Addressing the Complexity of Violence Against Women in Sport: Using the World Café Method to Inform Organizational Response

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Kirsty Forsdike La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

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Simone Fullagar Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0435
Keywords:
community sport; female; feminism; qualitative research; safety; sexual harassment
First Published Online:
02 Dec 2021
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Volume 36: Issue 5
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473–487
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In this article, we discuss the process and outcomes arising from a unique collaboration involving researchers and professionals to explore key gaps and challenges in sport organizations’ responses to violence against women. Using the World Café method in a 1-day research forum in Victoria, Australia, we brought together state sport organizations, violence against women organizations, and multidisciplinary researchers to reflect upon the multiple contexts that shape violence against women in community sport. Drawing together insights from feminist research and a socioecological perspective, this article contributes to sport management scholarship by using an innovative methodology for collaborative knowledge sharing and creation to explore the challenges and opportunities for organizational action to address violence against women. We advance a gendered lens for understanding how power relations shape sport management practice contexts as well as future research into organizational thinking, research, and responses to violence against women.

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