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Erratum. A Typology of Circular Sport Business Models: Enabling Sustainable Value Co-Creation in the Sport Industry Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Journal of Sport Management
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Pages: 221-221
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The Roles of Perceived Safety Climate and Innovativeness in the Performance of Sport and Recreation Organizations Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Minjung Kim, Han Soo Kim, Brent D. Oja, Jasamine Hill, Claire Zvosec, Paul Yuseung Doh
The recent COVID-19 pandemic created an unpredictable environment regarding the safety operations of sport and recreation organizations. This study was designed to examine how safety climate and organizational innovativeness could promote preferred organizational behavior outcomes in college campus sport and recreation centers. A total of 227 sport and recreation employees were recruited through the
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Motivations, Barriers, and Supports: An Examination of the Experiences of Women of Color Recreational Sport Coaches Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Eric Legg, Rebecca Varney
Coaches play an instrumental role in the experiences of youth sport participants. Though girls participate in youth sport at similar rates as boys, coaching positions continue to be dominated by men. Existing research supports the value of diverse role models, especially for culturally diverse youth, and women coaches of color are especially important in sport given the low participation rates of ethnocultural
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Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19 Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 E. Su Jara-Pazmino
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Pages: 219-220
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Modeling Residents’ Mega Sport Event Social Value: Integrating Social and Economic Mechanisms Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Jordan T. Bakhsh, Marijke Taks, Milena M. Parent
Social value is the difference between monetized social impacts and related economic investments. Stimulating positive social value is a leading concern and focus for sport event stakeholders. However, insights on this socioeconomic phenomenon have concentrated on social or economic mechanisms, not both, and are siloed to host city residents, largely overlooking nonhost city residents central to events
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Fan Engagement Behavior: Validation of a Theory-Based Scale Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Masayuki Yoshida, Rui Biscaia, Sebastian Uhrich, Brian S. Gordon, Marcel Huettermann, Makoto Nakazawa
In this research, we conducted two studies to validate a multidimensional scale of fan engagement behavior. In Study 1, we generated survey items through a systematic review of the relevant literature, collected data from fans of professional baseball (n = 319) and soccer (n = 301), and provided evidence for the construct and concurrent validity of the scale composed of six dimensions. In Study 2,
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The Strength of Community: The Role of Social Support Networks in Sport Officials’ Retention Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Jacob K. Tingle, Brittany L. Jacobs, Matthew Katz, Stacy Warner
Previous researchers have indicated that a sense of community and social support are vital to referee retention; however, little is known about the connection between specific characteristics of sports officials’ networks and retention. To better understand the sports officiating shortage, researchers explored the social support networks of 116 referees utilizing egocentric network analysis. The authors
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Between Profit and Purpose: Employee Responses to Financial and Social Logics in Women’s Sport Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Risa F. Isard, E. Nicole Melton, Elizabeth B. Delia, Calvin Nite
Recent market growth in women’s sport has happened as fans increasingly support brands that embrace social issues, suggesting that women’s sport houses multiple logics (financial and social) that may be compatible. The purpose of this study is to explore employees’ perspectives of the logics in women’s sport and how these influence their workplace experiences. Using a case study design, we interviewed
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State-Level Politics and Bias Predict Transgender Athlete Bans Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Kelsey M. Garrison, George B. Cunningham
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among the political leanings of a state, the state-level implicit and explicit biases against transgender people, and the presence of transgender athlete bans. The authors collected archival data from 2021 and 2022 bans in the United States to examine the hypotheses. As of 2022, 18 states had passed laws barring transgender athletes from participating
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Entrepreneurial Bricolage and Innovation in Sport for Development and Peace Organizations Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Fredrik O. Andersson, Per G. Svensson, Lewis Faulk
Many sport for development and peace organizations operate with limited resources and in low-resource environments. While resource constraints impede some organizations, others demonstrate an adaptive behavior, known as bricolage, to repurpose and flexibly engage existing resources to accomplish their goals. In this study, we ask what distinguishes organizations that engage in bricolage from others
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An xG of Their Own: Using Expected Goals to Explore the Analytical Shortcomings of Misapplied Gender Schemas in Football Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Sachin Narayanan, N. David Pifer
Although professional women’s football has benefitted from recent surges in popularity, challenges to progress and distinguish the sport persist. The gender-schema theory explains the tendency for individuals to hold female sports to male standards, a phenomenon that leads to negative outcomes in areas such as media representation and consumer perception. One area in which schemas have a more discreet
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Anti-Racism in Sport Organizations Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Krystina B. Sarff
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 74-75
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The Olympics That Never Happened: Denver ‘76 and the Politics of Growth Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Craig M. Crow
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 73-73
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Authenticity Negotiation: How Elite Athletes (Re)Present Themselves as Personal Brands Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Nataliya Bredikhina, Thilo Kunkel, Ravi Kudesia
