Jeffrey MacCharles

Jeff MacCharles is an Assistant Professor in Management at the University of North Texas. He obtained his PhD in Management (Sport Management Concentration) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he focused on studying Organizational Behavior and Human Resources concepts in the sport workplace. Specifically, his research interests lie in understanding the complexities of identity and authenticity of sport employees, as well as investigating human resources polices, practices and procedures in sport organizations in order to better understand how such organizations attract, recruit, develop and retain talent. His work has been published in the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, the International Journal of Sport Management, the International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, Sport Management Education Journal and Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal. He has presented his research at international conferences hosted by the North American Society for Sport Management, Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand, European Association for Sport Management and the Academy of Management. He and his co-authors were awarded the Best Paper Award for 2021 in the Sport Management Education Journal for their manuscript, "Getting a job in the sport industry: The institutionalization of privilege through hegemony."

Academic Interests

Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Identity, Authenticity, Sport Management, Sport Governance