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ABSTRACT

This paper connects with practitioners and scholars in sport management regarding the utility of adopting narrative inquiry, and more specifically stories as a medium to represent research findings. We map out the broad field of narrative inquiry and also discuss what features are required to constitute stories. Drawing from some sport management research undertaken on behalf of The English Football Association, we offer one story crafted to re-present data generated. We discuss the benefits and challenges of using stories as a means of data re-presentation. The paper concludes by offering our thoughts regarding the contributions stories make to research in sport management.

5. Conclusions

This paper has sought to connect with practitioners and scholars in sport management regarding the utility of crafting stories as a means of re-presenting data. We have outlined a number of benefits and challenges to adopting this approach. Despite these challenges, which are in part associated with sport management’s more positivistic outlook, we do not think these are insurmountable. We would encourage practitioners and scholars in sport management to perhaps experiment with stories, alongside more traditional forms of re-presenting data. Adopting this strategy could minimalise the risks associated with embracing a new and unfamiliar form of data re-presentation. Moreover, attempts to work with stories in combination with other more traditional forms of data re-presentation are likely to be fruitful in other ways, and some of these are discussed next.