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Workplace dynamics in professional sport: a case study of identification, political skill, and personal control
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-02, 09:47 authored by Steve Swanson, Samuel ToddThis case is based on a collection of real-life scenarios encountered by employees working for professional sport organizations. The workplace in this environment contains circumstances distinct to the sport context which this case aims to highlight. A small work group of three individuals with diverse backgrounds representing key departments in a professional basketball club are brought together to lead a difficult challenge in the community. Over the course of the season, several meetings and personal interactions play out which present difficulties in productivity due to individual differences in human relations capacity and varying psychological connections with the environment. In combination with the teaching notes, the case is designed to highlight (1) the special nature of employee identification in the professional sport setting (2) an array of political skills which are relevant and useful to the sport workplace and (3) the role of perceived personal control in sport organizations. An overview of theory and its specific application to the case is provided along with discussion questions and answers to aid instructors in effectively engaging with students around the topical areas.
History
School
- Loughborough University London
Published in
Case Studies in Sport ManagementVolume
8Issue
S1Pages
S28 - S32Publisher
Human KineticsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Rights holder
© Human Kinetics, Inc.Publisher statement
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Case Studies in Sport Management, 2019, 8 (S1): pp.S28-S32, https://doi.org/10.1123/cssm.2018-0028. © Human Kinetics, Inc.Acceptance date
2019-07-31Publication date
2019-01-31ISSN
2372-5540eISSN
2167-2458Publisher version
Language
- en