Women and leadership: advancing gender equity policies in sport leadership through sport governance

Sotiriadou, Popi; Haan, Donna de

doi:10.1080/19406940.2019.1577902

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“…The findings in this study respond to several calls for further examination on the factors that influence the coaching of women athletes in the context of HPS (e.g. Jowett & Clark-Carter, 2006;Norman, 2016;Sotiriadou & de Haan, 2015). At a single level of analysis, the study identifies the macro-, meso-and micro-level factors that influence coaches of women rowers.…”

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An analysis of the multi-level factors affecting the coaching of elite women athletes

Haan

Sotiriadou

2019

Managing Sport and Leisure

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Rationale/Purpose: High-performance sport systems offer athletes access to a range of experts including excellent coaches. This study examines the macro-, meso-and micro-level factors associated with coaching elite women athletes within a high-performance sport system. Design/methodology/approach: This research was underpinned by constructionism and critical feminism. The data were collected via semistructured in-depth interviews with 10 international male elite rowing coaches with experience in coaching men and women athletes and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings: The data shows that at the micro-level, coaches differentiate their practices based on the gender of the athlete. These practices are influenced by meso-level factors (perceived value of sport participated by women) and shaped by macro-level factors (socio-cultural background of the coaches). Practical implications: Coaches' socio-cultural experiences influence their construct of gender and affect their approach to coaching women athletes. Hence identifying macro-level factors can help managers understand coaches' perspectives, philosophy and practice at a micro-level. Research contribution: The use of a multi-level approach to examine the factors associated with coaching elite women athletes offers a unique holistic approach to understanding how multi-level factors affect the coaching of women athletes. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…These infiltrating forces may not always be visible. Indeed, the process of gender construction in an organisational setting is complex and multi-layered (Sotiriadou & de Haan, 2019). Acker (1990Acker ( , 1992 has argued that the gendering of organisations is the consequence of often invisible processes.…”

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An analysis of the multi-level factors affecting the coaching of elite women athletes

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Sotiriadou

2019

Managing Sport and Leisure

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“…Some sport sociologists have examined existing strategies for change in sport governance, with a primary focus on the effectiveness of affirmative action policies (e.g., Skirstad, 2009). There are also isolated cases of sport organizational researchers developing practical implications and recommendations from their work, with a focus on shifting from gender equality strategies (e.g., affirmative action) to gender equity strategies (e.g., policies and processes to ensure fairness to meet the possible different needs of women and men; Sotiriadou & de Haan, 2019). As sport governance continues to change and develop, more scholarship is required globally across a diversity of organizations to explore the continued structural challenges facing organizations, the adequacy of top-down policy and bottom-up organizational interventions, and ultimately understand what is required to achieve transformative change in the gendered logic of sport leadership and governance.…”

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Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes

Piggott

Matthews

2021

Journal of Sport Management

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Within this article, the authors explore the extent to which the administrative and governance hierarchies, rules, and processes of two English national governing bodies (NGBs) reproduce or resist gender segregation and male dominance within their leadership and governance. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, the authors expand upon current literature to better understand the workings of gender power relations at the structural level of organizational practice. Semistructured interviews with male and female leaders were supplemented by an analysis of formal documents. The authors found that gender power relations privileging men were simultaneously conserved and resisted within the two NGBs. While resistance to male-dominated leadership and governance was evident, transformational organizational change was lacking. This highlighted the limitations of strategies being primarily driven through top-down, policy-based approaches. The authors end the article by emphasizing the importance of a combined approach at the structural, cultural, and individual levels to enable sustainable and transformational organizational change.

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“…These findings suggest that stereotypes on women's availability and traits could result in situations where women are less likely to be considered for certain positions (e.g., the top job) that are perceived to require masculine attributes and behaviors. However, upon reflection, there is no evidence in the leadership literature suggesting that sensitivity, passion, and realism are weaknesses in leaders (Sotiriadou & de Haan, 2019). Therefore, at the meso level, what participants perceived as gender differences are leadership traits that could potentially allow for skill complementarity in BoDs.…”

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Gender and diversity in sport governance

Sotiriadou¹,

Pavlidis²

2019

Routledge Handbook of Sport Governance

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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the nuances and challenges of women in sport governance.Combined evidence from two independent studies on women in the governance of sport is used to illustrate that boards of directors have a key role in shaping organisational cultures and norms. The findings from these two studies as well as a synthesis of literature to date inform this chapter and show that it is vital to take a critical view of the composition and diversity of board membership.Drawing on the two distinct case studies, the chapter outlines some of the theories and concepts central to researching gender and diversity in sport governance, also providing a critique of the current status quo. In concluding, the chapter makes the link between gender diversity, corporate social responsibility and integrity, arguing for a shift from gender equality, to gender equity in sport governance.

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Women and leadership: advancing gender equity policies in sport leadership through sport governance

Cited by 63 publications

References 48 publications

An analysis of the multi-level factors affecting the coaching of elite women athletes

An analysis of the multi-level factors affecting the coaching of elite women athletes

Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes

Gender and diversity in sport governance

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