Rate My Professor Pamm Phillips

Pamm Phillips is Professor of Sport Management and Program Director for the Sport Management Program in the Department of Management within Deakin Business School, part of the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin University. She holds affiliations with the Deakin Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), including roles in the Centre for Sport Research and the Deakin Sport Innovation and Technology Lab. Phillips' research specializations encompass sport management, sport development, sport organization development, and volunteers in sport, with a particular focus on referees and umpires. Her scholarly contributions appear in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Sport Management Review. On Google Scholar, her work is cited over 2,600 times, reflecting significant influence in the field.

Phillips serves as Editor-in-Chief of Sport Management Review for the term 2023–2025 and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Sport Management. She is co-author of the authoritative textbook Sport Management in Australia: Organisation, Development and Global Perspectives (Routledge), which addresses organization, development, and global perspectives in Australian sport management. Additionally, she has contributed to Managing Sport Development: An International Approach and co-edited sections in Managing and Developing Sport Officials: Officiating Excellence (2024). A notable research achievement is her leadership of a longitudinal study evaluating the Australian Football League's (AFL) Junior Match Policy since 2012. This work has driven changes in national policy for junior AFL management and practice, shaped the professional women’s league, supported over 75,000 volunteer coaches, referees, umpires, and managers, improved participation experiences for nearly 700,000 players, and laid foundations for policies promoting girls' thriving in the sport. Select publications include 'Like Father, Like Son: Analyzing Australian Football's Father–Son Rule' (Journal of Sport Management, 2016), 'Umpiring: a serious leisure choice' (2013), and 'Investigating the cascading effects of board gender quotas: an event system theory perspective' (Sport Management Review, 2025).