Qualitative Research in Sport Management

This new edition is a user-friendly introduction to qualitative methods in sport management. Covering the full research process from research planning to reporting results, this edition includes expanded coverage of cutting-edge areas including digital and social media research, critical realism and social network analysis.

James Skinner is Director of the Institute for Sport Business and a Professor of Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. James has published numerous books and journal articles on research methods and teaches research method courses to postgraduate students across the globe. Allan Edwards has held numerous academic appointments within Australia and internationally. His most recent position before his retirement was as Reader in Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. Allan has a passion for qualitative research, and this is reflected by his extensive use of qualitative methods in his research. Aaron C.T. Smith is Professor of Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. Aaron has published extensively in qualitative research methods and conducted research employing qualitative methodologies with organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

Part 1: The Context of Sport Management Research; 1. The Nature and Usefulness of Qualitative Research for Sport Management; 2. Research Paradigms and Methodology in Qualitative Sport Management Research; Part 2: Planning the Sport Management Research Process; 3. Sampling in Qualitative Research; 4. Establishing Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Inquiry; 5. Reflexivity in Sport Management Research; 6. Research Ethics for Qualitative Sport Management Research; Part 3: Foundations of Sport Management Research; 7. Methods of Data Collection for Sport Management Research; Part 4: Analysing the Sport Management Data; 8. Modes of Analysis in Sport Management Research; Part 5: Paradigms Used in Sport Management Research; 9. Action Research and Sport Management Research; 10. Deconstruction in Sport Management Research; 11. Case Study in Sport Management Research; 12. Discourse and Critical Discourse Analysis and Sport Management Research; 13. Ethnomethodology and Sport Management Research; 14. Ethnography and Sport Management Research; 15. Emerging Ethnographies and Sport Management Research; 16. Gender Theories and Sport Management Research; 17. Grounded Theory and Sport Management Research; 18. Narrative Inquiry in Sport Management Research; 19. Phenomenology and Sport Management Research; 20. New Directions for Sport Management Research, Part 6: Digital Tools for Qualitative Research; 21. Social Media Research Methods in Sport Management; Part 7: Writing the Sport Management Research Report; 22. Research Preparation and the Sport Management Research Report