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Alison Doherty is affiliated with the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a focus on areas such as sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, orthopedics and sports medicine, and developmental and educational psychology.

Doherty's work covers several main topics, including sport and mega-event impacts, sports, gender, and society, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, sports injuries and prevention, recreation, leisure, and wilderness management, sport psychology and performance, and physical activity and health.

The scientist has published notably in several venues, such as Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Managing Sport and Leisure, the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, and Sport in Society.

  • Return to community sport: leaning on evidence in turbulent times (2020, Managing Sport and Leisure)
  • Readiness to build capacity in community sport organizations (2020, Managing Sport and Leisure)
  • Capacity for gender equity initiatives: a multiple case study investigation of national sport organisations (2023, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics)
  • Understanding the adoption of long-term athlete development in one community sport club (2020, Managing Sport and Leisure)
  • "Older, Faster, Stronger": The Multiple Benefits of Masters Sport Participation (2023, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Swarali Patil, Patti Millar, Sarah Deck, Craig Hall, and Angela Schneider.

Alison Doherty's research topics often intersect with community sport dynamics, gender equity in sports organizations, capacity building within nonprofit sport sectors, and the physical and psychological benefits of sporting participation across different age groups.

Best Publications

  • The influence of organizational culture on job satisfaction and intention to leave

    Eric W. MacIntosh;Alison Doherty

  • A case study of organizational capacity in nonprofit community sport.

    Katie Misener;Alison J. Doherty

  • Managing Cultural Diversity in Sport Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

    Alison J. Doherty;Packianathan Chelladurai

  • The volunteer legacy of a major sport event

    Alison Doherty

  • Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Interuniversity Athletics Management

    Alison J. Doherty;Karen E. Danylchuk

  • Toward a Multidimensional Framework of Capacity in Community Sport Clubs

    Alison Doherty;Katie Misener;Graham Cuskelly

  • Barriers and facilitators to deprescribing in primary care: a systematic review

    Alison Jayne Doherty;Paul Boland;Janet Reed;Andrew J Clegg

  • Cohesion in Volunteer Sport Executive Committees

    Alison J. Doherty;Albert V. Carron

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Primary Health Care for People With Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism: An Integrative Review

    Alison Jayne Doherty;Helen Atherton;Paul Boland;Richard Hastings

  • Investing in sport management: The value of good theory

    Alison Doherty

  • Understanding capacity through the processes and outcomes of interorganizational relationships in nonprofit community sport organizations

    Katie Misener;Alison Doherty

  • Managing our human resources: a review of organisational behaviour in sport.

    Alison J. Doherty

  • Sport and physical recreation in the settlement of immigrant youth

    Alison Doherty;Tracy Taylor

  • The Effect of Leader Characteristics on the Perceived Transformational/Transactional Leadership and Impact of Interuniversity Athletic Administrators

    Alison J. Doherty

  • Nonprofit Sport Board Performance: A Review and Directions for Future Research

    Russell Hoye;Alison Doherty

  • Using Social Cognitive Career Theory to Understand Head Coaching Intentions among Assistant Coaches of Women’s Teams

    George B. Cunningham;Alison J. Doherty;Melanie J. Gregg

  • Capacity building in nonprofit sport organizations: Development of a process model

    Patti Millar;Alison Doherty

  • Temporary Work, Underemployment and Workplace Accommodations: Relationship to Well-being for Workers with Disabilities

    Alison M. Konrad;Mark E. Moore;Eddy S. W. Ng;Alison J. Doherty

  • Learning from the experiences of older adult volunteers in sport: a serious leisure perspective.

    Katie Misener;Alison Doherty;Shannon Hamm-Kerwin

  • Role ambiguity and volunteer board member performance in nonprofit sport organizations

    Alison Doherty;Russell Hoye

Frequent Co-Authors

George B. Cunningham
George B. Cunningham Texas A&M University
Alison M. Konrad
Alison M. Konrad University of Western Ontario
Eddy S. Ng
Eddy S. Ng Queen's University
Albert V. Carron
Albert V. Carron University of Western Ontario
Matthew C. Walker
Matthew C. Walker University College London
Packianathan Chelladurai
Packianathan Chelladurai The Ohio State University

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