Global Sport Business Journal

Abstract
Within the area of sport labor migration, the motivations of women athletes as sport labor migrants has been limited (Maguire, 2004). According to Maguire and Bale (2013), “sport labour migration is not, then, a uniform experience. It has its own political economy” (p. 77). Therefore, only understanding the experiences and motivations of men as sport labor migrants may leave many with a skewed perspective on the motivations of a sport labor migrant. Within this paper you will find an expanded typology of sport labor migration, which was created based on collected data from Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) transnational sport labor migrants. According to the results of this study, WNBA sport labor migrants did not fit in with the already established typologies of sport labor migration research presented by Maguire (1996) and Magee and Sugden (2002). This paper provides comprehensive understanding of the influences and motivations of women athletes, specifically American WNBA players, who migrate overseas and play their sport professionally.
Recommended Citation
Butler, B. Nalani
(2018)
"The Typology of American WNBA Transnational Sport Labor Migrants,"
Global Sport Business Journal: Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/gsbj/vol6/iss2/2
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