Sports Psychology in the English Premier League: ‘It Feels Precarious and is Precarious’
2017 ◽
Vol 32
(2)
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pp. 426-435
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Keyword(s):
This article gives a rare account of the working life of a sports psychologist in the English Premier League, the elite division in English professional football. It shows how members of emerging professions such as sports psychology are a new precariat. John is more successful than many sports psychologists, but his job security is dependent on his continued ability to navigate managerial change: using his skills as a psychologist in the defence of his own employment but simultaneously keeping the (potentially sensitive) ‘psychology’ label of the work he does hidden until circumstances are propitious.
2007 ◽
Vol 15
(4)
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pp. 309-328
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2018 ◽
Vol 13
(1)
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pp. 26-37
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2020 ◽
Vol 6
(1)
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pp. e000675corr1