Understanding Athlete Adaptation in the National Hockey League through an Archival Data Source

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Schinke ◽  
Alain P. Gauthier ◽  
Nicole G. Dubuc ◽  
Troy Crowder
Keyword(s):  
Professional Athletes ◽  
National Hockey League ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Career Transitions ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Aboriginal Culture ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Adjustment Strategies ◽  
Insight Into

The study of adaptation in elite sport delineates the adjustment strategies of amateur and professional athletes during career transitions (e.g., promotion, relocation). Fiske (2004) recently identified 5 core motives as the vehicles to adaptation: belonging, understanding, controlling, self-enhancement, and trusting. The goal was to verify and contextualize these core motives with 2 respondent groups of professional athletes from the National Hockey League. The groups consisted of those experiencing rookie adaptation and veteran adaptation. A total of 58 athletes were divided into groups representing the Canadian mainstream, Canadian Aboriginal culture, and Europe. There were 175 newspaper articles that were retrieved using online and library resources. The similarities and discrepancies in and across groups provides insight into this hard-to-reach population.

Pavel Datsyuk: Learning, Development, and Becoming the “Magic Man”

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-183
Author(s):  
Mark O’Sullivan ◽  
Vladislav A. Bespomoshchnov ◽  
Clifford J. Mallett
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
National Hockey League ◽  
Ecological Constraints ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Insight Into

Who is the “Magic Man” (https://youtu.be/5EgNF6X2MJs?t=78)? In 2017, Pavel Datsyuk was named as one of the 100 greatest National Hockey League players in ice hockey history. His Detroit Red Wings teammate Niklas Kronwall quipped, “Pav is the Magic Man for a reason. He does things out there with the puck that no one else can do.” This statement begs the questions: When, where, and how did Pavel learn those creative skills? To gain insight into how the “Magic Man,” Pavel Datsyuk, acquired such sophisticated yet unorthodox skills, we endeavored to investigate the preprofessional years of Pavel’s development. Utilizing a case study methodology and leaning on the theoretical framework of ecological dynamics, we sought to examine the ecological niche that helped shape Pavel’s learning in development. Our case study highlights the ecological nature of the development of expertise and the nonlinear impact ecological constraints had on the development of Pavel’s expertise.

scholarly journals Towards Ensemble Asteroseismology of the Pulsating DB White Dwarf Stars

2002 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 608-609
Author(s):  
G. Handler ◽  
M.A. Wood ◽  
A. Nitta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarf ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Helium Atmosphere ◽  
Individual Stars ◽  
White Dwarf Stars ◽  
Binary Evolution ◽  
Insight Into

The origin of the helium-atmosphere DB white dwarfs is still a matter of debate. In particular, the question is unresolved whether binary evolution produces a significant number of DBs. The pulsating DB white dwarfs (DBV stars) offer a complementary insight into this problem through asteroseismology; DBs descending from binaries will have different interior structures than DBs originating from single stars (Nitta & Winget, 1998).GD 358 is by far the best-observed pulsating DBV star, and the only one for which asteroseismology has been performed to date. This star’s structure has been shown to be inconsistent with an origin from binary evolution (Nitta & Winget, 1998), but most of the other DBVs are relatively poorly studied.We therefore analysed archival data on all DBVs and obtained new measurements of stars with very little data available (Table 1), firstly to identify suitable targets for asteroseismological investigations and secondly to examine the pulsation spectra of the DBVs as a group, following the works of Clemens (1994) and Kleinman (1995) on the pulsating DA white dwarfs. Our study also produced new seismological results on individual stars and promising targets for future Whole Earth Telescope (WET, Nather et al., 1990) runs.

Providing Insight into Data Source Topics

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Bergamaschi ◽  
Davide Ferrari ◽  
Francesco Guerra ◽  
Giovanni Simonini ◽  
Yannis Velegrakis
Keyword(s):  
Data Source ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Attitude of the Rudjer Boškovic Institute’s scientists to the small screen mobile devices library services

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 628-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Pažur
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Resource Service ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Small Screen

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to get an insight in users’ opinion on library resources/services on small screen mobile devices. Objectives were to establish which types of small screen mobile devices are used and to find out is there a tendency for using academic and educational contents on such devices. Furthermore, aim was to identify whether the users need mobile friendly library web site and services at all. Also, what library resources/services and to what extent respondents consider as the important ones for mobile friendly customization. Finally the results would serve as an orientation in building mobile friendly library web site and services. The author believed that the users were still unaware of the possibility of accessing library web sites and services through mobile devices in general; therefore, this survey also had a role of raising awareness and stimulating their interest. Design/methodology/approach – The survey was focussed on small screen mobile devices with screen size up to seven inches (17.1 cm). Data collection was performed through a questionnaire containing ten questions. The questionnaire was created by LimeSurvey tool, and for mobile optimized version SurveyMonkey.com service was used too. The authors received 295 questionnaires, out of which 285 were taken into account. Findings – The survey found that the largest number of respondents own smartphone/tablet/phablet. The results show that small screen devices are, to some extent, used for educational, academic and informational purposes (reading of e-books and e-journals, education, data checking, internet searching and searching of handy information), but non-academic purposes still predominate (texting, reading e-mails, phone calls, taking pictures). Overall 64 percent of the respondents has expressed need for small screen mobile devices customized library resources/services, but there are 30 percent of undecided respondents. Croatian Scientific Bibliography, e-journals database (EZB), online databases, contact information and lecture halls reservations, has been resources/services requested by respondents to be available in a mobile friendly mode. Originality/value – The survey examines users’ opinion on a new library service before its implementation. Besides giving us a precise insight into the Rudjer Bošković Institute library users’ interest and needs for mobile friendly customization of existing library resource/service, survey gives a unique insight into the correlation of age and gender of the respondents and their answers to the question about having a small screen mobile device and opinion about the customization of library resources and services. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first users’ survey on this topic in Croatia.

