Women in sports leadership: A systematic narrative review

AB Evans, GU Pfister - … review for the sociology of sport, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Gender inequity in sport organisation boards, particularly in decision-making positions,
remains a significant issue. Considerable research exists on the topic yet attempts to …

[KNJIGA][B] Diversity and inclusion in sport organizations: A multilevel perspective

GB Cunningham - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective is a comprehensive
introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender, age, mental and …

'CEO equals man': Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance

LV Piggott, ECJ Pike - … review for the sociology of sport, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the benefits of diversity amongst sport leaders increasingly being argued by both
researchers and practitioners, English sport governance remains gender-imbalanced at all …

Gender, leadership, and governance in English national governing bodies of sport: Formal structures, rules, and processes

LV Piggott, JJK Matthews - Journal of Sport …, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
Within this article, the authors explore the extent to which the administrative and governance
hierarchies, rules, and processes of two English national governing bodies (NGBs) …

Women's experiences in the mixed martial arts: A quest for excitement?

M Mierzwinski, P Velija… - Sociology of Sport …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), like the majority of relatively violent sports, has mainly been
organized around the capabilities of the male body. However various indices suggest that …

Football as work: The new realities of professional women footballers in England

A Culvin - 2019 - clok.uclan.ac.uk
In 2011, the Football Association (FA), the national governing body of football in England,
launched the first semi-professional league for women. The inception of the FA Women's …

Contestation, disruption and legitimization in women's rugby league

T Taylor, D O'Connor, C Hanlon - Sport in Society, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Women's professional team sport leagues have experienced a dramatic increase, yet
research exploring the employment conditions and the perspectives the players involved is …

A review of research on mergers of male and female national sporting organisations (NSOs)

C Meyler, K Liston, A Lane - Managing Sport and Leisure, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Since the early 1990s, governments worldwide have championed the idea of merging single-
sex (men's and women's) national sports organisations (NSOs) into one, for several reasons …

Achieving gender equity: Barriers and possibilities at board level in Swedish sport

D Alsarve - European Sport Management Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Research questions How is the 'problem'of gender equity described, perceived and
experienced by female and male board members in Swedish sport today? What key …

Women and sport leadership: a case study of a development programme

E Pike, A White, J Matthews, S Southon… - The Palgrave handbook of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract In 2014, the International Working Group for Women and Sport published the
results of a study investigating the global progress made within the women-and-sport …