Global Sport Business Journal

Abstract
While women have made notable progress in leadership in business corporations, little has changed in the sport industry with still far fewer women than men in senior decision-making positions in sports management. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore what female sport leaders consider important to their development and advancement as a leader in the industry via Kotter’s (1990a) framework of leadership and management. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 high-ranking, successful female administrators from organizations spanning the sport industry, including collegiate and professional sport teams, non-profit sport organizations, and sport equipment manufacturing and retail companies. The findings of this research indicate that female sport leaders recognize that leadership and management serve separate but complementary functions in an organization. Despite various capacities to articulate the differences, these women understand leadership and management in ways such that they practice both skills consciously and deliberately according to the context.
Recommended Citation
Lovelin, Margaret and Hanold, Maylon
(2014)
"Female Sport Leaders’ Perceptions of Leadership and Management: Skills and Attitudes for Success,"
Global Sport Business Journal: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/gsbj/vol2/iss1/2
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