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Females Serving As The Head Coach Of Competitive Elite Male Sports, Christian Hensley
Females Serving As The Head Coach Of Competitive Elite Male Sports, Christian Hensley
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Student-athletes’ Perceptions of females serving as the head coach of competitive elite male sports
Recent coaching employment of Becky Hammon and Kathryn Smith in the NBA and NFL inspires the discussion of the potential of witnessing the first female head coach hired in men’s professional basketball and football. Despite the presence of female leaders in many business and political realms, there still seems to be lack of gender equality in the employment of female administrators and coaches in the male dominant sports. This study investigate how women were perceived as an ideal head coach candidate in a male dominant sports …