2nd Edition

Qualitative Research in Sport Management

544 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

544 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

544 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations, stakeholders and performance. Now in a fully revised and extended new edition, this book is a user-friendly introduction to qualitative methods in sport management. Covering the full research process from research planning to reporting... Read more

Part I: The Context of Sport Management Research

1. The Nature and Usefulness of Qualitative Research for Sport Management

2. Research Paradigms and Methodology in Qualitative Sport Management Research

Part II: Planning the Sport Management Research Process

3. Sampling in Qualitative Research

4. Establishing Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Inquiry

5. Reflexivity in Sport Management Research

6. Research Ethics for Qualitative Sport Management Research

Part III: Foundations of Sport Management Research

7. Methods of Data Collection for Sport Management Research

Part IV: Analysing the Sport Management Data

8. Modes of Analysis in Sport Management Research

Part V: Paradigms Used in Sport Management Research

9. Action Research and Sport Management Research

10. Deconstruction in Sport Management Research

11. Case Study in Sport Management Research

12. Discourse and Critical Discourse Analysis and Sport Management Research

13. Ethnomethodology and Sport Management Research

14. Ethnography and Sport Management Research

15. Emerging Ethnographies and Sport Management Research

16. Gender Theories and Sport Management Research

17. Grounded Theory and Sport Management Research

18. Narrative Inquiry in Sport Management Research

19. Phenomenology and Sport Management Research

20. New Directions for Sport Management Research

Part VI: Digital Tools for Qualitative Research

21. Social Media Research Methods in Sport Management

Part VII: Writing the Sport Management Research Report

22. Research Preparation and the Sport Management Research Report

Biography

James Skinner is Director of the Institute for Sport Business and a Professor of Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. James has published numerous books and journal articles on research methods and teaches research method courses to postgraduate students across the globe.

Allan Edwards has held numerous academic appointments within Australia and internationally. His most recent position before his retirement was as Reader in Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. Allan has a passion for qualitative research, and this is reflected by his extensive use of qualitative methods in his research.

Aaron C.T. Smith is Professor of Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. Aaron has published extensively in qualitative research methods and conducted research employing qualitative methodologies with organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.