1. Bloom, Nick, Van Reenen, John. 2006. Management practice, work-life balance, and productivity: a review of some recent evidence. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 22 (4): 457. EconLit. Boston College. < http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org.proxy.bc.edu//cgi/reprint/22/4/457>.
The authors of the source found in a distinguished academic journal performed research on work-life balance and its effects on productivity. An organizational point of view is offered. Since most college teams are considered organizations, the source is applicable to the business side of the conflicts student athletes’ experience. The data that is collected and analyzed is from international firms. This perspective provides insight into how work-life balance affects more than the athletes, but the organizations they represent. 2. Bowen, G. William; Shulman, James L. 2001. The game of life: college sports and educational values. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. The source argues that society has developed college athletics into a marketable organization. This argument translates suggests that student athletes can be viewed as employees who have work-life balance conflicts. Their work is associated with their athletic development, and their life is the activities engaged in as students. It argues, agreeing with the Sperber source, that student athletes are more entertainers than students. They are used to earn the college revenue from fan attendance and increased admission applications due to the college’s athletic glory. The source also defends athletes’ significantly lower academic standings and resulting academic gap by claiming they are compared to the other students who are typically demographically representative of the best students from the country. The work-life balance conflict is also defined. The various time commitments and influences of sports