TY - JOUR
T1 - Dilemmas, maintaining "face," and paranoia
T2 - An average coaching life
AU - Jones, Robyn
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - The purpose of this article is to tell a different, perhaps a "truer," story about coaches and coaching through presenting an autoethnography of the author as a dysfluent coach. The author's tale, which depicts a typical pregame scenario, explores issues associated with maintaining "face" and others' respect in a context characterized by uncertainty, ambiguity, and power. In addition, within the endnotes, the applicability of the storied genre to coaching research is discussed, with Goffman's works on stigma, interaction, and impression management offered as theoretical signposts to help readers better interpret the author's account.
AB - The purpose of this article is to tell a different, perhaps a "truer," story about coaches and coaching through presenting an autoethnography of the author as a dysfluent coach. The author's tale, which depicts a typical pregame scenario, explores issues associated with maintaining "face" and others' respect in a context characterized by uncertainty, ambiguity, and power. In addition, within the endnotes, the applicability of the storied genre to coaching research is discussed, with Goffman's works on stigma, interaction, and impression management offered as theoretical signposts to help readers better interpret the author's account.
KW - Autoethnography
KW - Coaching
KW - Sociology
KW - Stammering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747755773&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1077800406288614
DO - 10.1177/1077800406288614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747755773
SN - 1077-8004
VL - 12
SP - 1012
EP - 1021
JO - Qualitative Inquiry
JF - Qualitative Inquiry
IS - 5
ER -