I ‘always wear[s] a collared shirt now in the afternoons’: Impression management as strategic survival for women coaches in Canadian high-performance sport
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on March 23, 2026
Abstract
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Despite efforts to diversify Canadian high-performance sport coaching, there remains a significant underrepresentation of women coaches. Drawing on the work of scholars such as Goffman and Hochschild, this paper highlights findings from a study of a group ...
Despite efforts to diversify Canadian high-performance sport coaching, there remains a significant underrepresentation of women coaches. Drawing on the work of scholars such as Goffman and Hochschild, this paper highlights findings from a study of a group ...