Wagstaff C R D, Gilmore S, Thelwell R C
Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Oct;25(5):685-98. doi: 10.1111/sms.12340. Epub 2014 Dec 8.
Despite the emergence of and widespread uptake of a growing range of medical and scientific professions in elite sport, such environs present a volatile professional domain characterized by change and unprecedentedly high turnover of personnel. This study explored sport medicine and science practitioners' experiences of organizational change using a longitudinal design over a 2-year period. Specifically, data were collected in three temporally defined phases via 49 semi-structured interviews with 20 sport medics and scientists employed by three organizations competing in the top tiers of English football and cricket. The findings indicated that change occurred over four distinct stages; anticipation and uncertainty, upheaval and realization, integration and experimentation, normalization and learning. Moreover, these data highlight salient emotional, behavioral, and attitudinal experiences of medics and scientists, the existence of poor employment practices, and direct and indirect implications for on-field performance following organizational change. The findings are discussed in line with advances to extant change theory and applied implications for prospective sport medics and scientists, sport organizations, and professional bodies responsible for the training and development of neophyte practitioners.
尽管精英体育领域出现了越来越多的医学和科学专业，并得到广泛应用，但这样的环境呈现出一个动荡的专业领域，其特点是变化不断，人员流动率空前之高。本研究采用纵向设计，在两年时间里探索了运动医学和科学从业者对组织变革的体验。具体而言，通过对受雇于三个参加英格兰足球和板球顶级赛事组织的20名运动医学人员和科学家进行49次半结构化访谈，在三个时间界定阶段收集了数据。研究结果表明，变革发生在四个不同阶段：预期与不确定性、动荡与实现、整合与试验、常态化与学习。此外，这些数据突出了医学人员和科学家在情感、行为和态度方面的显著体验、不良雇佣行为的存在，以及组织变革对场上表现的直接和间接影响。研究结果将结合现有变革理论的进展进行讨论，并探讨对未来的运动医学人员和科学家、体育组织以及负责新手从业者培训和发展的专业机构的应用启示。
