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Dr Laura Gale's Outputs (5)

Foreword (2019)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., & Gale, L. (2019). Foreword. In L. Gale, & B. Ives (Eds.), Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and Insight. Manchester Metropolitan University

Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight (2019)
Book
Gale, L., & Ives, B. (Eds.). (2019). Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight. Manchester Metropolitan University

The origins of this book lie in a community sports coaching symposium hosted by Cluster for Research into Coaching (CRiC).
The event was held at Manchester Metropolitan University in April, 2018 and it sought to share knowledge and insight from scho... Read More about Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight.

Uncertainty, shame and consumption: negotiating occupational and non-work identities in community sports coaching (2019)
Journal Article
Ives, B. A., Gale, L. A., Potrac, P. A., & Nelson, L. J. (2019). Uncertainty, shame and consumption: negotiating occupational and non-work identities in community sports coaching. Sport, Education and Society, 26(1), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2019.1699522

This paper addressed the lived experiences of two community sports coaches in an era of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, and insecure employment. Specifically, we considered (a) their attempts to develop a desired occupational identity in a casual... Read More about Uncertainty, shame and consumption: negotiating occupational and non-work identities in community sports coaching.

Trust and distrust in community sports work: Tales from the “shop floor” (2019)
Journal Article
Gale, L. A., Ives, B. A., Potrac, P. A., & Nelson, L. J. (2019). Trust and distrust in community sports work: Tales from the “shop floor”. Sociology of Sport Journal, 36(3), 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1123/SSJ.2018-0156

This study addressed the issue of interpersonal trust and distrust in the (sporting) workplace. Data were generated through cyclical, in-depth interviews with 12 community sports coaches. The interview transcripts were subjected to emic and etic read... Read More about Trust and distrust in community sports work: Tales from the “shop floor”.