established growing up on the farm, education, early work experiences, and important connections and collaborations have influenced my subsequent involvement in kinesiology as an academic. Until this invitation, I rarely reflected on my academic career or how I became involved in it. Consequently, completing
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Unexpected Careers: My Environment Made Me Do Them
Thomas L. McKenzie
Perceptions of Collaboration Between General and Special Educators in Physical Education
Christopher Mihajlovic
inclusion in collaborative school practice. In recent years, the role of collaboration between general and special educators has received a considerable amount of attention in research ( Cramer, 2010 ; Hansen, 2019 ; Hansen et al., 2020 ; Jortveit & Kovac, 2022 ; Mulholland & O’Connor, 2016 ). Several
Analyzing Collaborations Involving Nonprofit Youth Sport Organizations: A Resource-Dependency Perspective
Gareth J. Jones, Katie Misener, Per G. Svensson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Moonsup Hyun
, 2011 ; Misener & Doherty, 2013 ). In addition, there is also an expectation that collaborations involving nonprofits generate value beyond the tangible and intangible benefits that accrue to partnering organizations ( Austin, 2010 ). Unlike the private for-profit sector in which collaboration is
University–Organization Collaboration in Sport for Development: Understanding Practitioners’ Perspectives and Experiences in Research and Evaluation Partnerships
Meredith A. Whitley, Jon Welty Peachey, Julia Leitermann, NaRi Shin, and Adam Cohen
partnerships with universities, which range from academic programs and athletic departments to individual scholars and student researchers ( Schulenkorf et al., 2014 ; Svensson et al., 2014 ; Welty Peachey & Cohen, 2016 ). These university–organization collaborations (UOCs) include applied experiences like
Intervening in a Messy Reality: A Case of Interorganizational Collaboration in Talent Development Within the Danish Sport System
Ole Winthereik Mathorne, Natalia Stambulova, and Kristoffer Henriksen
interorganizational collaboration between the club, the municipality, and the sport federation influences the prospective athletes’ day-to-day activities in their local clubs ( Mathorne et al., 2020 ; 2021 ). In exploring such a collaboration, the authors developed a concept of an organizational triangle, which can
Identifying Multicomponent Patterns and Correlates of Accelerometry-Assessed Physical Behaviors Among Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration
Kelly R. Evenson, Annie Green Howard, Fang Wen, Chongzhi Di, and I-Min Lee
accounted for the spectrum of physical behaviors. Methods The Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration harmonized data from two observational cohort studies conducted in the United States ( Evenson et al., 2021 ). Both studies included women 62 years and older and collected accelerometry using similar
Enhancing the Mental Performance of Head Coaches in Professional Sports: A Case Study of Collaboration With the Head Coach of a Professional Basketball Team
Charles A. Maher
organizations encompasses many responsibilities ( Halberstam, 2006 ; Hodge et al., 2019 ). These responsibilities include but are not limited to player development, communication with players and staff, practice and game preparation, evaluation of performance, staff development, collaboration with front
Creating Interinstitutional Collaboration to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes and Potential Kinesiology Professionalization
Lara M. Duke and Cindy K. Piletic
This paper explores the use of collaboration theory and the consensus building framework to develop institutional strategic alliances at two North American postsecondary institutions. Collaboration between institutional and/or external partners offers rich opportunities to develop creative programming that provides students with opportunities for service learning situated in a well-planned curriculum. The collaboration development capitalizes on mutually beneficial outcomes for all partners and affords more informed decision making and impact than if partners were working individually. This paper highlights two successful partnerships and outlines the future direction of those collaborative alliances.
Bridging the Gap: U.S. Sport Managers on Barriers to Industry–Academia Research Collaboration
Noni Zaharia and Anastasios Kaburakis
Collaboration between industry and academia is a subject of great interest to sport management academics and sport industry leaders in the United States. However, there is a lack of research regarding barriers to sport industry–academia collaborations and bridging the gap between sport management research and practitioners. The aim of the study was to explore trends in collaboration barriers among various research involvement levels of U.S. sport firms with sport management academia. Data were gathered from 303 sport managers working for U.S. sport companies. Results indicated several barriers for research collaborations between the U.S. sport industry and academia. Such barriers include transactional barriers, sport industry subsectors, sport organizations’ location, and age and education level of respondents.
A Call for Collaboration and Commitment to Mission
Lori A. Gano-Overway
for WSPAJ. In this editorial, I reflect upon recent accomplishments of the journal, my vision for its future, and the role of collaboration in this effort. Recent Accomplishments In 2012, PAGWSPA, housed in the UNC-G Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, gained ownership of the journal. With the
