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Study led by ATU’s GAA Development Manager published in Sports Coaching Review
New study exploring the pressures on GAA Games Development Managers finds heightened fatigue, emotional labour and disrupted personal and family life.
A new study exploring the impact of the blurring of boundaries between work and personal life among GAA Games Development Managers finds high levels of achievement fatigue, emotional labour and disrupted personal and family life.
The study titled “Caution! Achievement Subjects at Work: A Hanian Analysis of Policy Enactment in Gaelic Games” is written by ATU GAA Development Manager Damien Coleman, stemming from his UCD Master’s Dissertation (UCD), and Paul Donnelly, Ulster University, Seamus Kelly, Northumbrian University, Peter Horgan, GAA, and Paul Potrac, UCD.
The study, published in the prestigious academic journal Sports Coaching Review, explores the emotional, relational, and temporal realities of policy enactment within the GAA, drawing on the philosopher Han’s critique of neoliberal subjectivity.
Damien Coleman says: “The study finds heightened fatigue and emotional labour due to the impact of metric-drive accountability on relational work and pressure to constantly “be on” in navigating the everyday demands and dilemmas of policy enactment. I’d like to thank all of the County Games Development Managers who took part in the study. The paper is a call to reflect on how we support those tasked with delivering policy in sport — not just in terms of outcomes, but in terms of their well-being.”
Read the full article here.
