| dc.contributor.author | Kiragu, P. K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Matheka, R. M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyakwaka, D. A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-08T12:06:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-08T12:06:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2523-6725 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://cedred.org/jais/index.php/issues | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.mut.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/6927 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The professional era of Kenyan sports has allowed women onboard as competitors while
limiting their role in top management. This article argues that the interests of stakeholders
influence the meaning of sports which in turn influences the gendering of aspects of sports
including management. Commercialization is, arguably, the most powerful defining force of
professional sports. The article therefore follows the evolution of professionalization to
understand the impact of commercialization on gender parity in management of athletics and
football in Kenya. It collected and examined primary and secondary data, employed the
historical method of external and internal criticism to establish authenticity of sources and
veracity of information they provided. It used inductive reasoning to argue. The article
established that the combination of professionalization and commercialization of sports with
social, cultural and political factors have perpetuated male dominance in management of
Kenyan sports | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | professionalization, commercialization, commoditization gender inequality, sports management. | en_US |
| dc.title | Evolution in Professionalization of Sports and the Links to Gender Inequality in Management of Athletics and Football in Kenya. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
