GENDER DIFFERENCES AND INEQUALITY IN SPORTS EVENT MANAGEMENT

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Gestió de Destinacions Turístiques

Title in different languages: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND INEQUALITY IN SPORTS EVENT MANAGEMENT

Abstract: The description and the history of sports intended to be defined. Sports is rapidly growing and increasingly diverse industry. It is more than a free time evaluation tool, can form social power to societies. This study aimed to reveal how gender differences in sports event sector affected knowledge sharing, organizational behavior and leadership management. Therefore, gender differences in sports events, knowledge sharing, and organizational behavior investigated in-depth research with the help of qualitative method interviews. This study aimed to answer the following research questions; The principal research question is: ➢ Which strategies do women use to break the barrier of gender differences in sports event management? Three related sub-questions were derived: ➢ Being in sports management, what kind of difficulties did women face in their career? ➢ What is colleagues’ role in women’s success? ➢ What is colleagues’ willingness to share knowledge with women? ➢ How women are perceived by others as leaders? ➢ Which strategies do women use to break the barrier of gender differences in sports event management?

Subject: Turisme

Academic year: 2018-2019

Language: Anglès

Work's public defense date: 2019-09-04

Subject areas: Tourism and leisure

Student: CILENGIROGLU TULBENTCI, MELIS

Department: Geografia

Creation date in repository: 2019-11-13

TFM credits: 12

Keywords: SPORTS EVENT, MANAGEMENT, GENDER

Title in original language: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND INEQUALITY IN SPORTS EVENT MANAGEMENT

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: USTROV, YURIY