“Think Athletic Director, Think Masculine?”: Examination of the Gender Typing of Managerial Subroles Within Athletic Administration Positions

To examine the influence of gender stereotyping of administration positions in intercollegiate athletics, the present study evaluated the gender typing of managerial subroles by undergraduate and graduate sport management students from two northeastern universities in the U.S. (59 women, 189 men). P...

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Published inSex roles Vol. 61; no. 5-6; pp. 416 - 426
Main Authors Burton, Laura J., Barr, Carol A., Fink, Janet S., Bruening, Jennifer E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.09.2009
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Applied psychology
Athletic directors
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
College Athletics
College sports
Extramural Athletics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Studies
Medicine/Public Health
Original Article
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Role
Sex roles
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
Sociology
Sports. Leisure
Stereotypes
Women Administrators
Athletic administration
Gender role stereotyping
Managerial subroles
Human
Sport
Athletics
Coaching
Sex role
University environment
Sex
Stereotype
Feminity masculinity
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Summary:To examine the influence of gender stereotyping of administration positions in intercollegiate athletics, the present study evaluated the gender typing of managerial subroles by undergraduate and graduate sport management students from two northeastern universities in the U.S. (59 women, 189 men). Participants indicated importance of managerial subroles for the positions of athletic director, life skills coordinator, and compliance coordinator. Participants rated masculine managerial subroles as most important for athletic director, however feminine managerial subroles were rated of similar importance for both the life skills coordinator and the athletic director. There were no differences between women and men on evaluation of the importance of managerial subroles across all positions. Results of the current study provide some support for role congruity theory within athletic administration.
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ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/s11199-009-9632-6