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An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Christina Barrow, Tony Westbury, Ian Cunningham, D. R. D. Mascarenhas
The purpose of this research was to explore the views and experiences of international volunteer netball officials about their well-being and its contributing factors.A qualitative methodology, inv...
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TikTok video formats’ impact on user interaction – evidence from the Ocean Race Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Carmen Sarah Einsle, Jerónimo García-Fernández, Gregorio Escalera Izquierdo
As little research is done about TikTok in the field of sport events, the aim of this study is the analysis of video format characteristics and their influence on user interaction.A content analysi...
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Materiality assessment in sport – an opportunity and call for research Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Anne Dietrich, Brian P. McCullough
Materiality assessment is a tool widely used among practitioners to determine an organization's most important sustainability topics. The tool helps visualize trade-offs and develop a prioritizatio...
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Get Active: “back to the future” with government’s latest national policy for sport and physical activity Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mathew Dowling
In August 2023, the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), the government department responsible for culture, arts, media, tourism, and sport in England, published its latest national spo...
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Building sensory inclusion in sport and leisure venues: A community partnership case study Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Hannah G. Martin, Emily C. Tucker, Jennifer L. Hodgson, David P. Loy, Jihoun An
When the senses are overwhelmed by sensory and auditory stimuli, such as those at a sport or leisure event, a sensory modulation room (SMR) can be a beneficial tool for regaining sensory calm for a...
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A new index to rank nations at the Summer Olympics Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Tomislav Globan, Johan Rewilak
The current Olympic Games ranking system is susceptible to specialization bias. By behaving strategically and excelling in one discipline, a country can accumulate multiple medals and propel themse...
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Re-activating “feel-good” effects as an intangible hosting vision Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, Nicholas Wise
This article connects conceptual discussions of “legacies” and intended “feel-good” effects in the case of the men’s UEFA 2024 European Championship (Euro 2024) that Germany will host.The article d...
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Creating value in football: unveiling business activities and strategies of financial investors Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Tim Sauer, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Henning Zülch, Lukas Werthmann
A new group of football investors has emerged to focus on direct financial returns, but little is known about their business activities and the strategies they employ for generating value. This pap...
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Deconstructing the structure of collegiate sport club programs Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Daniel Springer, Leeann M. Lower-Hoppe, Marlene A. Dixon
This research aims to deepen our understanding of the structure and administration of collegiate sport club programs and their impacts on athletes’ club experiences.An exploratory-descriptive quali...
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Put your name on it? The company characteristics and financial performance of sports’ stadium sponsorship Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Joey Smith, Joseph Wilck
Sponsoring a professional sports stadium entails significant financial and multi-year commitments. While company managers anticipate net financial gains from such sponsorships, other motivations of...
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Building the city of champions: an examination of the motivations and impacts of athlete entrepreneurship in Kenya Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Diana Korir, Neil Ormerod, Thomas Fletcher
This paper examines the under-explored phenomena of athlete entrepreneurship in Kenya.Semi-structured interviews with current and retired athletes, and Athletics Kenya representatives.Athlete inves...
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“You never played the game so what do you know?”: An exploration of the lived experiences of British South Asians in management and governance positions in English football Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Daniel Kilvington, Stefan Lawrence, Thomas Fletcher
This paper aims to critically explore the lived experiences of British South Asian people working in managerial and governance positions in English football; critique cultures of Whiteness in footb...
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Who churns from fitness centres? Evidence from behavioural and attitudinal segmentation Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Carleigh Yeomans, Adam Karg, Jeremy Nguyen
One major challenge fitness centres face is high non-renewal rates from members. This study examines which members in a fitness centre are most likely to churn, contributing a novel process of segm...
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Using composite performance variables to explain football players’ market values Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Christer Thrane
The Norwegian football app FotMob (https://www.fotmob.com/) has recently introduced a new and novel composite performance variable or index. The present study examines how this composite performanc...
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Play on! Towards an understanding of sports officials’ entry to officiating and talent development Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Ian Cunningham, Aden Kittel, Paul Larkin
This commentary paper discusses key considerations for researchers and practitioners to build our understanding of effective sport officials’ recruitment practices. The identification, development ...
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Challenges, risks, and development opportunities for amateur sports clubs: the case of French handball clubs Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Mathieu Jëol, Mickaël Terrien, Nicolas Chanavat
French amateur sports clubs are going through a transition in terms of their revenue sources and organisational structures. The changes necessary engender both risks, notably increased financial vu...
