In this review article, we aim to explore and promote dialogue regarding the use of
contemporary qualitative research methods being used in sport management. The first …

The following article is an edited transcript of,“Critical Conversations About Qualitative
Research in Sport Management” from the 2017 North American Society of Sport …

Purpose–The academic discipline and field of sport management has become a legitimate
area through which scholarship and theory development can impact sport populations. Yet it …

Over the past 10 years, qualitative research methods have become more commonplace in
sport management scholarship. In the main, they are largely defined by a formulaic …

Qualitative social scientific research in sport, exercise and other contemporary forms of
physical movement has made considerable strides in recent years, such that it is not an …

Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry
professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations …

Sport and physical activity is an area of study that is, as Brustad (2009) notes, particularly
suited to qualitative research. There has, undoubtedly, been a significant growth in interest …

Interest in research synthesis as a primary research endeavour is increasing in many areas
of the social sciences. However, it has not been widely employed in the field of sport …

Although qualitative research approaches such as ethnography have been applied to the
field of sport (eg, Bricknell, 2001; Hughson and Hallinan, 2001) Sparkes (2003) has …

Amid the increasing use of qualitative methods in the field of sport psychology, a number of
researchers have initiated discussions about issues of rigour and quality in qualitative …