Toward the Professionalization of Sport Psychology

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Media

The application and professionalization of sport psychology has attracted increased attention from various sources including colleagues in the field, sport science and psychology departments, collegiate, Olympic, and professional sport organizations, and the media. Unfortunately, the attention generated has not resulted in significant organizational progress on issues crucial to the integrity of a developing specialization such as sport psychology. These crucial professional issues include the orderly growth of the field, requirements for the establishment of a recognized profession in sport psychology, the training of future sport psychologists, and the process and procedures required to develop and implement the certification of sport psychologists. The present paper was written to address these critical issues, identify progressive steps currently being taken, and recommend subsequent actions that can advance the field toward the professionalization of sport psychology without compromising the integrity of the academic subdiscipline.

Challenges MNCs Face in Emerging Markets: The Nestlé Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-231
Author(s):  
V.S. Pai
Keyword(s):  
Monosodium Glutamate ◽  
Control Process ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Product Recall ◽  
Quality Control Process ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
World Class ◽  
Lab Test

Maggi was the most popular instant noodles brand in India, which children in particular loved to snack on. The brand had a dominant position until suddenly in mid-2015 it got engulfed in controversy. Several state food regulators found that Maggi contained monosodium glutamate as well as lead well above the prescribed limits. Both these substances were harmful especially for children. When Nestlé India was confronted with lab test results it stuck to its position that they had a world class quality control process in place and that their products were safe for consumption. Finally, the national food regulator FSSAI, ordered a ban on the sale of Maggi including product recall. Consequently, several state governments imposed temporary ban on the sale of Maggi noodles in their respective states. The future of the company suddenly looked very bleak. Nestlé India was slow to respond to this fast unfolding crisis. Further, their responses were very brief and not adequately culture-sensitive. This led to the feeling in several quarters that the company was probably guilty of wrongdoing. To set right things Nestlé's worldwide CEO flew into India to douse the flames of the controversy and draw up an appropriate strategy to bail out the brand. He address the media, put in place a new CEO for Nestlé India and set brand Maggi on the path of recovery. However, Nestlé India was still facing a number of critical issues. What should be done to win over the trust of its customers? How should it recover market share lost to competitors both old rivals and new entrants? What strategy should it develop to succeed with the new products, especially hot heads, launched along with the comeback strategy? Should it change its approach to dealing with government health officials to prevent confrontations in future? How should it shorten the response time and make it effective in the face of a media backed public outcry in future?

Delivering Sport Psychology Services to a Professional Sport Organization

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Neff
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Employee Assistance Program ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Sport Organization

This paper discusses a model of providing a specialized employee assistance program, with psychological services that are far-reaching and beyond what traditional employee assistance programs offer. Three main areas in which services are deemed especially critical include working with the athletes to improve their sports performance using various mental skills techniques, providing personal counseling, and impacting the organization at an organizational level. Also discussed is the author’s current role with the team and management, both during the preseason and the official season. Further, the author evaluates his effectiveness as a sport psychology consultant and the problems encountered as well as the importance of developing and maintaining proper boundaries within the organization. In conclusion, issues related to the goodness of fit between the professional sport organization and the sport psychology consultant are addressed.

User engagement from within the Twitter community of professional sport organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Naraine ◽  
Henry T. Wear ◽  
Damien J. Whitburn
Keyword(s):  
Professional Sport ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Sport Organizations

Interns in Professional Sport: An Investigation of Gender Parity on the Job

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Cuneen ◽  
M. Joy Sidwell
Keyword(s):  
Sport Management ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Job Benefits ◽  
One Year ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Big Four

Internships permit sport management students to link classroom learning to the professional environment. Since internships provide students with opportunities to learn on-the-job and test their skills in the marketplace, the experiences should be uniformly beneficial to all students regardless of gender. This study was conducted to describe internship work conditions (i.e., opportunities to perform in essential marketplace functions) for male and female sport management interns assigned to ‘Big Four’ professional sport organizations. Participants were 74 sport industry professionals who supervised a total of 103 interns over a one-year period. A X2 Test of Independence found that male and female interns working in professional sport had comparable opportunities to perform and learn on the job. Differences in opportunity, hiring practices, and on-the-job benefits emerged primarily as a function of job specialization (e.g., operations, marketing, venue management), league/association, or gender of the internship supervisor rather than gender of the interns.

Career Direction, Development, and Opportunities in Applied Sport Psychology

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Phase Model ◽  
Successful Career ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Career Direction ◽  
And Training ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

The present article addresses some of the critical issues that are involved in the development of a successful career in applied sport psychology by offering a three-phase model of career direction, development, and opportunities. In particular, educational direction and training, supplemental experience, and sport, exercise, or health involvement are considered. Specific concerns related to these areas are discussed relative to the enhancement of career development and opportunities.

To Live, Play, and Die in Tianjin: Football as Biopolitical Assemblage in Contemporary China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Joshua I. Newman ◽  
Grace Yan ◽  
Hanhan Xue ◽  
Nicholas M. Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
State Medicine ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Medicine Company ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Economic

In this article, the authors provide a Deleuzoguattarian tracing of a specific set of relationships between traditional Chinese medicine, life, death, and football (soccer). More specifically, the authors examine political, economic, and cultural associations formed in and around the Quanjian Group, a major traditional Chinese medicine company once located in the burgeoning industrial hub of Tianjin. The authors follow Aihwa Ong in abductively examining (de)territorializations of life, sport, and death; examining how the media publics’ (in China and beyond) awareness of the death of a young girl in 2015 destabilized a network of capital, state, medicine, and sport and in the process revealed how the vitality of major professional sport in China is situated within, and contingent upon, a vast array of material and nonmaterial (bio)political formations.

Sport Psychology Consultants’ Perceptions of Their Challenges at the London 2012 Olympic Games

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Elsborg ◽  
Gregory M. Diment ◽  
Anne-Marie Elbe
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contextual Differences ◽  
The Olympic Games

The objective of this study was to explore how sport psychology consultants perceive the challenges they face at the Olympic Games. Post-Olympics semistructured interviews with 11 experienced sport psychology consultants who worked at the London Games were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and inductively content analyzed. Trustworthiness was reached through credibility activities (i.e., member checking and peer debriefing). The participants perceived a number of challenges important to being successful at the Olympic Games. These challenges were divided into two general themes: Challenges Before the Olympics (e.g., negotiating one’s role) and Challenges During the Olympics (e.g., dealing with the media). The challenges the sport psychology consultants perceived as important validate and cohere with the challenge descriptions that exist in the literature. The findings extend the knowledge on sport psychology consultancy at the Olympic Games by showing individual contextual differences between the consultants’ perceptions and by identifying four SPC roles at the Olympic Games.

Delivering Sport Psychology Services to the Canadian Sailing Team at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Halliwell
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Family Members ◽  
International Competition ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Free Environment

Despite the fact that Olympic sailing is a psychologically demanding sport, few countries use the services of sport psychologists to mentally prepare their athletes for the rigors of international competition. At the 1988 Summer Olympic Games only Canada and France had sport psychologists working on site with the athletes during the Games. This article describes the educational, mental skills approach used to prepare the Canadian Olympic Sailing Team as well as the athlete and coach mental preparation programs. Components of the team’s Olympic Preparation Plan are outlined and the use of thorough planning and preparation to bolster the athletes’ feelings of readiness and confidence is discussed. The importance of providing athletes with a distraction-free environment during the Games is also discussed, along with a plan for accommodating the needs of their family members and the media.

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