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From athlete to entrepreneur? – Investigating the influence of sport characteristics on athlete’s entrepreneurial orientation competencies Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Sophia Haski, Louis Moustakas, Mareike Heinzen, Harald von Korflesch, Lisa Kalina, Rares Stanescu
This study aims to test to what extent athletes of different demographics, sports types, and sports skills differ in their entrepreneurial competencies.We assessed athletes’ entrepreneurial compete...
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Luis Rubiales as a symptom of Spanish sport poor governance standards Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Borja García
The contentious actions of Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, following the FIFA Women's World Cup final sparked debates about his aptitude to lead the national governing ...
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Why do young women stop playing basketball? Results of an Australian Study Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Elizabeth Sayers
The personal and public health benefits of life-long engagement in sport are well documented. Yet, basketball, like many sports, sees more females (unlike males) cease playing by the time they reac...
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Enacting environmental commitments and initiatives in Australian Olympic sport: an actor-network theory perspective Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Rubiana Cury, Millicent Kennelly, Michael Howes
Existing studies on sport and environmental sustainability have overlooked the role of actors and elements influencing the integration of environmental considerations at central levels of the opera...
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Sports brand love 2.0 in the context of football teams Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Inés Küster-Boluda, Carla Ruiz-Mafé, Gabriel Orozco-Grover
This paper examines the antecedents of brand love of football team fans, as well as the predictive role of its dimensions in behavioural intentions that would help us understand why fans come to “l...
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Developing Para-hockey for athletes with intellectual disabilities: stakeholder perspectives of challenges and opportunities Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Sophie Van De Vorst, Jan Burns, Thomas Fletcher, Debbie Van Biesen
Identify the challenges and opportunities to develop Para-hockey for participants with intellectual disabilities (ID), and to make recommendations about next steps.Interviews with stakeholders know...
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Notice of duplicate publication: New Public Management and Aquatic and Recreation Centre Planning and Decision-Making Processes Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-11-22
Published in Managing Sport and Leisure (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Early career and seasoned referees: contrasting motivation, perceptions of organisational support and intention to continue Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Javeed Ali, Michael Naylor, Lesley Ferkins, Tom Stewart
The aim of this research was to better understand how perceived organisational support relates to a referees’ motivation and intention to continue (ITC).320 early-career referees (ECRs) and seasone...
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New public management and aquatic and recreation centre planning and decision-making processes Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Katie McDonald, John Tower, Clare Hanlon
Rationale/Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore how new public management (NPM) components influence the planning and decision-making of local government aquatic and recreation centre (A...
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New public management and aquatic and recreation centre planning and decision-making processes Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Katie McDonald, John Tower, Clare Hanlon
The purpose of the study was to explore how new public management (NPM) components influence the planning and decision-making of local government aquatic and recreation centre (ARCs) development.Tw...
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Exploring the interplay between attitudinal and behavioural determinants of fitness centre member retention Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Carleigh Yeomans, Adam Karg, Jeremy Nguyen, Heath McDonald
This research explores and evaluates both attitudinal and behavioural determinants of fitness centre member retention. In considering retention predictors prominent in past work, service quality, v...
