Dr Swanson published an article in HRZone called: Bringing Sporting Mindsets into the Workplace
The role of context in organisational behaviour research has been considered by academics for several decades.
While merely changing context is not generally viewed as sufficient grounds for additional research, testing theory across a variety of settings does often yield new insight and strengthen our understanding of theoretical perspectives. Beyond simply testing theory in alternate settings, however, specific contexts may also provide the opportunity to develop new theory which can in turn be applicable elsewhere (see Chalip, 2006).
The full article can be found here.
Dr Steve Swanson 