Research Handbook of Employment Relations in Sport

Edited by Michael Barry, Professor, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith University, James Skinner, Dean and Professor of Sport Business, Newcastle Business School, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle and Terry Engelberg, James Cook University, Australia

‘A new addition to the growing area of sport-industry-specific texts, Research Handbook of Employment Relations in Sport brings to light an understudied topic in a fashion that can be easily understood by sport management or communications students, regardless of their background in academia. Whether approaching from a researcher’s or practitioner’s perspective in the sport management industry, this handbook provides a compelling case for further incorporation of employment relations (ER) scholarship into sport-industry-based research. . . . The contents of this Research Handbook are a must-read for those hoping to better understand the multitude of employment relationships happening within the sport industry. . . . This edited Research Handbook presents historical and modern issues that need to be studied and discussed by sport practitioners as the questions surrounding ER in sport happen on a continuum in sporting environments across the globe. While readers of this text may find interest in individual chapters, a complete read of the volume will provide a much more comprehensive understanding of legal, regulatory, and economic considerations that are in need of further research. . . . Through reading these texts, sport communication practitioners will better understand athletes and professionals with whom they will interact and work.​‘

• Contents:1. Sidelined: Employment Relations in Professional SportsMichael Barry, James Skinner and Terry EngelbergPART I THE REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS2. The Regulation of Professional Football at the European Union Level. Towards Supranational Employment Relations in the Football Industry?Berndt Keller3. Performance Expectations, Contracts and Job SecurityJohn Solow and Peter Von Allmen 4. Making Sense of Labour Regulation in Major League Baseball: Some Insights from Regulatory TheoryMatt Nichol5. Regulating Player AgentsLisa MasteralexisPART II THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS6. The Evolution of Collective Bargaining in SportsJames B. Dworkin7. Arbitration, Negotiation and Contracts in Sport Jack Anderson8. Industrial Action in Professional Sport: Strikes and LockoutsCraig Depken III9. Power Games: Understanding the True Nature of Season Ending Labour Disputes in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey LeaguePeter Bouris and Rafael GomezPART III THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND SPORTING CAREERS10. The Game of (your) Life: Professional Sports CareersChristine Coupland11. If you Want to Play Sport Professionally, Which Sport Should you Choose?Greg Maynes, Heather Mitchell, Peter Schuwalow and Mark Stewart12. Discrimination Issues and Related LawKlaus Vieweg and James A.R. Nafziger13. Hiding in Plain Sight: Sexual Harassment in SportTerry Engelberg and Stephen Moston14. The Evolution of Anti-doping Policy: Workplace Implications for AthletesJames Skinner, Terry Engelberg and Stephen MostonPART IV THE ECONOMICS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS15. Player Trades, Free Agents and Transfer Polices in Professional SportSimon Gardiner and Roger Welch16. Similarities and Differences Between Competitive Balance and Uncertainty of Outcome: A Simple Comparison of Recent History in the NBA and NFL Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach17. Playing QuotasSimon Gardiner and Roger WelchIndex