Alison Doherty
Biographic Data
| ID | 3746468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Doherty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Doherty |
| SIGNATURE | DOHERTY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3021-7302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Willingness of voluntary sports clubs to implement integration programmes – A construction of organisational identity ideal types
Integration of migrants is currently among the most relevant political issues in Western societies. In this context, voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) have been granted substantial trust to bring people together in joint sport activities. However, despite ambitious programmes launched by public authorities and/, or sport federations, a relatively small proportion of VSCs engage with such targeted initiatives. The existing literature provides explanati…
Managing People in Sport Organizations
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing People in Sport Organizations outlines the theory and practice of managing people within a strategic framework. A complete textbook for any human resource management (HRM) in sport course, it explains how sport managers can get the best out of their teams and organizations, develop their professional skills, and create a sustainable performance culture. Structured around the functional fl…
Mapping the Landscape of Organized Sport in a Community
This study presents the landscape of private community sport organizations in the City of London, Ontario, Canada based on a profile of organizational features that align conceptually with critical aspects of community development. Features representing the scope—variety of sports offered, program age targets, and other offerings—and operations—nonprofit/commercial sector, open/closed program type, independent/affiliated/franchise status, and sha…
Building Capacity of Community Sport Clubs to Increase Female Participation
Despite the benefits of participating in the physically active leisure pursuit of sport, women and girls have lower participation levels than men and boys. This study adopted Millar and Doherty process model of capacity building to describe community sport clubs’ response to local government policy on increasing the number of women and girls as players and leaders. Data regarding the need to build capacity to implement initiatives to recruit and …
Two Sports, Two Systems, One Goal
Concussion in sport is today regarded as both a public health issue and high profile injury concern in many contact and collision sports. This paper undertakes a comparative review of the current policies and practices of two high profile national sporting organisations of such sports-the Australian Football League (AFL) and Hockey Canada (HC)-in governing the issue as a regulatory concern. By examining the policies and practices of the AFL and H…
Perceived Time, Frequency, and Intensity of Engagement and Older Masters Athletes' Subjective Experiences
Masters athletes are a unique group of older adults whose experiences may provide valuable insights into the role of sport for successful aging. The purpose of this study was to explore whether masters athletes' social and psychological experiences vary with their time, frequency, and perceived exertion in training and competition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 men and women older masters athletes, aged 50–79 years (M = 66), w…
Preference and consequences
Vocational status and perceived well‐being of workers with disabilities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the different employment statuses of under‐employment, temporary employment, unemployment and non‐participation in the labor force are associated with perceived well‐being among persons with disabilities. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) conducted by Statistics Canada to develop six categories of employment st…
Learning From the Experiences of Older Adult Volunteers in Sport
A sample of older adult volunteers (N = 20, 65 years and older) in community sport organizations was interviewed in order to understand their experiences with volunteering. An interdisciplinary framework of serious leisure, older adult volunteering, and older adult leisure was used to interpret the findings. Volunteering in this context was found to be consistent with serious leisure based on characteristics such as substantial involvement, stron…
Using Social Cognitive Career Theory to Understand Head Coaching Intentions among Assistant Coaches of Women’s Teams
Adolescent sport, recreation and physical education
This paper explores the perceived benefits and challenges of sport, recreation and physical education participation of culturally diverse adolescent girls and boys who are recent arrivals to Canada. The aim of the research was to further our understanding of the attitudes and experiences of English as a second language (ESL) students. Following from the Ethnicity and Public Recreation Participation Model (Gómez, 2002 Gómez , E. (2002) The Ethnici…
Learning From the Experiences of Older Adult Volunteers in Sport
A sample of older adult volunteers (N = 20, 65 years and older) in community sport organizations was interviewed in order to understand their experiences with volunteering. An interdisciplinary framework of serious leisure, older adult volunteering, and older adult leisure was used to interpret the findings. Volunteering in this context was found to be consistent with serious leisure based on characteristics such as substantial involvement, stron…
Adolescent sport, recreation and physical education
This paper explores the perceived benefits and challenges of sport, recreation and physical education participation of culturally diverse adolescent girls and boys who are recent arrivals to Canada. The aim of the research was to further our understanding of the attitudes and experiences of English as a second language (ESL) students. Following from the Ethnicity and Public Recreation Participation Model (Gómez, 2002 Gómez , E. (2002) The Ethnici…
Using Social Cognitive Career Theory to Understand Head Coaching Intentions among Assistant Coaches of Women’s Teams
Vocational status and perceived well‐being of workers with disabilities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the different employment statuses of under‐employment, temporary employment, unemployment and non‐participation in the labor force are associated with perceived well‐being among persons with disabilities. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) conducted by Statistics Canada to develop six categories of employment st…
Building Capacity of Community Sport Clubs to Increase Female Participation
Despite the benefits of participating in the physically active leisure pursuit of sport, women and girls have lower participation levels than men and boys. This study adopted Millar and Doherty process model of capacity building to describe community sport clubs’ response to local government policy on increasing the number of women and girls as players and leaders. Data regarding the need to build capacity to implement initiatives to recruit and …
Preference and consequences
Adolescent sport, recreation and physical education
This paper explores the perceived benefits and challenges of sport, recreation and physical education participation of culturally diverse adolescent girls and boys who are recent arrivals to Canada. The aim of the research was to further our understanding of the attitudes and experiences of English as a second language (ESL) students. Following from the Ethnicity and Public Recreation Participation Model (Gómez, 2002 Gómez , E. (2002) The Ethnici…
Using Social Cognitive Career Theory to Understand Head Coaching Intentions among Assistant Coaches of Women’s Teams
Learning From the Experiences of Older Adult Volunteers in Sport
A sample of older adult volunteers (N = 20, 65 years and older) in community sport organizations was interviewed in order to understand their experiences with volunteering. An interdisciplinary framework of serious leisure, older adult volunteering, and older adult leisure was used to interpret the findings. Volunteering in this context was found to be consistent with serious leisure based on characteristics such as substantial involvement, stron…
Vocational status and perceived well‐being of workers with disabilities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the different employment statuses of under‐employment, temporary employment, unemployment and non‐participation in the labor force are associated with perceived well‐being among persons with disabilities. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) conducted by Statistics Canada to develop six categories of employment st…
Preference and consequences
Two Sports, Two Systems, One Goal
Concussion in sport is today regarded as both a public health issue and high profile injury concern in many contact and collision sports. This paper undertakes a comparative review of the current policies and practices of two high profile national sporting organisations of such sports-the Australian Football League (AFL) and Hockey Canada (HC)-in governing the issue as a regulatory concern. By examining the policies and practices of the AFL and H…
Perceived Time, Frequency, and Intensity of Engagement and Older Masters Athletes' Subjective Experiences
Masters athletes are a unique group of older adults whose experiences may provide valuable insights into the role of sport for successful aging. The purpose of this study was to explore whether masters athletes' social and psychological experiences vary with their time, frequency, and perceived exertion in training and competition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 men and women older masters athletes, aged 50–79 years (M = 66), w…
Mapping the Landscape of Organized Sport in a Community
This study presents the landscape of private community sport organizations in the City of London, Ontario, Canada based on a profile of organizational features that align conceptually with critical aspects of community development. Features representing the scope—variety of sports offered, program age targets, and other offerings—and operations—nonprofit/commercial sector, open/closed program type, independent/affiliated/franchise status, and sha…
Building Capacity of Community Sport Clubs to Increase Female Participation
Despite the benefits of participating in the physically active leisure pursuit of sport, women and girls have lower participation levels than men and boys. This study adopted Millar and Doherty process model of capacity building to describe community sport clubs’ response to local government policy on increasing the number of women and girls as players and leaders. Data regarding the need to build capacity to implement initiatives to recruit and …
Managing People in Sport Organizations
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing People in Sport Organizations outlines the theory and practice of managing people within a strategic framework. A complete textbook for any human resource management (HRM) in sport course, it explains how sport managers can get the best out of their teams and organizations, develop their professional skills, and create a sustainable performance culture. Structured around the functional fl…
Willingness of voluntary sports clubs to implement integration programmes – A construction of organisational identity ideal types
Integration of migrants is currently among the most relevant political issues in Western societies. In this context, voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) have been granted substantial trust to bring people together in joint sport activities. However, despite ambitious programmes launched by public authorities and/, or sport federations, a relatively small proportion of VSCs engage with such targeted initiatives. The existing literature provides explanati…
Psychology (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)