Browsing Brage NIH by Subject "impression management"
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Alone with Goffman: Impression management and the TV series
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Alone is an American reality television series on the History Channel. The show features 10 contestants who are vying to outlast each other while living off the land. Notably, there is no camera crew, and the contestants ... -
‘Humour helps’: elite sports coaching as a balancing act
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-28)To date, humour's role in sport settings has hardly received scholarly attention. However, reflecting on future research within the sociology of sports coaching (Jones, Ronglan, Potrac, & Cushion, 2011), it was suggested ... -
‘I found out the hard way’: micro-political workings in professional football
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12-03)This paper examines the micro-political experiences of Adam (a pseudonym), a newly appointed fitness coach at a Football Association Premier League club, in his search for acceptance by senior colleagues. Data were collected ... -
Identity constructions among breakdancers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-19)The hip-hop culture has evolved from the ghettos of The Bronx, New York in the 1970s, into a global phenomenon. Despite such prominence there is an absence of academic research on the hip-hop culture element: breakdance. ... -
‘Studentship’ and ‘impression management’ in an advanced soccer coach education award
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-07-13)The purpose of this study was to investigate how coaches perceived and responded to the content knowledge and assessment processes that they were exposed to during an advanced level soccer coaching award programme. In-depth ... -
Super equestrians: The construction of identity/ies and impression management among young equestrians in upper secondary school settings on social media
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aim of this study is to analyze and increase the understanding of how young equestrians, in a sport school context, perceive, construct, negotiate and manage identities on social media. This article presents how a ... -
Youth athlete learning and the dynamics of social performance in Norwegian elite handball
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study examines how the social interactions of youth handball players are entangled with the ideals, beliefs and norms associated with youth athlete learning in Norwegian handball and communicated through coaching ...