Athletes' Careers Across Cultures (key Issues In Sport And Exercise Psychology)

Athletes' Careers Across Cultures is the first book of its kind to bring together a truly global spread of leading sports psychology career researchers and practitioners into one comprehensive resource. This extensive volume traces the evolution of athlete career research through a cultural lens and maps the complex topography of athletes' careers across national boundaries exploring how social and cultural discourses shape their development. The area of athlete career development has traditionally been dominated by a Western perspective, an imbalance which has had a considerable influence on the shaping of career studies more generally. Stambulova and Ryba adopt a more culturally sensitive approach, offering a comprehensive analytical review of athlete career research and assistance in 19 different nations. The authors employ diverse theoretical, methodological and practical ideas to demonstrate how local knowledge enables a better understanding of the dynamics of cultural diversity within the field. Athletes' Careers Across Cultures considers the 'cultural praxis' of athletes' careers as a practical implication of the cultural turn. As such it will stimulate the development of culturally situated career research and assistance and be an invaluable and internationally relevant resource for academics, professionals and students working in sport and exercise psychology. The Turn Towards A Culturally Informed Approach To Career Research And Assistance In Sport Psychology / Tatiana V. Ryba And Natalia B. Stambulova -- Athletes' Careers In Australia : From Retirement To Education And Beyond / Tim Chambers, Sandy Gordon And Tony Morris -- Athletes' Careers In Belgium : A Holistic Perspective To Understand And Alleviate Challenges Occurring Throughout The Athletic And Post-athletic Career / Paul Wylleman, Anke Reints And Paul De Knop -- Athletes' Careers In Brazil : Research And Application In The Land Of Ginga / Maria Regina Ferreira Brandão And Lenamar Fiorese Vieira -- Athletes' Careers In Canada : Four Decades Of Research And Practice / Robert J. Schinke, Jessica Cummings And Justin Bonhomme -- Athletes' Careers In China : Advances In Athletic Retirement Research And Assistance / Zhijian Huang, Menglin Chen And Na Qiao -- Athletes' Careers In Denmark : Nurturing Athletic Talents / Kristoffer Henriksen And Mette Krogh Christensen --^ Athletes' Careers In France : In Pursuit Of Excellence In Sport And Life / Nadine Debois And Véronique Leseur -- Athletes' Careers In Germany : Research And Assistance Programs / Dorothee Alfermann And Franziska Preis -- Athletes' Careers In Greece : Towards A Culturally Infused Future / Stiliani 'ani' Chroni, Eleni Diakaki And Athanasios Papaioannou -- Athletes' Careers In Japan : Before And After Retirement In Sports / Norishige Toyoda -- Athletes' Careers In Mexico : Learning How To Handle Transitions / Cristina Fink -- Athletes' Careers In New Zealand (aotearoa) : The Impact Of The Graham Report And The Carding System / Christina Ryan And Holly Thorpe -- Athletes' Careers In Russia : From Moscow 1980 To The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics / Natalia B. Stambulova And Elena E. Hvatskaya -- Athletes' Careers In Slovenia : The Remarkable Sporting Achievements Of A Small Country / Saša Cecić Erpič --^ Athletes' Careers In Spain : Professionalization And Developmental Consequences / Miquel Torregrosa And Ma Dolores González -- Athletes' Careers In Sweden : Facilitating Socialization Into Sports And Re-socialization Upon Retirement / Natalia B. Stambulova And Urban Johnson -- Athletes' Careers In The United Kingdom And The Republic Of Ireland : Differences In The Evolution Of Reserch And Support Programs In Two Neighbor Nations / Sunghee Park, David Lavallee And David Tod -- Athletes' Careers In The United States : Developmental Programming For Athletes In Transition / Albert Petitpas, Judy L. Van Raalte And Britton W. Brewer -- Setting The Bar : Towards Cultural Praxis Of Athletes' Careers / Natalia B. Stambulova And Tatiana V. Ryba. Edited By Natalia B. Stambulova & Tatiana V. Ryba. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.