Tom R Leppard
Biographic Data
| ID | 193974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom R Leppard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom R |
| FAMILY NAME | Leppard |
| SIGNATURE | LEPPARD T R |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5654-7246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mapping symbolic ties in U.S. sociology
The Ties That Rhyme
Do birds of a feather really sing together? Musicians face two competing pressures in the pursuit of success: conforming to genre norms to meet audience expectations and distinguishing themselves to attract the attention of listeners. These opposing logics may shape how artists choose their collaborators. Partnering with similar artists can reinforce genre alignment, while working with dissimilar collaborators may help artists stand out. This pap…
Family Ties and Young Adult Career Goals
This paper proposes family social capital as a relational mechanism for driving the early career development of emerging adults. Career development theories, like the social cognitive career theory, largely focus on individuals or macro "environmental" factors. Meanwhile, sociologists focus on resources beyond individuals, like parental socioeconomic status. This paper theorises that family social capital can encourage career goal making and achi…
Bonding ties that get ahead
Intersectional bonds
ObjectiveThis study uses an intersectional approach to examine whether bonding and bridging family social capital change after adolescent delinquency and arrest.BackgroundFamily social capital (the resources and energy investments parents make in their children) has important implications for numerous youth outcomes. To date, little research has examined how stressful behaviors (like delinquency) and life events (such as arrest) strain or strengt…
Do Status Characteristic-Based Stereotypes Influence Opportunities in Monoracial Settings? The Case of the National Hockey League
Research on positional segregation in sport focuses on mechanisms perpetuating discrepancies in integrated contexts, including in majority-minority sports. However, theoretical explanations for positional segregation should apply to other status groups, such as ethnicity, that may be more salient in monoracial or nearly monoracial settings. We use 2018 to 2019 data on 790 NHL players and executives along with descriptive models previously applied…
Pandemic Job Separation and Psychological Distress
Although recent studies have linked pandemic unemployment with poorer mental health, the mechanisms underlying this association remain understudied. In this paper, we develop a mediation model to explain why pandemic job separation might undermine mental health. Using national data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (n = 1,258), we test the indirect effects of pandemic job separation on psychological distress through several mechani…
A shame of inches
Background A popular line of media discourse has sought to provide explanations for college football's lack of diversity in the coaching ranks. A related effort has recently sought to explain why black coaches are faced with institutional barriers to success in athletic fields. While research on race and the sociology of sport has frequently focused on racial characteristics and expectations of players for on-field penalization, this literature n…
Athlete activism and the role of personal and professional positionality
In this article I argue that athlete activists' personal and professional positionality influence their activism. Researchers document the powerful impact that athlete activists wield in effecting social change - especially during the civil rights movement. However, the extant literature does not consider the important points of sameness or difference that activists' personal and professional positionality afford them. Athlete activists are not h…
Paternal Closeness in Adolescence
Recent research suggests positive associations between shared recreational activities and father-child relationships for young children. We extend these ideas to adolescents and to recreational activities in which the father's participation might be limited to audience membership. We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to evaluate whether an association exists between adolescent sports participation and paternal rela…
Athlete activism and the role of personal and professional positionality
In this article I argue that athlete activists' personal and professional positionality influence their activism. Researchers document the powerful impact that athlete activists wield in effecting social change - especially during the civil rights movement. However, the extant literature does not consider the important points of sameness or difference that activists' personal and professional positionality afford them. Athlete activists are not h…
Paternal Closeness in Adolescence
Recent research suggests positive associations between shared recreational activities and father-child relationships for young children. We extend these ideas to adolescents and to recreational activities in which the father's participation might be limited to audience membership. We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to evaluate whether an association exists between adolescent sports participation and paternal rela…
A shame of inches
Background A popular line of media discourse has sought to provide explanations for college football's lack of diversity in the coaching ranks. A related effort has recently sought to explain why black coaches are faced with institutional barriers to success in athletic fields. While research on race and the sociology of sport has frequently focused on racial characteristics and expectations of players for on-field penalization, this literature n…
Athlete activism and the role of personal and professional positionality
In this article I argue that athlete activists' personal and professional positionality influence their activism. Researchers document the powerful impact that athlete activists wield in effecting social change - especially during the civil rights movement. However, the extant literature does not consider the important points of sameness or difference that activists' personal and professional positionality afford them. Athlete activists are not h…
Pandemic Job Separation and Psychological Distress
Although recent studies have linked pandemic unemployment with poorer mental health, the mechanisms underlying this association remain understudied. In this paper, we develop a mediation model to explain why pandemic job separation might undermine mental health. Using national data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (n = 1,258), we test the indirect effects of pandemic job separation on psychological distress through several mechani…
Do Status Characteristic-Based Stereotypes Influence Opportunities in Monoracial Settings? The Case of the National Hockey League
Research on positional segregation in sport focuses on mechanisms perpetuating discrepancies in integrated contexts, including in majority-minority sports. However, theoretical explanations for positional segregation should apply to other status groups, such as ethnicity, that may be more salient in monoracial or nearly monoracial settings. We use 2018 to 2019 data on 790 NHL players and executives along with descriptive models previously applied…
Family Ties and Young Adult Career Goals
This paper proposes family social capital as a relational mechanism for driving the early career development of emerging adults. Career development theories, like the social cognitive career theory, largely focus on individuals or macro "environmental" factors. Meanwhile, sociologists focus on resources beyond individuals, like parental socioeconomic status. This paper theorises that family social capital can encourage career goal making and achi…
Bonding ties that get ahead
Intersectional bonds
ObjectiveThis study uses an intersectional approach to examine whether bonding and bridging family social capital change after adolescent delinquency and arrest.BackgroundFamily social capital (the resources and energy investments parents make in their children) has important implications for numerous youth outcomes. To date, little research has examined how stressful behaviors (like delinquency) and life events (such as arrest) strain or strengt…
Mapping symbolic ties in U.S. sociology
The Ties That Rhyme
Do birds of a feather really sing together? Musicians face two competing pressures in the pursuit of success: conforming to genre norms to meet audience expectations and distinguishing themselves to attract the attention of listeners. These opposing logics may shape how artists choose their collaborators. Partnering with similar artists can reinforce genre alignment, while working with dissimilar collaborators may help artists stand out. This pap…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social capital (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works)