Dr Jyoti Gosai is a Research Associate on a UK Sport funded project investigating the impact of generational thinking in elite sport with Professor Paul Downward and Professor Chris Cushion.
Jyoti graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science with a Diploma in Professional Studies in 2018. Following this, Jyoti commenced her PhD at Loughborough University titled ‘On understanding the stereotypical gender bias within coaching’. After completing her PhD, Jyoti worked as a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology (Sport Science Department) at Nottingham Trent University.
Jyoti’s PhD focused on exploring the stereotypical gender biases that women, as both coaches and athletes, encounter within coaching. In addition, Jyoti has also worked on research projects that have focused on the evaluation of coach development and education programmes for UK Sport and the Lawn Tennis Association. Jyoti’s research interests include women in coaching, psychological safety within competitive sport, coach behaviours, and coach development.
Featured publications
- Jowett, S., Slade, K., Gosai, J., & Davis, L. (2024). Women coaches leadership development programme: An evaluation study of programme effectiveness. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1433787
- Gosai, J., Jowett, S. & Nascimento-Júnior, J. R. A. D. (2023). When leadership, relationships and psychological safety promote flourishing in sport and life. Sport Coaching Review, 12(2), 145–165. DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2021.1936960
- Jowett, S., Do Nascimento-Júnior, J. R. A., Zhao, C., & Gosai, J. (2023). Creating the conditions for psychological safety and its impact on quality coach-athlete relationships. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 65. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102363
- Gosai, J., Jowett, S., & Rhind, D. J. A. (2023). The Goldilocks dilemma in coaching: Women coaches' experiences of stereotypical biases and a two-dimensional approach to combat them. International Sport Coaching Journal, 11(1), 41–52. DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2022-0005
- Gosai, J., Jowett, S., & Rhind, D. J. A. (2023). A “think coach, think male” phenomenon: Women coaches' experiences of development, progression, and retention in coaching within the United Kingdom. International Sport Coaching Journal, 11(2), 179–188. DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2022-0007
- Jowett, S., Gosai, J., & Slade, K. (2022). Women in coaching: What are the problems and probable solutions? British Psychological Society Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 17(1), (pp. 18–26). DOI: 10.53841/bpssepr.2022.17.1.16
- Gosai, J., Jowett, S., & Rhind, D. J. A. (2021). Coaching through a “gender lens” may reveal myths that hinder female athletes: A multistudy investigation. International Sport Coaching Journal, 9(2), 222–233. DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2021-0046