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Motivations to be active in club-based sport compared to fitness centres Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Rochelle Eime, Jack Harvey, Adam Karg, Ian O’Boyle, Leila Heckel, Melanie Charity, Hans Westerbeek
ABSTRACT Purpose Understanding motivations for participation in different types of physical activity and settings has important implications for growing, servicing and retaining participants. The aim of this study was to identify the motivations to engage in organised club-based sport and activity through fitness centres. Methodology Two surveys were conducted, of Australian adults, those playing sport
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Managing institutional complexity in a football organization Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Åse Jacobsen
ABSTRACT Rationale/purpose In European club football, balancing sports and business is challenging. The clubs operate in a complex context, with competing institutional demands. The clubs face a demand for sporting as well as financial performance, and the purpose of this study is to examine how clubs manage competing institutional logics in order to prevent financial distress. Design/methodology/approach
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The nexus amongst financial literacy, financial behaviour and financial well-being of professional footballers in Ghana Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu, Theodora Aba Abekah Koomson, Afua Achiaa Boateng, George Nana Agyekum Donkor
ABSTRACT Purpose This paper examines the financial literacy, financial behaviour, and financial well-being of professional footballers in Ghana, and the interrelationships amongst these constructs. Methodology A cross-sectional survey was conducted using 300 professional footballers from the Ghana Premiere League and the hypothesized relationships were tested using the partial least squares, structural
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The enduring necessity of fitness centres in times of global uncertainty Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Carleigh Yeomans, Adam Karg
ABSTRACT Rationale/purpose: This study investigated how COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions impacted member perception of the necessity of their fitness centre membership with a focus on drivers of this perception pre, during and post-COVID-19 lockdowns. Design/methodology/approach: Three survey-based data collections were assessed (before COVID-19 lockdowns, in early-stage reopening, and in a “COVID-19
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Season ticket holder no-show behavior in the Czech Republic Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Caroline Amberger, Petr Scholz, Dominik Schreyer
ABSTRACT Rationale In professional sports, no-shows increasingly pose a significant challenge to the management. Even though previous research has already established that such spectator no-show behavior (NSB) is more widespread among season ticket holders (STHs), the related literature has produced conflicting findings on the antecedents of such potentially defective behavior, which requires additional
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Stakeholder conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness in English Premier League Football academies Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Kristin L. McGinty-Minister, Francesca M. Champ, Martin E. Eubank, Martin A. Littlewood, Amy Whitehead
ABSTRACT Research aim: Mental health is often a misunderstood concept in sport. Additionally, little is known about how the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) has impacted the conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness in stakeholders working in English Premier League (EPL) environments. The present study aimed to understand EPL academy support staff’s (n = 8) perceptions, knowledge,
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Conceptual special issue: innovative approaches to sport and leisure management Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Terri Byers, Kostas Alexandris
Published in Managing Sport and Leisure (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Sense of community among virtual race participants: the case of the Illinois Marathon Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Guangzhou Chen, Jon Welty Peachey, Monika Stodolska
ABSTRACT Purpose and research questions: The purpose of this study was to explore the sense of community (SOC) among participants of the 2020 Illinois Marathon Virtual Race. Two research questions were examined: (1) In what ways, if at all, might runners’ SOC be created through participation in the virtual race? and (2) What challenges, if any, have runners faced in creating SOC through the virtual
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When a woman replaces a man: evaluating coach dismissal in professional tennis Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Thadeu Gasparetto, Helmut Dietl, Cornel Nesseler, Cristina Muñiz
ABSTRACT Purpose Previous research indicates gender discrimination in leadership positions. However, performance and not gender should be the key indicator when evaluating a leader. We examine the performance effect of changing from a female to a male coach and vice versa. Methodology We analyze 1,093 Billie Jean King Cup singles matches from 2006 to 2016, with the match result as the dependent variable
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Broadcasting demand for Formula One: Viewer preferences for outcome uncertainty in the United States Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Ronan Fahy, David Butler, Robert Butler
ABSTRACT We explore the determinants of broadcasting demand for Formula One racing in the United States of America and pay specific attention to the relationship between outcome uncertainty and television viewership figures. Using implied probabilities derived from betting odds, we offer an approach to measuring outcome uncertainty that differs from those currently established in the Formula One broadcasting
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No limits forever! Understanding the lifecycle of trend and adventure sports in the context of individualization, eventization and mediatization Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Manuel Sand, Joel T. Schmidt, Markus Pillmayer, Nicolai Scherle
ABSTRACT Research question Recently, innovative new trend and adventure sports like Tough Mudder or adventure races have benefitted from a steady increase in popularity, participation and media attention, leading to spill-over effects of multiple, repeat or even copy-cat events (Antchak et al., 2021 Antchak, V., Lück, M., & Pernecky, T. (2021). Understanding the core elements of event portfolio strategy:
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Special issue: sports and leisure management in Asia Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Ho Keat Leng, Do Young Pyun, Yen-Chun Lin
