ABSTRACT

With increasing economic uncertainty and rapidly changing technologies, many organizations have attempted to change their management strategies, and the majority of strategies targeted toward adjusting to this changing economic environment and enhancing competitiveness are associated with human resources management practices such as downsizing, restructuring, and flexible employment arrangements. Organizations in several industries, in particular, are increasingly turning to non-standard employments such as part-time employees as a way to maximize staffing flexibility while lowering personnel costs (Barker 1995; Barling and Gallagher 1996; Brewster, Mayne and Tregaskis 1997; Gallagher 2002). Sport organizations are no exception to this trend and this chapter discusses this phenomenon.