Waldhauser, K. Team building: Conceptual, methodological, and applied considerations. Current Opinion in Psychology.
- McEwan, D., & Beauchamp, M. R. Teamwork in sport: A theoretical and integrative review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.