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100 1 Mitchell, Pearl Elaine
245 10 A Phenomenological Study of Gender Inequality: The Lack of
Female Athletic Administrators in Interscholastic
Athletics
260 1 Ann Arbor : |bProQuest Dissertations & Theses, |c2020
300 101 p
500 Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-
05, Section: A
500 Advisor: Thomas, David
502 Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northcentral University, 2020
506 This item must not be sold to any third party vendors
520 In interscholastic athletics, the number of female
administrators is substantially lower than the number of
male administrators. Women have been historically
underrepresented in all aspects of athletics since its
inception. Career advancement for women have been
negatively impacted. The purpose of this qualitative study
was to examine gender inequality as it pertained to the
lack of female athletic administrators in high school
sports. The social role theory and the role congruity
theory formed the basis of the theoretical framework for
this study. The social role theory suggested there are
behavioral differences between men and women, thus
signifying gender expectations that governed the rules of
a given society. As an extension of the social role theory,
the role congruity theory permeated gender bias against
women and delegated positions of leadership of power to
men. To examine the disparity between men and women
leadership roles in interscholastic athletics, seven
members of a high school athletic department relied on
their experiences to share their perspectives about the
barriers and challenges that hindered women from achieving
administrative roles through face-to-face, opened
interviews. From a narrative of the data emerged six
themes(a) gender bias resulted in unfair treatment of
women, (b) gender stereotypes viewed men as superior and
women as inferior to men, (c) discrimination against women
resulted in unequal pay and lack of career advancement,
(d) the concept of hegemonic masculinity marginalizes
women, (e) the good ‘Old Boys’ network is an institution
that honors male dominance, and (f) the concept of
homologous reproduction suggested male administrators only
hire men. Findings should benefit females aspiring to
advance to athletic administrative positions, current
athletic administrators, and sports owners by providing
and understanding of the factors that contributed to the
lack of female administrators within the athletic
department. Future research is required to gain a
comprehensive understanding
590 School code: 1443
650 4 Sports management
650 4 Womens studies
650 4 Secondary education
650 4 Sociology
653 Interscholastic athletics
653 Gender inequality
653 Female administrators
653 Gender bias
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710 2 Northcentral University.|bSchool of Education
773 0 |tDissertations Abstracts International|g81-05A
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