Development strategies of small economies: Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Newman M. K. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Economies ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the economic development in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao to find the reasons for the success. Design/methodology/approach – Applying economic development theories and using archival data to examine the development strategies of the three economies. Findings – There is no single model suitable for economic development for all, and small economies need to be strategically interventionist by either inducing development or balancing the disequilibria caused by development. Originality/value – This is the first comparative study to examine these three fast-growing small economies. The findings lend insight into Hirschman’s theory of unbalanced growth and Stiglitz’s assertion that different economies and conditions require different development strategies.

scholarly journals Elite Sport and Leisure Sport in Hungary: The Double Trouble

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Gál
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Small Country ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Hungarian Society ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
Insight Into

Elite Sport and Leisure Sport in Hungary: The Double TroubleThe main purpose of this study is to give insight into the current status of two big areas of sport in Hungary: elite sport and leisure sport. As the expression ‘double trouble’ in the title indicates, in Hungary there are several problems in both areas.Hungary is a small country, but its Olympic teams were traditionally very successful in the Games. However, at the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, Hungarian athletes performed below expectations, winning only three gold medals. The sport's political leaders and the public were very disappointed, therefore many experts tried to analyse the main reasons for the failure. They suggested that there were four problems in the background: the continuous disintegration of the sport clubs system; the low prestige of coaches and professionals working in sport; insufficient financial support and its inadequate timing; and the deficiency of sports science and its health care background. The second trouble concerns the sporting habits of Hungarian society. The country has faced the same problem for many decades: only a very low percentage of the Hungarian population takes part regularly in leisure sport programs. The latest empirical research shows that more than 60% of Hungarians do not do sports with suitable regularity. In comparing previous research results, there are a few changes among Hungarians according to gender, age and status of residence.How can this double trouble be resolved, or at least, how could both areas be somewhat improved? In Hungary, it is not really an easy task.

Workplace Satisfaction Before and After Move to an Open Plan Office - Including Interactions with Gender and Introversion

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 455-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Bos ◽  
Kylie Molinaro ◽  
Alexander Perrone ◽  
Kelly Sharer ◽  
Ariel Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Workplace Satisfaction ◽  
Flexible Support ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Insight Into

Open plan offices are both popular and controversial. We studied the response of a group moving from shared, but closed offices to an open plan office. The main data source reported here is a workplace satisfaction survey given pre-move, post-move, and to a lab baseline comparison group at the same organization, with some additional data from observations and interviews. Workers moving to the open plan office appreciated the flexible support for collaboration and the space’s appearance. There was lower satisfaction related to space for private concentrated work, temperature control, and ability to have private conversations. There were also some statistical interactions suggesting more positive responses by males and less positive responses by introverts; analysis was limited by small sample size. Observations and interviews gave further insight into open plan “neighborhoods” and the design of ad hoc spaces.

scholarly journals The Challenges of Sport Psychology Delivery in Elite and Professional Sport: Reflections From Experienced Sport Psychologists

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael McDougall ◽  
Mark Nesti ◽  
David Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Effective Service ◽  
Insight Into

The challenges encountered by sport psychologists operating within elite and professional sports teams have arguably been inadequately considered (Nesti, 2010). It has been suggested that this may be due to the inaccessibility of elite team environments (Eubank, Nesti, & Cruickshank, 2014; Nesti, 2010). The purpose of this research was to examine the challenges facing practitioners who operate in elite environments and to illuminate how these were experienced. Qualitative interviews with six experienced applied sport psychologists were conducted and a narrative themed analysis undertaken. Four main themes emerged as most prevalent and meaningful: challenges to congruence, a broader role: managing multiple relationships, the influence of elite sport cultures, and surviving and thriving were presented in narrative form. Practitioners provided experiential insight into how specific challenges were understood and dealt with, and how they are able to provide an effective service while managing themselves and the demands of the environment.

scholarly journals Sport – In Praise of Doping on its Usefulness and Necessity

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kosiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Considerable Increase ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Considerable Degree ◽  
Professional Athletes ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Olympic Sport ◽  
The Olympic Games

AbstractThe author points out that in contemporary competitive, record oriented, professional, spectacular, top-level sport, elite sport, marketability sport or Olympic sport – whose beginnings should be dated to the turn of the 19th and the 20th century – mistaken decisions, which inhibited development of the abovementioned forms of sport, took place.Primarily it was restricted to circle of financially well-off gentlemen, women’s participation was forbidden, participation of professional athletes was also forbidden to a considerable degree (and during the Olympic games – totally). The need of commercialization of sport was negated and definite forms of doping were banned.When talented persons from the lower social strata – workingmen (as well as women) and athletes earning money by practicing sport – were permitted to participate in sports competition and commercialization of sport was accepted, sport started to develop more rapidly and it became more attractive and spectacular. It contributed to intensification of investment in sport, to enrichment and modernization of its infrastructure, to optimization of research, technologization, production of better equipment and a considerable increase in athletes’ and coaches’ remuneration.Another radical qualitative leap in sport can be contributed to by abolition of a ban on doping. It is going to implicate necessary and competent medical and pharmacological care, to facilitate maximization of results, to increase interest in sports spectacles. Skillful application of doping is going to release athletes’ considerable capacity, endurance and proficiency potentials which have not been used yet.

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