Work

The non-traditional work hours and distinctive work environment within the sport industry provide numerous challenges for employers, employees, and volunteers. SLQ research in this area has focused on human resource management, work policies and programs, organizational culture, and job satisfaction within the sport industry. Consequently, this branch of SLQ research provides managers and administrators who are concerned with improving their own and their employees’ life quality with the necessary tools to do so.

Publications

• Dixon, M.A., & Warner, S. (in press).  The dynamics of worker satisfaction: The role of work and non-work factors. Journal of Sport Management.
• Dixon, M.A., and Warner, S. (2010) Employee Satisfaction.  Journal of Sport Management, 2010, 24, 139-168.
•  Dixon, M.A. (2009).  From their perspective: A qualitative examination of physical activity and sport for working mothers.  Sport Management Review, 12, 34-48.
•  Tiell, B., & Dixon, M.A. (2008). Roles and tasks of the Senior Woman Administrator: A role congruity perspective. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 2,339-362.
• Dixon, M.A., Tiell, B., Lough, N., Sweeney, K., Osbourne, B., & Bruening, J. (2008). The work/life interface in intercollegiate athletics: An examination of policies, programs, and institutional climate. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 2, 137-160.
• Bruening, J., Dixon, M.A., Tiell, B., Osbourne, B., Lough, N., & Sweeney, K. (2008). The role of the supervisor in the work-life culture of collegiate athletics. International Journal of Sport Management, 9, 250-272.
• Dixon, M.A., Noe, R., & Pastore, D. (2008).  Human resource management systems and organizational effectiveness in non-profit sport organizations: A multilevel approach. International Journal of Sport Management, 9, 22-45.
• Bruening, J., & Dixon, M.A. (2008). Situating work-family negotiations within a life course perspective: Insights on the gendered experiences of NCAA Division I head coaching mothers. Sex Roles, 58, 10-23.
• Bruening, J., & Dixon, M.A. (2007). Work-family conflict in coaching II: Managing role conflict. Journal of Sport Management, 21, 471-496.
• Dixon, M.A., & Sagas, M. (2007). The relationship between organizational support, work-family conflict, and the job-life satisfaction of university coaches.  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 78, 236-247.
• Dixon, M.A., & Bruening, J. (2007).  Work-family conflict in coaching I: A top-down perspective. Journal of Sport Management, 21, 377-406.
• Tiell, B., Dixon, M.A., Sweeney, K., Lough, N., Osborne, B., & Bruening, J. (2006, August/September). Progressive programs: Stopping the pull. Athletic Management, 17, 63-67.
• Dixon, M.A., & Bruening, J. (2006).  Retaining quality workers: A case study of work-family conflict.  Sport Management Review, 9, 92-103.
• Roach, K., & Dixon, M.A. (2006). Hiring internal employees: A view from the field. Journal of Sport Management, 20, 137-158.
• Dixon, M.A., Bruening, J., Mazerolle, S., Davis, A., Crowder, J., & Lorsback, M. (2006). Career, family, or both? A case study of young professional baseball players. Nine: Journal of Baseball, 14, 81-101.
• Dixon, M.A., & Bruening, J. (2005).  Perspectives on work-family conflict: A review and integrative approach. Sport Management Review, 8, 227-254.
• Dixon, M.A., Cunningham, G., Sagas, M., Kent, A., & Turner, B. (2005).  Challenge is key: An investigation of affective organizational commitment in undergraduate interns.  Journal of Education for Business, 80, 172-180.
• Cunningham, G.B., Sagas, M., Dixon, M.A., Kent, A., & Turner, B.A. (2005). Anticipated career satisfaction, affective occupational commitment, and intentions to enter the sport management profession. Journal of Sport Management, 19, 43-57.
• Dixon, M. A., Noe, R.A., & Pastore, D.L. (2004).  Impacting athletic department effectiveness through human resource management: A multi-level model and review of practices.  Journal of Contemporary Athletics, 1, 71-98.
• Cunningham, G.B., & Dixon, M.A. (2003).  New perspectives concerning performance appraisals of intercollegiate coaches. Quest, 55, 177-192.
• Dixon, M.A., Wang, S., Calvin, J., Dineen, B., & Tomlinson, E. (2002). The panel interview: A review of empirical research and guidelines for practice. Public Personnel Management, 31, 397-429.

Projects in Process:

• Warner, S., Bowers, M., & Dixon, M.A. (in review).  Teambuilding and cohesion: A social networking perspective.
• Newhouse-Bailey, M., & Dixon, M.A. (in review). Group functioning in intercollegiate athletics: An examination of the impact of FLSA on social identity.