Projecting authenticity is crucial for athletes engaged in personal branding. Prior scholarship has emphasized the “frontstage” of authenticity: what tactics athletes use to present themselves and how audiences perceive such tactics. But it has not yet examined the “backstage”: why athletes pursue authenticity and the strategic considerations involved in such ongoing self-presentations. Using a constructivist
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“What Have I Learned … ” and How Did I Get There? Reflection on a Research Journey Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Marijke Taks
Receiving a lifetime award allows one to pause and reflect on one’s research journey. In the spirit of Earle Zeigler himself, I reflect on: “What I have learned … ” on my research journey, and more specifically on how I got there. My research has always focused on the interaction between sport, economics, and society and evolved: “From socio-economic impacts on sport participation to socio-economic
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Renewable Energy Source Diffusion in Professional Sport Facilities Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Liz Wanless, Chad Seifried, Tim Kellison
Professional sport facility sustainability initiatives offer sport organizations an opportunity to demonstrate congruence with societal concern for the environment, an effort that also affects stadia revenue generation. Guided by diffusion of innovations theory, this study harnessed diffusion modeling and logistic regression to determine how quickly renewable energy source adoption is diffusing across
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Interactive Mechanisms to Improve Service Innovation Among Sports Clubs: A Consumer Perspective Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Mohsen Behnam, Mikihiro Sato, Bradley J. Baker, Mahdiyeh Jalili
Value co-creation for service innovation is a rapidly developing concept in the current competitive market. Prior studies emphasize the conceptual aspects of the value co-creation, with limited research focusing on the interactive effects between firms and their customers created in the process of value co-creation. We propose a framework for synthesizing the interactive concepts associated with service
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Professional Team Sports and the Soft Budget Constraint Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Jeffrey R. Farr
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Pages: 458-459
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A Resource-Based View of Organizational Sustainability in Sport for Development Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Wonjun Choi, Mi Ryoung Chung, Wonju Lee, Gareth J. Jones, Per G. Svensson
A growing number of sport-for-development (SFD) organizations have emerged in the nonprofit sector to leverage sport for social change, yet many organizations struggle with chronic resource deficiencies that inhibit their long-term viability and highlight a pressing need to examine the sustainability of SFD organizations through resource-based perspectives. This study analyzed secondary financial and
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Business the NHL Way: Lessons From the Fastest Game on Ice Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Farah J. Ishaq
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Pages: 456-457
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The New Wave of Influencers: Examining College Athlete Identities and the Role of Homophily and Parasocial Relationships in Leveraging Name, Image, and Likeness Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Yiran Su, Xuan Guo, Christine Wegner, Thomas Baker
This article brings together scholarship on communication theory, influencer marketing, and personal branding to examine a new type of social media influencer—the college athlete influencer. Previous research in the field of sports has not specifically explored the distinct characteristics of college athletes that contribute to their effectiveness as marketing influencers. By adopting a sequential
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Charting a New Path: Regulating College Athlete Name, Image and Likeness After NCAA v. Alston Through Collective Bargaining Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Alicia Jessop, Thomas A. Baker, Joanna Wall Tweedie, John T. Holden
This study examines the remaining options for sport managers to balance the interests of college athletes and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in regulating college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL). The paper is divided into six substantive sections. The first section, “Background: The NCAA’s Defense of NIL Restrictions,” provides a brief history of the NCAA’s legal defense
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Special Issue Introduction: Name, Image, and Likeness and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Steven Salaga, Natasha Brison, Joseph Cooper, Daniel Rascher, Andy Schwarz
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 5 Pages: 305-306
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Exercising Power: A Critical Examination of National Collegiate Athletic Association Discourse Related to Name, Image, and Likeness Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Jonathan E. Howe, Wayne L. Black, Willis A. Jones
Although name, image, and likeness policy officially changed on July 1, 2021, actions leading up to this policy modification provide insight into the desires and perspectives of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Feeling pressure from individual states and federal legislators, the NCAA engaged in discussion regarding name, image, and likeness in Fall of 2019. In response to newly
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“Like Ships in the Night” and the Paradox of Distinctiveness for Sport Management: A Citation Network Analysis of Institutional Theory in Sport Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Mathew Dowling, Jonathan Robertson, Marvin Washington, Becca Leopkey, Dana Lee Ellis, Andie Riches, Lee Smith
A central issue within sport management is the extent to which the field should develop a distinctive theoretical knowledge base. This paper empirically investigates the connectedness within (intrafield) and between (interfield) management and sport management disciplines in one specific knowledge domain—institutional theory. We utilized a database of 188 sport-related institutional studies and conducted
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The Influence of Personal Branding and Institutional Factors on the Name, Image, and Likeness Value of Collegiate Athletes’ Social Media Posts Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Adam R. Cocco, Thilo Kunkel, Bradley J. Baker
