Leadership in and out of the sport boardroom: new empirical insights

I O'Boyle, D Shilbury, L Ferkins - European sport management …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Question The aim of this paper is to increase understanding in the
area of leadership at the governance level of nonprofit sport organizations. Specifically, we …

Toward a working model of leadership in nonprofit sport governance

I O'Boyle, D Shilbury, L Ferkins - Journal of Sport …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
The aim of this study is to explore leadership within nonprofit sport governance. As an
outcome, the authors present a preliminary working model of leadership in nonprofit sport …

Authentic leadership in nonprofit sport organization boards

N Takos, D Murray, I O'Boyle - Journal of Sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
To learn more about effective leadership of sport organizations, this study explored board
member interactions in nonprofit sport boards and specifically the construct of authentic …

Leadership in governance: Exploring collective board leadership in sport governance systems

L Ferkins, D Shilbury, I O'Boyle - Sport Management Review, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and explore a working conceptualisation of
collective board leadership in a federal sport network. In this paper, the authors examine the …

The interconnected roles of the chair

G Zeimers, D Shilbury - Routledge handbook of sport governance, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines the key roles of a sport board Chair, and the interconnectedness of
these roles in the context of providing governance leadership. The role of the Chair in the …

Sport leadership: A new generation of thinking

L Ferkins, J Skinner, S Swanson - Journal of Sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
It was an inspired decision by the editorial team at the Journal of Sport Management (JSM)
to invite proposals to guest edit a special issue on sport leadership. In departing from …

Examining collective board leadership and collaborative sport governance

D Shilbury, I O'Boyle, L Ferkins - Managing Sport and Leisure, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how a board of a
National Sport Organisation perceives collective board leadership in order to govern …

Reimagining leadership in sport management: Lessons from the social construction of leadership

J Billsberry, J Mueller, J Skinner… - Journal of Sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Conventional approaches to leadership in sport management regard leadership as a leader-
centric phenomenon. Recent advances in the generic leadership literature have highlighted …

How should national governing bodies of sport be governed in the UK? An exploratory study of board structure

M Taylor, N O'Sullivan - Corporate governance: an international …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: This study explores the
most appropriate board structure for national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport in the UK …

Forty years of leadership research in sport management: A review, synthesis, and conceptual framework

JW Peachey, Y Zhou, ZJ Damon… - Journal of sport …, 2015 - journals.humankinetics.com
Scholars have recognized the importance of leadership in the sport industry; early sport
leadership studies emerged in the 1970s. To date, however, there has been no …