Creating Communities that Lead to Retention: The Social Worlds and Communities of Umpires

Kellett, Pamm; Warner, Stacy

doi:10.1080/16184742.2011.624109

Cited by 62 publications

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“…Although Competition continues to be noted as an environmental factor in sport settings (e.g., Kellett & Warner, 2011;Warner & Dixon, 2013b), this work highlighted the potential for multiple versions of the SCS Scale in that the Competition construct may be removed for versions of the scale tailored to stakeholders who are not direct participants in the sport competition or event context (i.e., volunteers, employees). The findings also demonstrated the utility of the Sport and Sense of Community theory.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While the sport volunteering (e.g., Costa et al, 2006) and sport management (e.g., Kellett & Warner, 2011;, 2013a literature clearly point to developing a sense of community as a key component to the sport experience, the presence of community among sport volunteers has received little empirical attention (cf. Costa et al, 2006;Green & Chalip, 2004).…”

Section: Sport Volunteerism and Sense Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring sense of community among small-scale sport event volunteers

Kerwin

Warner

Walker

et al. 2015

European Sport Management Quarterly

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In response to claims that sport event research over emphasizes economic outcomes and mega-event contexts, this research sought to both assess a scale that measures sense of community among small-scale sport event volunteers, and empirically test if the event volunteer experience enhances sense of community. The six-factor Sense of Community in Sport Scale (SCS) was utilized to collect pre-and post-event data from a population of 253 (N=253)

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Section: Sport Volunteerism and Sense Of Communitymentioning

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Exploring sense of community among small-scale sport event volunteers

Kerwin

Warner

Walker

et al. 2015

European Sport Management Quarterly

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“…Similarly, Kellett and Warner (2011) found FEMALE OFFICIALS 7 that developing a sense of community among current Australian Rules Football umpires was crucial to their retention. In their investigation of former U.S. based officials, Warner et al (2013) found that officials dropped out of the profession because of a perceived lack of referee community, managerial decision-making, and a lack of mentoring and continuing education.…”

Section: Inequity Of Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such research will advance understanding of key issues regarding mistreatment of women in the workplace. To date, though, the majority of the research in the officiating context has examined only male officials (e.g., Kellett and Warner 2011;Rainey 1999). As the global shortage of officials persists (e.g., American Sport Education Program 2011; Kendall et al 2009), the survival of sports remains dependent upon strategies to recruit and retain officials (Titlebaum et al 2009;Warner et al 2013).…”

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The Experience of Former Women Officials and the Impact on the Sporting Community

2014

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In an effort to explore the shortage of female sport officials, the authors examined the experience of eight former female basketball officials from five geographically diverse states in the U.S. who voluntarily left the role. Specifically, the authors asked former female basketball officials to describe their workplace experiences. Utilizing a phenomenological approach and workplace incivility framework, the results indicated that the felt social inequity for female officials detracted from the participants experiencing a sense of community in the workplace, which ultimately led to their discontinuation in the role. Results indicate four key factors that created this uncivil work environment. An examination of the data revealed four major themes. Specifically the female basketball officials reported experiencing a Lack of Mutual Respect from male counterparts; Perceived Inequity of Policies; a Lack of Role Modeling and Mentoring forand from female officials; and experiencing more Gendered Abuse than did their male counterparts. The combination of these four factors exacerbated the female officials' inability to connect to the officiating community and led to their withdrawal from the role. The results further indicate that women officials likely threatened the hegemonic characteristics of a sport setting. Although females have made great strides in terms of sport participation, the practical implications of this research suggest that understanding females in workplace roles, such as officiating, is vital if social equity is to be achieved in the sporting community.

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