Insiders, outsiders, and agents of change: First person action inquiry in community sport management

Kyle A. Rich and Laura Misener

Sport Management Review, 2017, vol. 20, issue 1, 8-19

Abstract: Using first-person inquiry, we explore the use of reflexive practice as a means of self-study in community sport management research. In the context of a participatory action research project with a rural Northern Ontario community recreation committee, we describe our process of conducting first person action inquiry, explore how it enriched the process and outcomes of the project, and explain how it informed our understanding of researchers (ourselves) as instruments of research and agents of change within the research process. Through the process of self-study and iterative discussions between a graduate student (sometimes) insider and academic supervisor outsider, we demonstrate how reflexive practice led to a better understanding of community contexts as well as the roles and limitations of the researchers therein. Consequently, reflections allowed for a moulding of the methodological approach to be more effective (for research and action) with(in) the community. Based on our discussion, we highlight the potential of diverse research practices and paradigms to offer new perspectives for sport management research and practice.

Keywords: Qualitative methodology; Reflexive practice; Insider action research; First person action inquiry; Participatory action research; Rural community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2016.08.004

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