Lesley Ferkins

About Lesley Ferkins

Lesley Ferkins, With an exceptional h-index of 27 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Auckland University of Technology, specializes in the field of Sport Management, Sport Governance, Sport Leadership, Action Research.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Nomination Committees and National Sport Organizations: Designing the Way to Democracy?

Aoteroa New Zealand sport dispute services-2022/2023 review

Early career and seasoned referees: Contrasting motivation, perceptions of organisational support and intention to continue

Diverse and inclusive tennis governance: Threading inclusive leadership practices into director selection

Nomination committees/board appointment panels-lessons and opportunities for NSOs

How strategic engagement is influenced by personal values: Insights From Arts Board directors

Leadership in and out of the sport boardroom: new empirical insights

Sport Governance

Lesley Ferkins Information

University

Position

Auckland New Zealand

Citations(all)

3623

Citations(since 2020)

2100

Cited By

2544

hIndex(all)

27

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

48

i10Index(since 2020)

36

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Lesley Ferkins Skills & Research Interests

Sport Management

Sport Governance

Sport Leadership

Action Research

Top articles of Lesley Ferkins

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Nomination Committees and National Sport Organizations: Designing the Way to Democracy?

Journal of Global Sport Management

Tracy Molloy

Lesley Ferkins

Geoff Dickson

2024/1/2

Aoteroa New Zealand sport dispute services-2022/2023 review

The ANZSLA Commentator

Tracy Molloy

Lesley Ferkins

2024

Early career and seasoned referees: Contrasting motivation, perceptions of organisational support and intention to continue

Managing Sport and Leisure

Javeed Ali

Michael Naylor

Lesley Ferkins

Tom Stewart

2023/11/1

Diverse and inclusive tennis governance: Threading inclusive leadership practices into director selection

Tracy Molloy

Kelly McCallum

Lesley Ferkins

Charlotte Jelleyman

2023/9/1

Nomination committees/board appointment panels-lessons and opportunities for NSOs

TheANZSLA Commentator

Tracy Molloy

Lesley Ferkins

Geoff Dickson

2023/7/1

How strategic engagement is influenced by personal values: Insights From Arts Board directors

The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society

Ruth Rentschler

Uma Jogulu

Michael Valos

Lesley Ferkins

2023/3/4

Leadership in and out of the sport boardroom: new empirical insights

European sport management quarterly

Ian O’Boyle

David Shilbury

Lesley Ferkins

2023/1/2

Sport Governance

Russell Hoye

2013/7/24

Reflecting, prioritising, and energising for a new generation of sport governance research

Joshua McLeod

Lesley Ferkins

Ian O'Boyle

2022/5/6

5 Reflecting, prioritising, and energising for governance research

Joshua McLeod

Lesley Ferkins

Ian O’Boyle

2022

The female-friendliness of New Zealand's tennis clubs

ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review

Mel Johnston

Michael Naylor

Amber Campbell

Jenny Fitzmaurice

Lesley Ferkins

2022/9/6

Establishing a Guide for Developing Organizational Support in Healthcare Following a Critical or Sentinel Event

Qualitative Health Research

Diana Maree Austin

Gerard Pauley

Lesley Ferkins

2022/9

The value of sport: Wellbeing benefits of sport participation during adolescence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Oliver WA Wilson

Chris Whatman

Simon Walters

Sierra Keung

Dion Enari

...

2022/7/14

Privileging practice in sport leadership: Applying relational reflexivity

Journal of Sport Management

Zack J Damon

Sarah Leberman

Janelle E Wells

Laura Burton

Lesley Ferkins

...

2022/1/22

“Balance is better”: the wellbeing benefits of participating in a breadth of sports across a variety of settings during adolescence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Oliver WA Wilson

Chris Whatman

Simon Walters

Sierra Keung

Dion Enari

...

2022/7/14

Board roles in Scottish football: An integrative stewardship-resource dependency theory

European Sport Management Quarterly

Joshua McLeod

David Shilbury

Lesley Ferkins

2021/1/1

Conceptualising indicators for evaluating action research

Eileen Piggot-Irvine

Wendy Rowe

Lesley Ferkins

2021/2/15

Goal attainment scaling in action research: enhancing a systems thinking orientation

Eileen Piggot-Irvine

Lesley Ferkins

Phil Cady

2021/2/15

Leadership within action research: Surfacing the collective nature of leadership

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Eileen Piggot‐Irvine

Lesley Ferkins

Wendy Rowe

2021/11

Thumbs up for action research in case studies from the evaluative study of action research

Eileen Piggot-Irvine

Wendy Rowe

Lesley Ferkins

2021/2/15

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