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Talent identification and risk management at AFL clubs : 'We'll only recruit public school boys in the future'
conference contribution
posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Peter Kelly, Chris HickeyChris HickeyThis paper will report on a research project funded by the Australian Football League (AFL).The research mobilises Foucault's later work on the care of the Self to focus on the ways in which player identities are regulated; and the manner in which players conduct themselves in ways that can be characterised as professional - or not.
The paper explores the forms of risk management that Clubs use in the processes of talent identification that they engage in as a consequence of AFL rules. The paper discusses how psychological profiling is used to identify character traits prior to initial recruitment in the draft or trading processes - and reports on suggestions that risk management in this increasingly commerciaIised context may lead to recruitment practices that exclude certain types of persons. from
certain types of backgrounds.
The paper explores the forms of risk management that Clubs use in the processes of talent identification that they engage in as a consequence of AFL rules. The paper discusses how psychological profiling is used to identify character traits prior to initial recruitment in the draft or trading processes - and reports on suggestions that risk management in this increasingly commerciaIised context may lead to recruitment practices that exclude certain types of persons. from
certain types of backgrounds.
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Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (19th : 2005 : Canberra, A.C.T.)Pagination
1 - 14Publisher
ANZAMLocation
Canberra, A.C.T.Place of publication
Canberra, A.C.T.Start date
2005-12-07End date
2005-12-10ISBN-13
9781740882453ISBN-10
1740882458Language
engNotes
Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publicationCopyright notice
2005, ANZAMEditor/Contributor(s)
D Davies, G Fisher, R HughesTitle of proceedings
ANZAM 2005 : Engaging the multiple contexts of management : convergence and divergence of management theory and practice : proceedings of the 19th ANZAM conferenceUsage metrics
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