Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-11-2021
Publication Title
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Volume
3
First page number:
1
Last page number:
13
Abstract
Despite decades of research and advocacy—women's professional sports continue to be considered second class to men's sports. The goal of this paper is to rethink how we state, present, and solve problems in women's sport. To affect true change, the wisdom of a broad stakeholder group was embraced such that varied perspectives could be considered. A three-question survey was developed to examine what key constituents believe is working in women's sports, what they believe the salient challenges are for women's sport, and how they would prioritize the next steps forward in the post-pandemic sport landscape. Results indicated siloed differences of opinion based upon the age and role of the stakeholder in the women's sport ecosystem. We discuss the implications and offer recommendations as to how we as scholars might recalibrate our approach to women's sport scholarship to maximize the impact of our research and affect change.
Keywords
women's sport; women athletes; professional sport; sport industry; sport strategy
Disciplines
Sports Management
File Format
File Size
794 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Lebel, K.,
Mumcu, C.,
Pegoraro, A.,
LaVoi, N. M.,
Lough, N.,
Antunovic, D.
(2021).
Re-thinking Women's Sport Research: Looking in the Mirror and Reflecting Forward.
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3
1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.746441