Leading the way
Women’s experiences as sports coaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19448230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda West (0000-0002-5236-3589, Federal Scientific Center of Physical Culture and Sports), Eileen Green (Teesside University), Celia H Brackenridge, Celia Brackenridge, Diana Woodward (0000-0001-5051-469X) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-92 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women in Management Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-9425 • E-ISSN: 1758-7182 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/09649420110386610 |
| OpenAlex | W2090934963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Explores women’s under‐representation from sports coaching roles in general and from high status roles in particular. In‐depth interviews were carried out with 20 women who coached one of the following sports: cricket, gymnastics, netball, squash or swimming. A purposive sample ensured that the coaches reflected different levels of commitment to coaching. Witz’s model of occupational closure, used by her to analyse the medical profession, provided the basis for analysing the women’s experiences as coaches. Analysis of the interview data revealed that exclusionary and demarcationary strategies operated to limit women’s access to coaching roles. Such strategies included gendering the coaching role as a masculine role and closing access to networks of coaches. Women challenged such strategies through inclusionary and dual closure strategies by drawing on their coaching qualifications, their experiences as competitive athletes and the successes of the athletes whom they coached
Athletes · Coaching · Physical therapy · Political science · Psychotherapist · Applied Psychology · Medicine · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |