Developing a professional leadership identity during organisational change in professional youth football
Journal article
Gibson, L. and Groom, Ryan 2019. Developing a professional leadership identity during organisational change in professional youth football. Qualitative Research in Sport, Health & Exercise. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1673469
| Authors | Gibson, L. and Groom, Ryan |
|---|---|
| Abstract | The purpose of this paper is to investigate the construction of a professional leadership identity of an outsider appointed to implement organisational change within the academy of a professional football club. Data were collected through field notes, informal observations and meetings, formal academy team meetings, three in-depth co-worker interviews and four semi-structured in-depth participant interviews, which were subjected to an iterative analysis. Findings highlighted how the appraisal of others and their appraisal of the participant were affected by employment vulnerability, and that ‘identity work’ when leading organisational change was intertwined with micro-political literacy and micro-political action. This study furthers understanding of the development of a leadership identity as a fluid and fragmented struggle, by demonstrating that the process of identity construction is emotional work and is entwined in a complex interplay of micro-political literacy and action, and employment vulnerability. |
| Keywords | Organisational change, professional football, micro-politics, narrative analysis; Organisational change; professional football; micro-politics; narrative analysis |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal | Qualitative Research in Sport, Health & Exercise |
| Publisher | Taylor Francis |
| ISSN | 2159676X |
| 21596778 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1673469 |
| Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624250 |
| http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
| hdl:10545/624250 | |
| Publication dates | 09 Oct 2019 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 24 Oct 2019, 15:45 |
| Accepted | 24 Sep 2019 |
| Rights | CC0 1.0 Universal |
| Contributors | University of Derby and Manchester Metropolitan University |
| File | |
| File | File Access Level Open |
| File | File Access Level Open |
Permalink -
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/94y7y/developing-a-professional-leadership-identity-during-organisational-change-in-professional-youth-football
Download files
64
total views47
total downloads3
views this month0
downloads this month
Export as
Related outputs
Micropolitics and working as a performance analyst in professional sport
Gibson, L. and Butterworth, A. 2023. Micropolitics and working as a performance analyst in professional sport. in: Butterworth, A. (ed.) Professional practice in performance analysis London Routledge - Taylor and Francis. pp. 1-14
A qualitative exploration of the use of player loans to supplement the talent development process of professional footballers in the under 23 age group of English football academies
Prendergast, Gareth and Gibson, L. 2021. A qualitative exploration of the use of player loans to supplement the talent development process of professional footballers in the under 23 age group of English football academies. Journal of Sports Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1996985The Micro-political nature of implementing, supporting and coping with organisational change in a professional football club academy
Gibson, L., Groom, R., Bostock, J. and Akehurst, S. 2020. The Micro-political nature of implementing, supporting and coping with organisational change in a professional football club academy. European Association of Sport Management. Virtual 25 - 25 Sep 2020Understanding ‘vulnerability’ and ‘political skill’ in academy middle management during organisational change in professional youth football
Gibson, L. and Groom, Ryan 2020. Understanding ‘vulnerability’ and ‘political skill’ in academy middle management during organisational change in professional youth football. Journal of Change Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2020.1819860The micropolitics of organisational change in professional youth football
Gibson, L. 2019. The micropolitics of organisational change in professional youth football. PhD Thesis University of Derby School of Sport & Exercise Science https://doi.org/10.48773/q5y47Ambiguity, manageability and orchestration: implementing and coping with complex organisational change in elite soccer
Gibson, L., Nelson, L., Potrac, P. and Groom, R. 2018. Ambiguity, manageability and orchestration: implementing and coping with complex organisational change in elite soccer. Sports and Coaching: Past and Futures Conference. Crewe 25 - 26 Jun 2011The micro-politics of organizational change in professional youth football: towards an understanding of the “professional self”.
Gibson, L. and Groom, Ryan 2018. The micro-politics of organizational change in professional youth football: towards an understanding of the “professional self”. Managing Sport and Leisure. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2018.1497527The micro-politics of organisational change in professional youth football: Towards an understanding of “actions, strategies and professional interests”.
Gibson, L. and Groom, Ryan 2018. The micro-politics of organisational change in professional youth football: Towards an understanding of “actions, strategies and professional interests”. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954118766311Actions and strategies of a professional football coach during a period of organisational change.
Gibson, L. and Groom, R. 2017. Actions and strategies of a professional football coach during a period of organisational change. 11th Annual ICCE Global Coach Conference. Liverpool John Moores University 01 - 01 Aug 2017