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Female Athletic Directors In California: Attaining And Retaining The Position Of Athletic Director, Katherine Levensailor
Female Athletic Directors In California: Attaining And Retaining The Position Of Athletic Director, Katherine Levensailor
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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological inquiry study was to examine and describe how female athletic directors in California face and overcome barriers in attaining and retaining their positions.
Methodology: This was a qualitative phenomenological research study, incorporating an interview research design. The participants in this study were current female athletic directors within in the Southern and San Diego Sections of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The researcher conducted 15 semistructured interviews and collected artifacts that were coded for themes to develop a conceptual framework with which to understand the phenomena that females experience in attaining and retaining their …