Eric MacIntosh Author

Eric MacIntosh, PhD, is an associate professor of sport management at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Dr. MacIntosh researches and teaches on various organizational behavior topics, covering concepts such as culture, leadership, satisfaction, and socialization. His principal research interests delve into the functioning of the organization and how a favorable culture can transmit positively internally and outwardly into the marketplace. Dr. MacIntosh has consulted for and conducted research with many prominent national and international sport organizations (e.g., Commonwealth Games Federation, NHL, Right to Play, U Sports, Youth Olympic Games). He is well published in leading peer-reviewed sport management journals and is a member of several prominent editorial boards. He is also the coeditor of International Sport Management.

Laura J. Burton, PhD, is an associate professor of sport management in the department of educational leadership within the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include understanding leadership in organizations (particularly sport organizations) and exploring development, access, and success in leadership. Her work focuses on issues of gender in leadership contexts, specifically how stereotypes and discrimination affect women in sport leadership. She has served as the editor of the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Management. She has been published in the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and Sex Roles. She is coeditor of Women in Sport Leadership: Research and Practice for Change, published in 2017, and the textbook Sport Leadership in the 21st Century, published in 2014.