How the concept of trust assists in understanding the role of the contemporary professional football manager
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
A seminar as part of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre Public Seminar Series.
Given by: Dr Seamus Kelly, University College Dublin.
In this presentation Dr Seamus Kelly explores the complexity of the path to becoming, and remaining, a professional football manager. in an ultimate results-based industry. Professional football managers are the subject of considerable scrutiny from industry stakeholders such as media and fans concerning team selection, style of play and player recruitment strategies in particular. More recently, managers are faced with a working environment epitomized by interference from owners and directors and are viewed as marketable assets and commodities that are bought, sold and discarded by clubs and their owners once their managerial value dissipates. In this presentation, drawing from research from his book The Role of the Contemporary Professional Football Manager. (2017, Routledge). Dr Kelly will explore how the role of trust assists in understanding how professional football managers deal with the chronic insecurity, vulnerability, rejection and psychological fear of failure that are definitive features of their professional lives.
Biography
Dr. Seamus Kelly is a Lecturer in and Director of the UCD Centre for Sport Studies. His research examines aspects of management in professional football and was based on interviews with players, agents and managers in the English Premier League, Championship and League I & II. In terms of his research, gaining access to the closed world of professional football was due, in part, to his previous professional (Cardiff City, St. Patricks Athletic & Bohemian F.C) and semi-professional (UCD & Longford Town) playing experience. Seamus is also a former UCD soccer scholarship recipient and was selected for the Irish Universities, Irish Beach Soccer and numerous Irish National League representative teams. He also attained one Irish B cap and numerous winners league medals from the UK and Ireland.
Reading
- Kelly, S. & Chatziefstathiou, D. (May 2018). “Trust me I am a Football Agent”. The discursive practices of the players’ agents in (un)professional football. Sport in Society. Vol. 21, Issue 5, pages 800-814.
- Kelly, S (2017). The Role of the Contemporary Professional Football Manager. Routledge.
- Kelly, S. & Harris, J. (2011). Managers, Directors and Trust in Professional Football. Sport & Society. 13 (3), 489-502.
- Kelly, S. (December 2008). Understanding the Role of the Football Manager in Britain and Ireland: A Weberian Approach. European Sport Management Quarterly. Vol. 8, Issue 4, pages 399-419.
Contact Details
- https://people.ucd.ie/seamus.kelly
Further details on this seminar series
Contact:
Sean Hamil
Department of Management
Birkbeck College
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HX
Tel: 020-7631 6759
Email: s.hamil@bbk.ac.uk
Twitter: @Birkbecksport
Contact name:
Isobel Edwards