Published in Managing Sport and Leisure (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Promoting physical activity participation to older adults: a critical analysis of leisure facility advertising Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Michael Butson, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O’Connor
ABSTRACT Purpose This study aimed to explain the visibility of older adults and how older adults are represented across Victorian, Australian aquatic and leisure facility websites. Method The visibility and representation of older adults across aquatic and leisure facility websites (n = 104) was determined using content and critical discourse analysis. Findings Our results indicate older adults are
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The impact of Fallon Sherrock and the increasing prominence of women within professional darts events: a call for future research Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Leon Davis, Catherine Phipps, Stacey Pope
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose This positioning paper is a call to action for future research regarding the roles of women in the male-dominated sport of professional darts. Women have been present at darts events for over 80 years; however, the success of Englishwomen Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton at the male-dominated Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events placed the sport into the global spotlight
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A cross-cultural analysis of product meanings in sport licensing Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Dimitra Papadimitriou, Artemisia Apostolopoulou, Yannis Lianopoulos, John S. Clark, Monika Piątkowska, Nikolaos Theodorakis
ABSTRACT Purpose/Rationale The primary purpose of this research was to explore whether meanings embedded in sport licensed products are culturally transferrable by surveying sport consumers in four countries. Design/Methodology/Approach This study tested a model that uses product meaning as a predictor of satisfaction and consumers’ intention to purchase and wear sport licensed products in the future
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Categorisation of digitalisation practises in voluntary sports clubs Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Peter Ehnold, Dirk Steinbach, Torsten Schlesinger
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study asks: (i) To what extent can VSCs be categorised in terms of their digitalisation application practices and usage perspectives, and (ii) how can the identified categories be described in terms of further organisational characteristics? Methodology: An online survey was conducted among VSCs in Austria and Germany. A hierarchical cluster analysis was carried out to create
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Examining subpar park experiences through mixed-methods social media analysis Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Anna Medlin, Yilun Zhou, Chris A. B. Zajchowski, Jessica P. Fefer
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: Urban parks and performance venues provide multiple benefits for residents and tourists. As park managers seek to continually improve the visitor experience, social media is a useful data source to capture visitor sentiment, particularly surrounding subpar experiences. Design/Methodology/Approach: In this case study, we used a mixed methods approach to understand the online
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Understanding runner’s passion and addiction: a Kano method analysis Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-10 Brianna L. Newland, Thomas J. Aicher
ABSTRACT Purpose To use a new methodological approach, the Kano method, to explore the role of passion and addiction across runner groups. Methodology/Design Within the literature, passion/addiction has received scant attention; especially in relation to how they might influence long-term participation. Research has largely focused a one-dimensional measurement where passion/addiction is linear. We
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Understanding the impact COVID-19 has had on grassroots cycling: the perspective of grassroots volunteers and British cycling staff Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-08 David Redmond, Matthew Hindmarsh, Clint Godfrey
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose To understand and evaluate the impact COVID-19 had on the management of grassroots cycling from the perspective of grassroots volunteers and National Governing Body (NGB) staff. Research Approach Virtual interviews were undertaken with eight participants made up of six grassroots volunteers and two British Cycling staff. The participants came from across England offering
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Free swimming in Wales revisited: staying afloat or in at the deep end? Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Alex McInch, Nicola Bolton
ABSTRACT Research Question The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of free swimming in Wales, UK – some 19 years after its inception. Research Methods A mixed-methods research design was adopted that included (a) analysis of documentary sources, (b) semi-structured interviews with 21 local authorities, (c) 5 stakeholder-engagement workshops, (d) a survey to all with an interest
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Sport management journals should be rated higher in journal ranking lists! Towards a better international recognition of the field Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Nicolas Scelles
ABSTRACT Rationale/purpose This article aims to evidence (1) that sport management journals are undervalued in journal ranking lists compared to journals from other fields and (2) how they should be valued, based on an analysis of citation impact indicators (CIIs) (n = 326 journals). Design/methodology/approach For aim 1, regressions are conducted. For aim 2, a “star system” comparable to the Academic
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Am I welcome? Youth perceptions and feelings of racialized welcomeness in sports Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Trevor Bopp, Joshua D. Vadeboncoeur, Thomas J. Aicher
ABSTRACT Purpose/Rationale: We consider the influence of racial identity on the real and perceived welcomeness of youth across popular U.S. sports. Design/Methodology/Approach: We administered an instrument measuring perceived sport welcomeness to 273 middle school students. Statistical analyses were run to determine any significant differences in feelings of welcomeness, perceived welcomeness, and
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Strategic collaboration in sports? Analyzing multiple cross-sectoral partnerships in non-profit boxing Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Lea Rossi, Christoph Breuer
