The Indirect effect of team cohesion on pakikisama intention among in-flight safety professionals

Abstract

Previous research on group-level constructs such as team cohesion has shown its significant effects on individual behavior. However, this notion is yet to be examined under the context of a highly dynamic workplace setting such as the airline industry. The primary purpose of the study is to determine the indirect effects of measures of team cohesion on pakikisama intention through psychosocial factors attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control among in-flight safety professionals in the Philippines. It is hypothesized that at least one measure of team cohesion, namely task cohesion, social cohesion, and individual attraction to the group, has a significant indirect effect on pakikisama intention through the proposed mediating variables (ab ≠ 0). Through simple random sampling, the researcher gathered 101 flight attendants and 74 flight stewards who are members of the Flight Attendants' and Stewards' Association of the Philippines (N = 175, Mage = 31, SD = 8.89) as respondents for the study. Data obtained using adapted versions of the Team Cohesion (TC) Questionnaire and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Questionnaire were calculated using SPSS version 19 at a = .05, p < .05. The macro INDIRECT (2008) for SPSS was also used in order to determine the indirect effects of team cohesion on pakikisama intention. Findings indicate that only individual attraction to the group has a significant indirect effect on pakikisama intention through psychosocial factors attitude and perceived behavioral control, a = .01, p < .01.