Browsing College of Health and Human Performance by Author "Dixon, Marlene A."

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  • Connecting It All: Creating Community in Sport and Entertainment 

    Warner, Stacy; Dixon, Marlene A. (2016-06-01)
    There is a growing concern that many individuals are no longer living in and experiencing community like previous generations. Today for many Americans, it is common for someone to have thousands of online Facebook friends ...

  • Employee Satisfaction in Sport: Development of a Multi-Dimensional Model in Coaching 

    Dixon, Marlene A.; Warner, Stacy (East Carolina University, 2010)
    Despite the overwhelming emphasis on job satisfaction in sport management research, scholars continue to advocate for the distinctiveness and importance of evaluating both job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The purpose ...

  • The Football Factor: Shaping Community on Campus 

    Warner, Stacy; Shapiro, Stephen L.; Dixon, Marlene A.; Ridinger, Lynn L.; Harrison, Scott B. (2011)
    Many American universities continue to invest in expensive intercollegiate football programs, and specifically cite the sport’s ability to foster a sense of community (SOC) as justification for the cost. This study sought ...

  • The Impact of Formal versus Informal Sport: Mapping the Differences in Sense of Community 

    Warner, Stacy; Dixon, Marlene A.; Chalip, Laurence (2012-10-09)
    As the popularity of sport continues to grow, more community developers, planners, and leaders are recognizing the ability for sport to foster community. Similar to other community contexts, understanding the structure and ...

  • More Than Just Letting Them Play: Parental Influence on Women's Lifetime Sport Involvement 

    Dixon, Marlene A.; Warner, Stacy; Bruening, Jennifer (East Carolina University, 2008)
    This qualitative study uses expectancy-value and life course theories (Giele & Elder, 1998) to examine both the proximal and distal impact of early family socialization on enduring female participation in sport. Seventeen ...

  • Sports and Community on Campus: Constructing a Sports Experience That Matters 

    Warner, Stacy; Dixon, Marlene A. (2013-05)
    Student affairs personnel are often charged with the task of creating a sense of community on campuses. Sports is among the many activities that historically have been used to meet this need for community among students. ...

  • Youth Sport Ministry: Looking Beyond the Court 

    Dixon, Marlene A.; Warner, Stacy (2012-11)
    Every year millions of children participate in church-sponsored sport leagues throughout the U.S. and Canada. In fact, the Upward sport program reports that over a half of million 5-12 year-olds compete annually in their ...