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The purpose of this white paper is to outline why sports conflict is costly, illustrate the costs of a likely incident, an...

Examining the criteria that constitute an aesthetic experience while viewing a sporting event may sound abstract to the po...

Everyday, throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, in organizations as diverse as the United Nations, Coca-Cola, the...

Treating athletes who develop psychiatric illness requires understanding the importance of sports in the patient’s life. A...

Richard S. Gruneau analyzes various theoretical frameworks regarding the emergence of modern sport. Specifically, Gruneau ...

The widely held notion that sports participation reduces subsequent risk of substance use is evaluated with longitudinal d...

This paper investigates the relationship between a country’s Olympic performance and its overall economic condition,...

This Essay examines how professional sports leagues address (apparently increasing) criminal activity by players off of th...

This paper seeks to establish the importance of conducting culturally sensitive consumer behavior research in order to mor...

Sport psychology researchers have recently started to examine how athletes experience transitions out of sport (Baille &am...

This article and video discusses the experiences of Ron Shapiro and Mark Shapiro, who are father and son, with negotiation...

We’ve tried blame. We’ve tried shame. We’ve tried hard punishment. But on the doping-in-sports front, we...

In 2010 USADA commissioned a survey of nearly 9,000 Americans, representing the general population, coaches, athletes, and...

Based on DNA analysis of a historical case, the authors describe how a female athlete can be unknowingly confronted with t...

Edward Schumacher-Matos, the ombudsman for NPR tasked with holding the organization accountable on questions of journalist...

Ryan Hedstrom offers practical advice for coaches on how to effectively deal with conflict. He identifies four principles ...

Research on the emotional responses of athletes to injury shows significant depression that may be profound and may last a...

The status and privileges conferred on organizational Ombuds programs — allowing Ombuds to work differently in the organiz...

This article examines the coach’s role as a leadership educator. This includes 7 conditions helpful for creating an ...

What is nonverbal communication and body language? When we interact with others, we continuously give and receive wordless...

What are effective guidelines for interpersonal communication? This article shares some useful communication tips. Guideli...

What makes for an effective apology? An apology is a powerful means of reconciliation and restoring trust. However, someti...

This brief article by Dr. Don Murray provides a useful set of guidelines for giving and receiving feedback in any context....

This article by Dr. Don Murray provides some important foundational theory on defining and managing a team. Team Managemen...

This article by Dr. Don Murray provides a useful model for effective coaching. 1) Build Self Esteem 2) Validate Understand...

This article by Dr. Don Murray provides some useful, basic, information on conflict resolution skills. Conflict Resolution...

This brief article by Dr. Don Murray details some key traits found in effective teams. 8 Characteristics of Effective Teams

This handbook is prepared by the NCAA and distributed to chief executive officers, directors of athletics, faculty athleti...

This guide addresses the problem of spectator violence in stadiums and other arena-type settings. It begins with a discuss...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. The eight MDGs aim...

Comic book describing the power of sport. Score The Goals

Like top athletes, smart negotiators confront the cognitive and psychological errors that could keep them from performing ...

When dealing with a counterpart who won’t give us what we want, we tend to write him off as difficult or irrational. Yet n...

This paper evaluates the organizational culture related to the New Zealand All Blacks winning ethos, which has been develo...

Useful infographic highlighting key data and information about bullying for those ages 12-18. Youth Bullying Infographic

The officiating environment can be challenging and potentially hostile. Dealing with conflict can be tough for a confident...

The Guide to Administrative Fair Play (the “Guide”) was created by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) f...

Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses

Using ADR to Resolve Collegiate Professional and Sport Business Disputes

Smith, S. & Martinez, J. (2009) An Analytic Framework for Dispute Systems Design, Harvard Negotiation Law Review [Vol....

The Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership® Theory Choosing the Right Leadership Style for the Right People   What t...

SCI is a national innovator in its use of a Sports Ombuds Model, establishing one of the first Ombuds offices in the natio...

The following provides general information for the public and members of Sport Organizations on how conflict and dispute r...

The biggest finding was that the girls learned to manage conflict like grown-ups: “They figured out, if situations c...

The Miami Hurricanes humiliated the University of Texas 46-3 in the 1991 Cotton Bowl despite accumulating more than 200 ya...

This intimate portrait of former University of Miami coach Randy Shannon explores how he was shaped by growing up as part ...

This article explores the institutional factors that minimize the possibility that athletes, in this case a walk-on colleg...

A deep exploration of the events surrounding the death of Denver Broncos Quarterback, Darrent Williams, on a fateful New Y...

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