Research
Research Collaborations –
The Collective – Think Tank
The Collective – Think Tank
Laboratory for Diversity and Inclusion in Sports (LIDS)
Serves as co-director for LIDS, the diversity and inclusion focused research hub of the McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst. This center resides in the Isenberg School of Management
Current Research –
F*ck The Trolls, Women Do Sports, Too: Debunking ten sexist myths about women sports.
This book, co-authored by Nefertiti Walker and Dave Berri, uses data and rich storytelling, to debunk the ten most popular myths about women’s sports.
Sexism
This line of research, broadly, examines the prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination, of women in sport organizations.
Links to Articles:
- Sexism in Professional Sports: How Women Managers Experience and Survive Sport Organizational Culture
- The Tipping Point: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Intercollegiate Sports
- Hegemonic Masculinity and the Institutionalized Bias Toward Women in Men’s Collegiate Basketball: What Do Men Think?
Gendered Networks
This line of research examines the way gendered social networks disadvantaged women in sport organizations. We have examined gendered networks in colleges athletics administration, college athletics coaching, and professional sport business associations.
Links to Articles:
Selected Publications –
Getting an internship in the sport industry
Walker, N., Agyemang, K. A., Washington, M., Hindman, L., & MacCharles, J. (accepted, 2020). Getting an internship in the sport industry: The institutionalization of privilege. Sport Management Education Journal.
Stigma consciousness and work outcomes of Senior Women Administrators
Gray, C., Well,. J. E., Sartore-Baldwin, M., & Walker, N. A. (accepted, 2020). Stigma consciousness and work outcomes of Senior Women Administrators: The role of workplace incivility. Journal of Sport Management.
Sexism in professional sports
Hindman, L. & Walker, N. A. (2020). Sexism in professional sports: How women managers experience and survive sport organizational culture. Journal of Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-0331
Beyond the glass ceiling
Hancock, M., Darvin, L., & Walker, N. A. (2018). Beyond the glass ceiling: Sport management student perceptions of the leadership labyrinth. Sport Management Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/smej.2017-003
Critical conversations about qualitative research in sport management
Singer, J., Shaw, S., Hoeber, L., Walker, N. A., Rich, K., & Agyemang, K. A. J. (2018). Critical conversations about qualitative research in sport management. Journal of Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-008
The labyrinth of exclusion in sport and steps toward developing a culture of inclusion
Walker, N. A. (2018). The labyrinth of exclusion in sport and steps toward developing a culture of inclusion. Sport and Entertainment Review, 4(2).
From Passion to Obsession
Aiken, D., Bee, C., & Walker, N. A. (2018). From Passion to Obsession: Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Compulsive Sport Consumption. Journal of Business Research, 87, 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.02.019
Gendered leadership networks in the NCAA
Katz, M., Walker, N. A., & Hindman, L. (2018). Gendered leadership networks in the NCAA: Analyzing affiliation networks of senior woman administrators and athletic directors. Journal of Sport Management, 32(2), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2017-0306
