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Associate Professor
PhD: Sport Management, University of Kansas, 2016
Master's Degree: Sport Management, West Virginia University, 2011
Bachelor's Degree: BA History, BS Sport Studies, University of Minnesota, 2006
2106 Huey P. Long Field House
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Dr. Oja is an Associate Professor in Sport Management with the School of Kinesiology at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on the well-being of sport employees, specifically their motivations. He uses generative approaches to broaden and build sport employees' skillsets as well as analyze structural aspects of sport organizations that impede attaining a sustained competitive advantage.
Dr. Oja's work has been published in top-tier journals such as Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sport Management Quarterly, Leisure Sciences, and the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. He has also presented his work at international conferences including, but not limited to, the Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management and the European Association for Sport Management Conference.
Dr. Oja is also a Research Fellow with the North American Society for Sport Management, a Research Affiliate with the Positive Sport Organizational Behavior Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a Governing Board Officer with the North American Society for Sport Management, and serves as an Editorial Review Board Member with the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics and the Journal of Amateur Sport.
Oja, B. D., Nite, C., Kim, M. & Hill, J. (2024). Agency in Institutionalized Sport Organizations: Examining How Institutions Suppress Agency. European Sport Management Quarterly, 24(1), 93-112. DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2023.2250370.
Oja, B. D., Gordon, B. S., & Hazzaa, R. N. (2023). Navigating Psychological Membership in Sport Organizations: Exploring Sport Employees’ Identities. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 35(2), 202-223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2021.2021563.
Oja, B. D., Stensland, P. J., Bass, J. R., & Zvosec, C. C. (2022). Under the Lights: The Legitimacy, Survival, and Institutionalization of Rural Amateur Baseball. Leisure Sciences, 44(5), 578-595. DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2019.1625294.
Oja, B. D., Kim, M., Perrewé, P. L., & Anagnostopoulos, C. (2019). Conceptualizing A-HERO for Sport Employees’ Well-Being. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 9(4), 363-380.
Oja, B. D., Kim, M., Jordan, S. L., Zvosec, C. C., & Zeimers, G. (June, 2024). Sport Employee
Grit vs.
Grit-S: Evaluating Incremental Validity. Presented at the Conference of the North
American Society for Sport Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Oja, B. D., & Zeimers, G. (September, 2023). Work Passion among Employees in the Sport Workplace: Seeking Positive Outcomes and Avoiding the Critical Juncture of Obsessive Passion. Presented at the European Association for Sport Management Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Oja, B. D., Kim, M., Zvosec, C. C., & Jordan, S. L. (June, 2023). Sport Employee Grit (SEG): An Initial Measurement Assessment. Presented at the Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management, Montréal, Canada.
Oja, B. D., Kim, M., Nite, C., Hill, J., & Schuetz, L. (September, 2022). Innovation Practices in Sport Organizations: Examining Institutional Pressures and Agency. Presented at the European Association for Sport Management Conference, Innsbruck, Austria.
Lower-Hoppe, L. M. (PI), Oja, B. D., & Altendorf, M. (Co-Is). (2023). Generating Positive Workplace Outcomes through Well-being: Examining Collegiate Recreation Employees. National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association Foundation Research Grant. $9,518
Murphy, E. (PI), Elliott, E., McCartney, K., Bulger, S., Zizzi, S., Albidso, C., O’Hara Tompkins, N., Shamblin, M., Cook, A., Prinzo, L., Eades, D., & Oja, B. D. (Co-Is). (2022). Be Wild, Be Wonderful, Be Healthy: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Physical Activity Opportunities in McDowell and Clay Counties, WV. US DHHS-CDC Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. $96,000
Schuetz, L., & Oja, B. D. (Co-PIs). (2021). From the Ground Up: Empowering Employee Decision-making. NASSM Doctoral Research Grant. $1,650
North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Research Fellow (2024)
Excellence in Research – College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (WVU; 2022)
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics Outstanding Article (2022)
Nominated for Excellence in Scholarship – College of Natural Health Sciences (UNCO;
2021)
Finalist for Sport Management Education Journal's Best Paper Award (2021)
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Amateur Sport
Governing Board Officer, North American Society for Sport Management
