Collegiate sport governance

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Brian Hofman
Keyword(s):  
Collegiate Sport

scholarly journals Pro-Environmental Sustainability and Political Affiliation: An Examination of USA College Sport Sustainability Efforts

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5840
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Casper ◽  
Brian P. McCullough ◽  
Danielle M. Kushner Smith
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Season Ticket ◽  
Sport Fans ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Sustainability Program

Political ideology is one of the most powerful predictors of perceptions about environmental sustainability and related behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate how sport fans’ sustainability-specific values, perceptions, and norms related to awareness, engagement, and influence of USA collegiate sport sustainability efforts based on political affiliation, accounting for age and gender. Data were collected using an online survey distributed to season ticket holders after the 2019 college football season that featured three sponsored sustainability initiatives at each home game. Multivariate analysis of variance and chi-square difference tests found that self-identified Democrats reported significantly higher pro-environmental values and norms, but sustainability program engagement, sponsored initiatives awareness, and influence of initiatives on behavior were politically neutral. Path analysis found that ascription of responsibility was a significant predictor of sustainability-related engagement and behaviors for both Independents and Republicans. The results and discussion sections highlight how academics and practitioners can account for political affiliation when creating campaign messaging for environmental initiatives.

The Relationship Between the Perceived Motivational Climate in Elite Collegiate Sport and Athlete Psychological Coping Skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mary D. Fry ◽  
Candace M. Hogue ◽  
Susumu Iwasaki ◽  
Gloria B. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Coping

Psychological coping skills in sport are believed to be central to athlete performance and well-being. This study examined the relationship between the perceived motivational climate in elite collegiate sport teams and player psychological coping skills use. Division I athletes (N = 467) completed a questionnaire examining their perceptions of how caring, task-, and ego-involving their teams were and their use of sport specific psychological coping skills (i.e., coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, goal setting/mental preparation, concentration, freedom from worry, confidence/achievement motivation, and coachability). Structural equation modeling revealed positive relationships between perceptions of a task-involving climate and confidence/achievement motivation (β = 0.42) and goal setting/mental preparation (β = 0.27). Caring climate perceptions were positively associated with coachability (β = 0.34). These findings illustrate how encouraging athletes and coaches to create a caring, task-involving climate may facilitate athletes’ use of psychological coping skills and set athletes up to perform their best and have a positive sporting experience.

Applying Career Construction Theory to Female National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Conference Commissioners

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Taylor ◽  
Jessica L. Siegele ◽  
Allison B. Smith ◽  
Robin Hardin
Keyword(s):  
National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Division I ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Athletic Departments ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Career Construction Theory ◽  
Career Construction

Women’s participation in collegiate sport has increased dramatically since the passage of Title IX, but there has not been a corresponding increase in the percentage of women in administrative positions. Women have, however, been successful obtaining leadership positions in conference offices, as more than 30% of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I conference commissioners were women in 2016. This research used career construction theory as a framework to explore the experiences of these women. Findings revealed that participants constantly negotiate time spent on personal and professional obligations, and relationships created in the workplace turned into organic mentorship relationships. Participants felt that there were limited amounts of sexism in the workplace, but all discussed experiencing instances of sexism, indicating a culture of gender normalcy. Women may experience increased success in leadership positions at conference offices, compared with on-campus athletic departments, due to limited direct interaction with football and donors.

scholarly journals Gambling and Collegiate Sport

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Grady ◽  
Annie Clement
Keyword(s):  
Collegiate Sport

Finding a Healthy Balance: Managerial Considerations Regarding the Work–Life Interface of Interns and Graduate Assistants Working in Collegiate Sport

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. S33-S38
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Graham ◽  
Allison Smith ◽  
Sylvia Trendafilova
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Athletic Department ◽  
Graduate Assistants ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
General Management ◽  
Collegiate Level

Craig Johnson is an associate athletic director for marketing and promotions in an athletic department at the collegiate level. Through conversation, he has recently realized that the graduate students working in his department as interns and graduate assistants feel that balancing work, school, and a personal life is impossible. As a mentor for working in sport, as well as their direct manager, he feels something must be done to assist these graduate students in managing the work–life interface, but is unsure where to start. Drawing from research in sport management and from the general management literature, the case gives insight into the issues, outcomes, and theories that inform the work–life interface. Undergraduate and graduate students in human resource management or organizational behavior courses who work through this case will have an opportunity to contemplate, discuss, and develop strategies for managing the issues surrounding balancing work and a personal life.

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