Finding Joy in the Journey: Sustaining a Meaningful Career in Sport Management Academic Article

abstract

• In her 2020 Earle F. Zeigler Award address, Marlene Dixon presented and discussed five elements of a sustained career in academia: Lifelong Learning, Authenticity, Relational Mentoring, Work-Life Balance, and Faithfulness. Dixon suggests that remaining open to new learning and taking risks helps increase capacity and vigor. Authenticity brings richness, voice, durability, and purpose. Relational mentoring brings connection, community, enrichment, and longevity. Cultivating work-life balance, rest, and self-care not only helps avoid burnout, but also improves creativity, playfulness, and liveliness. Finally, leveraging the extended metaphor from TolkeinsLeaf by Niggle, Dixon argues that faithfulness, rather than visibility or measurable outcome, defines the meaning and value of our work and contribution not only to science, but also to our life circles.

authors

• Dixon, Marlene

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Dixon, M. A.

complete list of authors

• Dixon, Marlene A

publication date

• January 2022

publisher

• Human Kinetics  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Sport Management  Journal

keywords

• Development Through Sport
• Mentoring
• Occupational Commitment
• Relationships
• Sense Of Community
• Work Family Issues

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1123/jsm.2021-0243

start page

• 1

end page

• 8

volume

• 36

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0243