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On the Periphery: Examining Women’s Exclusion from Core Leadership Roles in the “Extremely Gendered” Organization of Men’s Club Football in England (2021)
Journal Article
Bryan, A., Pope, S., & Rankin-Wright, A. J. (2021). On the Periphery: Examining Women’s Exclusion from Core Leadership Roles in the “Extremely Gendered” Organization of Men’s Club Football in England. Gender & Society, 35(6), 940-970. https://doi.org/10.1177/08912432211046318

This paper frames men’s club football as an “extremely gendered” organization to explain the underrepresentation of women leaders within the industry. By analyzing women’s leadership work over a 30-year period, we find that women’s inclusion has been... Read More about On the Periphery: Examining Women’s Exclusion from Core Leadership Roles in the “Extremely Gendered” Organization of Men’s Club Football in England.

Beyond Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Coach Developers as Motivators for Lifelong Learning (2019)
Journal Article
Dohme, L., Rankin-Wright, A. J., & Lara-Bercial, S. (2019). Beyond Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Coach Developers as Motivators for Lifelong Learning. International Sport Coaching Journal, 6(3), 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0034

Research investigating coach education and development has grown significantly over the past three decades. Most of these efforts have focused on establishing how coaches learn; yet the actual impact of specific coach education and development interv... Read More about Beyond Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Coach Developers as Motivators for Lifelong Learning.

Critical Race Theory and Black feminist insights into 'race’ and gender equality (2019)
Journal Article
Rankin-Wright, A., Hylton, K., & Norman, L. (2020). Critical Race Theory and Black feminist insights into 'race’ and gender equality. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43(7), 1111-1129. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1640374

This paper applies the concept “blind spots” to describe partial approaches to “race” and gender equality agendas in sport organizations in the UK, drawing on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Equality and Coach Development Leaders. Using the... Read More about Critical Race Theory and Black feminist insights into 'race’ and gender equality.

The en/gendering of volunteering: "I’ve pretty much always noticed that the tail runner is always female." (2019)
Journal Article
Stride, A., Fitzgerald, H., Rankin-Wright, A., & Barnes, L. (2020). The en/gendering of volunteering: "I’ve pretty much always noticed that the tail runner is always female.". Sport Management Review, 23(3), 498-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.05.006

The authors report on findings from part of a larger research project ‘Gender in Volunteering Research’ (GiVR). Data were collected from 24 women volunteers in 3 contexts—cycling, parkrun, and the broader field of leisure to explore the ways these wo... Read More about The en/gendering of volunteering: "I’ve pretty much always noticed that the tail runner is always female.".

“It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers (2018)
Journal Article
Norman, L., Rankin-Wright, A. J., & Allison, W. (2018). “It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 42(5), 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723518790086

The purpose of this study was to explore what particular areas of organizational cultures facilitate the development and progression of women as football coaches and coach developers. The English Football Association provided the context for the rese... Read More about “It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers.

Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Rankin-Wright, A., Hylton, K., & Norman, L. (2019). Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(5), 603-621. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690217724879

The current article provides a critical examination of the racialised and gendered processes that reinforce disparities in sport coaching by exploring the experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. The findings are based on in-... Read More about Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom.

Surviving rather than thriving: Understanding the experiences of women coaches using a theory of gendered social well-being (2016)
Journal Article
Norman, L., & Rankin-Wright, A. (2018). Surviving rather than thriving: Understanding the experiences of women coaches using a theory of gendered social well-being. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(4), 424-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690216660283

In shifting our gaze to the sociological impact of being in the minority, the purpose of this study was to substantiate a model of gendered social well-being to appraise women coaches’ circumstances, experiences and challenges as embedded within the... Read More about Surviving rather than thriving: Understanding the experiences of women coaches using a theory of gendered social well-being.

Off-Colour Landscape: Framing Race Equality in Sport Coaching (2016)
Journal Article
Rankin-Wright, A. J., Hylton, K., & Norman, L. (2016). Off-Colour Landscape: Framing Race Equality in Sport Coaching. Sociology of Sport Journal, 33(4), 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2015-0174

The article examines how UK sport organizations have framed race equality and diversity, in sport coaching. Semistructured interviews were used to gain insight into organizational perspectives toward ‘race’, ethnicity, racial equality, and whiteness.... Read More about Off-Colour Landscape: Framing Race Equality in Sport Coaching.