Julie Stevens
Associate Professor
Sport Management
Brock University
Canada
Biography
My first research area, change management examines change and change dynamics within sport organizations according to various organization theories. My second research area, organizational capacity, studies types of capacity and capacity-building strategies within several different sport contexts and organizations. My final research area, contemporary/historical issues in hockey addresses a vast array of issues related to commercial and cultural aspects of hockey within both the women’s and men’s games, and across various hockey realms within Canada and around the world.
Research Interest
Change management in sport; Organizational design and theoretical perspectives in sport; Capacity and capacity building in sport; Hockey scholarship across a diverse range of historical, social, economic, political, ethical and cultural perspectives
Publications
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Eckford, S. & Stevens, J. (2014). The perceived organizational support of hockey officials. Paper submitted for presentation at the 29th Annual North American Society for Sport Management Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 27-31, 2014.
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Stevens, J. & Edwards, J. (2014). An analysis of women’s hockey development in Canada: Is the Program of Excellence a model that works? Paper submitted for presentation at Putting it on Ice IV: Visioning & Re-visioning Hockey’s Arena. June 18 to 20, 2014 at Western University in London, Canada.
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Brooks, DJ., Stevens, J., & Barnes, M. (2015). The values of community curling: A case study. Sport and Society International Conference. July 30-31, Toronto, Canada.
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Stevens, J. & Stark, T. (2016). An Organizational Analysis of Swedish Hockey Clubs. The Hockey Conference 2016: The Multiplicity of Hockey: The Games within the Game. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, July 6-8, 2016.
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Stevens, J. & Lathrop, A. (2014). “Boom or Bust?: The Impact of the 1972 Summit Series on the Development of Women’s Hockey in Canada.†In B. Kennedy (ed.), Coming Down the Mountain: Rethinking the 1972 Summit Series, pp. 143-160. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak & Wynn Publishers.
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Kerwin, S., Warner, S., Walker, M., & Stevens, J. (2015). Exploring Sense of Community among Small-scale Sport Event Volunteers. European Sport Management Quarterly, 15(1), 77-92.
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Nickels, W., McHugh, J., McHugh, S., Cossa, R., Stevens, J. & Sproule, B. (2015). Introduction to Business (9th Canadian Edition). McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, Canada.
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Brooks, D.L., Barnes, M., & Stevens, J. (2017). What happens at the National Level stays at the National Level: A case study of community curling. International Journal of Sport Management, 1(18), 65-88.
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Jurbala, P. & Stevens, J. (2017). High Performance Community Sport: How to get a gripâ€. 2017 Canadian Sport for Life Summit, January 25-26, 2017, Gatineau, Quebec.
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Stevens, J. (in press).The Emergence and Development of Women’s Hockey Globally. In J. Nauright & S. Altuhkov (Eds.), 2017 World Hockey Forum Volume, Moscow, Russia.
