Outputs (3)

A Very Precarious 'Profession': uncertainty in the working lives of professional footballers (2006)
Journal Article
Roderick, M. (2006). A Very Precarious 'Profession': uncertainty in the working lives of professional footballers. Work, Employment and Society, 20(2), 245-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017006064113

Based on semi-structured interviews with 47 present and former professional footballers, this article explores the uncertainty that is a central feature of the professional footballer's workplace experiences, contributing to sociological understandin... Read More about A Very Precarious 'Profession': uncertainty in the working lives of professional footballers.

The Work of Professional Football: a labour of love? (2006)
Book
Roderick, M. (2006). The Work of Professional Football: a labour of love?. Routledge

A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players... Read More about The Work of Professional Football: a labour of love?.

Adding Insult to Injury: workplace injury in English professional football (2006)
Journal Article
Roderick, M. (2006). Adding Insult to Injury: workplace injury in English professional football. Sociology of Health & Illness, 28(1), 76-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00483.x

Sociologists studying the topic of workplace injury have neglected professional athletes despite the fact that, for such employees, remaining 'active' at work is of paramount importance. This study involved semi-structured interviews with 47 current... Read More about Adding Insult to Injury: workplace injury in English professional football.