Meet Erik L. Lachance

Past Postdoc, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Department: Assistant Professor, Sport Management

Intro

Erik is interested in sport governance (e.g., decision making), strategic management (e.g., competitive advantage), and human resource management (e.g., sport volunteers). His research is internationally recognized as well as externally funded by SSHRC and Sport Canada.

What does your postdoc research focus on?

Board of directors decision-making and effectiveness in federated governance systems.

Lachance, E. L. (2025). Nonprofit sport organization board members’ engagement in decision making. Journal of Sport Management, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0199

Lachance, E. L., Kerwin, S., & MacCharles, J. (2024). Equity, diversity, and inclusion policies in Canadian nonprofit sport organizations: A management-by-values approach. Journal of Sport Management, 1-16. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0064

Lesch, L., Lachance, E. L., Kerwin, S., & Wicker, P. (2024). From gender policies and practices to organisational performance of sport governing bodies. European Sport Management Quarterly, 1-21. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2024.2404439

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2024). Vertical interlocking and decision making in national and provincial/territorial non-profit sport organization boards. Leisure/Loisir, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2024.2378801

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2024). A hierarchical cluster analysis of board decision making in non-profit sport organizations. International Journal of Sport Management, 25(2), 1-35.

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2024). Decision making in non-profit sport organization boards: Exploring the role of internal board-level factors. International Journal of Sport Management, 25(1), 73-99.

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2024). The impact of external factors on board decision making in non-profit sport organizations. Sport, Business, and Management: An International Journal. 1-20. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-09-2023-0113

Lachance, E. L., Thompson, A., Bakhsh, J. T., & Parent, M. M. (2024). Sport management or the management of sport? Reframing the theory debate. Sport Management Review, 27(1), 90-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2023.2243109

Naraine, M. L., Thompson, A., Lachance, E. L., Séguin, B., Taks, M., Parent, M. M., & Hoye, R. (2024). Examining executive-level perceptions of social media in national sport organizations. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(3), 464-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2116591

Lachance, E. L. (2023). Learning how to make decisions: An application of strategic decision-making theory. Case Studies in Sport Management, 12(1), 1-5 (case), 1-6 (teaching notes). https://doi.org/10.1123/cssm.2022-0019

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2023). Policy implementation and collaboration in a federated sport system: The case of the Official Languages Act. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 15(1), 63-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2166564

Piché, M., Lachance, E. L., & Kerwin, S. (2023). Developing a community sport organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policy. Case Studies in Sport Management, 12(1), 1-5 (case), 1-4 (teaching notes). https://doi.org/10.1123/cssm.2023-0016

Thompson, A., Lachance, E. L., Parent, M. M., & Hoye, R. (2023). A systematic review of governance principles in sport. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(6), 1863-1888. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2022.2077795

Hoye, R., Parent, M. M., Thompson, A., Lachance, E. L., Naraine, M. L., Taks, M., & Séguin, B. (2023). Decision-making processes used by Canadian national sport organization boards: Differences between design archetypes. Journal of Sport Management, 37(6), 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0201

Parent, M. M., Hoye, R., Taks, M., Thompson, A., Naraine, M., Lachance, E. L., Séguin, B. (2023). National sport organization design archetypes for the 21st century. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(4), 1115-1135. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2021.1963801

Lachance, E. L., & Cuskelly, G. (2023). Virtual volunteering in sport. In M. L. Naraine, T. D. Hayduk, & J. P. Doyle (Eds.), Routledge handbook of digital sport management (pp. 37-51). Routledge.

Lachance, E. L., Thompson, A., Bakhsh, J. T., & Parent, M. M. (2022). Volunteer retention: Examining intentions and behaviours in the wrap-up mode of a recurring small-scale sport event. Managing Sport and Leisure, 1-17. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2022.2147859

Lachance, E. L., Thompson, A., Bakhsh, J. T., & Parent, M. M. (2022). Understanding changes in sport event volunteers’ motivation, satisfaction, commitment, and sense of community: Evidence from a pre-post event design. Event Management, 26(8), 1727-1743. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599522X16419948694801

Lachance, E. L. (2022). COVID-19 and its impact on volunteering: Moving toward virtual volunteering. In B. Lashua, C. W. Johnson, & D. C. Parry (Eds.), Leisure in the time of COVID-19: A rapid response. Routledge.

Lachance, E. L., Bakhsh, J. T., Thompson, A., & Parent, M. M. (2021). What predicts the sport event volunteer experience? Examining motivation, satisfaction, commitment, and sense of community. Event Management. 25(8), 721-738. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599521X16106577965107

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2021). Understanding the sport event volunteer experience in the implementation mode of the event lifecycle: An autoethnography. Event Management, 25(5), 501-519. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599520X15894679115556

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2021). Volunteers in sport organizations and events: A source of competitive advantage? International Journal of Sport Management, 22(3), 1-24.

Lachance, E. L. (2021). COVID-19 and its impact on volunteering: Moving towards virtual volunteering. Leisure Sciences, 43(1-2), 104-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2020.1773990

Bakhsh, J. T., Lachance, E. L., Thompson, A., & Parent, M. M. (2021). Outcomes of the sport event volunteer experience: Examining demonstration effects on first-time and returning volunteers. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 12(2), 168-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-09-2020-0057

Lachance, E. L., & Parent, M. M. (2020). The volunteer experience in a para-sport event: An autoethnography. Journal of Sport Management, 34(2), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0132