ABSTRACT Rationale To address complexities in their environment, non-profit sports clubs enter partnerships with other organizations. While partnerships between non-profit sports clubs and commercial sports providers are increasing, research into these types of partnerships has been scarce. The aim of the present study is thus to analyze cross-sectoral partnerships between sports clubs and commercial
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Quotas in sport management make gender equality initiatives more common: the case of Spain Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Celia Valiente
ABSTRACT Research question How do gender quotas transform sport management, beyond increasing the proportion of women among sport managers? Building on findings from the literature on quotas in sport management, this article asks whether quotas make gender equality initiatives more common. This research question fills a research gap, since the aforementioned literature is based principally on the case
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Diversity and inclusion management in sport organizations: an integrative literature review Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Hans Erik Næss
ABSTRACT Research question Diversity and inclusion management (DIM) is central to organizational science and studies of sport’s contribution to diversity and inclusion in society are plentiful, e.g. through the “sport for development” field. But what is the status of existing research about DIM within sport organizations? Research methods This paper draws upon an integrative literature review of DIM
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Competitive balance and demand for European men's football: a review of the literature Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Tsjalle van der Burg
ABSTRACT Research question In European men’s club football, competitive balance is decreasing. Review articles have concluded that the empirical studies do not provide a unanimous answer to the question whether this decrease leads to lower utility for the fans. This paper investigates whether the conclusion of the reviews is (still) correct. Research methods Qualitative analysis is applied to get a
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Endorsement and promoting sport and physical activity to young people: exploring gender and the career status of athlete endorsers Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Shima Behnoosh, Geoff Dickson, Michael Naylor
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose We investigated the role of gender (both endorser and audience) and career status on young people’s attitude, participation intention and perception of fit in the context of a social marketing campaign promoting sport and physical activity participation. Design/Methodology/Approach In a 2 × 2 × 2 experiment, the eight conditions were based on endorser gender (female and male)
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A digital ethnography of association football fandom responses to corruption Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-04-25 John Hie, James Andrew Kenyon, Paul Downward, Argyro Elisavet Manoli
ABSTRACT Rationale: Despite the extant literature on sport fandom and the prevalence of corruption in sport, fans’ responses to it remain widely understudied. This study focuses on fans and examines how football fans experience and react to corruption. Design: The context is Blackpool Football Club, an English league team, which following the owners’ corruption allegations, saw the fans leading a large-scale
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Innovations in global sports brands management: the case of FC Barcelona’s Barça Museum Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Andrew Webb, Amélie Cloutier, François Brouard
ABSTRACT Purpose Ongoing improvements in sports management, marketing, fan experience, as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR) must be implemented by professional team sport organisations (PTSO). Yet, little is known about how and why PTSOs account for the impacts of their CSR initiatives. Design This case study analyses a one-of-a-kind sport for development museum. Curated by FC Barcelona’s
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Analysis of research dynamics in sport management using topic modelling Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Yuri Zelenkov, Ilya Solntsev
ABSTRACT Purpose: The work aims to extract topics that shape sport management science and investigate their dynamics over the past two decades. Design/methodology/approach: A dataset containing abstracts of 6982 articles published in 2000–2020 is analysed using Latent Dirichlet Allocation. For each topic, we assess the dynamics of its popularity and impact. Next, we investigate the number of topics
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Transformation and communication in sports events in the context of COVID-19 Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Elisenda Estanyol, Ana Belén Fernández-Souto, Montse Vázquez-Gestal
ABSTRACT Purpose This research analyzes how the Spanish Sports Federations have adapted their communications and events during the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020–March 2022). Methods The Communication Managers of these organizations have been contacted (N = 65), initially using surveys (n1 = 45), and later using semi-structured interviews (n2 = 9). Findings The results show that
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Analysing the Australian Football League’s (AFL) governance structure: how does it compare to Europe’s “club-run” leagues? Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Joshua McLeod, David Shilbury, Daniel Parnell, Ian O’Boyle
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: The Australian Football League's (AFL) governance structure is largely unique in the context of professional sports leagues, yet it has rarely been studied. This paper analyses the various components of the AFL’s “Independent Commission” governance structure and draws comparisons with European football’s “club-run” leagues. Method: This is a primarily conceptual paper that
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Government budget and priorities for sports in Brazil (2004-2020) Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Suélen Barboza Eiras de Castro, João Victor Moretti de Souza, Philipe Rocha de Camargo, Fernando Marinho Mezzadri
ABSTRACT Research question The objective of this study was to map the budget resources allocated by the Brazilian federal government and examine the priorities of the national sports policies from 2004 to 2020. Research methods This quantitative-qualitative documental research was based on data regarding resources allocated by the Brazilian federal budget between 2004 and 2020, available in the portal