Most collegiate athletes in the United States monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) through social media influencer marketing. This provides an opportunity to examine the factors that impact their social media NIL value. Therefore, we investigate the effects of personal branding factors (quality of Instagram biography, posting frequency, and account verification status) and institutional factors
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The Antecedents of Shared Leadership in Sport for Development and Peace Collaboratives Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Seungmin Kang, Per G. Svensson
While recent scholarship emphasizes the potential role of shared leadership as a viable alternative to help address existing challenges in the Sport for Development and Peace sector, limited attention has been given to understanding how and when shared leadership can be developed. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore antecedents of shared leadership based on practitioners’ lived experiences
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The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Katja Sonkeng
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Pages: 454-455
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Handbook on International Sports Law Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Thomas A. Baker
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Pages: 452-453
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Team Representation: Scale Development and Validation Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Akira Asada, Katherine R.N. Reifurth
The purpose of the current study was to develop a valid and reliable measure of team representation, which refers to the extent to which the residents of a community perceive a local sports team to be representative of the community. Through our literature review, focus groups, and surveys, we identified four key dimensions that serve as formative indicators of team representation (i.e., normative
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University–Organization Collaboration in Sport for Development: Understanding Practitioners’ Perspectives and Experiences in Research and Evaluation Partnerships Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Meredith A. Whitley, Jon Welty Peachey, Julia Leitermann, NaRi Shin, Adam Cohen
Despite a growing body of scholarship exploring university–organization collaborations in the sport for development (SfD) field, there has been limited consideration of the experiences of practitioners and partnering organizations in these partnerships. The purpose of this study was to examine their experiences when partnering with academic institutions, programs, scholars, and/or students, with a
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Exploring the Perception of Division I Coaches and Administrators About International Collegiate Athlete Exclusion From Name, Image, and Likeness Opportunities Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Emily M. Newell, Simran Kaur Sethi
On July 1, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association suspended its amateurism bylaw, allowing states to pass name, image, and likeness legislation. This opened the floodgates in intercollegiate athletics, allowing student-athletes to earn income and other financial incentives by engaging in sponsorships and other commercial deals with companies and organizations. Despite this, international
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With Name, Image, and Likeness, College Sports Enters the Gig Economy Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Sam C. Ehrlich, Joe Sabin, Neal C. Ternes
With the arrival of name, image, and likeness (NIL), the college sports labor market has distinctly taken on similar characteristics to the gig economy, with athletes able to earn extra compensation through external NIL-based independent contractor “gigs.” But with this comparison comes comparable issues, and scholarship and litigation examining and challenging gig economy structures have identified
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Does the Game Matter? Analyzing Sponsorship Effectiveness and Message Personalization in Sport Live Broadcasts Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Elisa Herold, Christoph Breuer
This study aims to increase the effective use of in-stadium sponsor message placement by analyzing the influence of various run-of-play characteristics on television viewers’ visual attention allocation. Sports broadcasts constitute one potential platform for sponsors to place personalized messages. However, literature still questions the effectiveness of in-stadium sponsor messages, and the influence
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An Investigation Into Voluntary Occupational Turnover of Sport Employees Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Kelsie Saxe, Lauren Beasley, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Hardin
Voluntary occupational turnover is rampant within the economy and, thus, a timely line of inquiry within sport management. However, sport management literature has primarily explored turnover intentions rather than the realized experience of voluntary occupational turnover. Thus, the purpose of this study was to understand sport management employees’ experiences of voluntary occupational turnover using
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Motivations for Crowdinvesting in European Football Clubs Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Szczepan Kościółek
Considering the inconsistency in the literature on crowdinvestment motivations and the uniqueness of football club investors, the purpose of this study is to identify the motivation to invest in football clubs through equity crowdfunding. Following Churchill’s scale development procedure, it is found that those who crowdinvest in football clubs are fans who highly identify with these teams. The fans’
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“The Best Teacher Is Also a Student”: Improving Qualitative Research Literacy by Learning From My Mistakes Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Larena Hoeber
This article is based on the 2022 Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award that I presented in Atlanta, Georgia. For this paper, I reflect upon my career as a qualitative sport management researcher, with a specific focus on the mistakes I have made. I have two objectives with this paper. One objective is to advocate for continued learning about and rethinking how we conduct qualitative research. The second
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Feeling Vital by Watching Sport: The Roles of Team Identification and Stadium Attendance in Enhancing Subjective Vitality Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Masayuki Yoshida, Mikihiro Sato, Jason Doyle
Subjective vitality is an important, yet understudied, indicator of eudaimonic well-being. People experience subjective vitality when they engage in need-satisfying activities. We investigate two sport consumption activities (stadium attendance and sport television viewing), team identification, and subjective vitality to understand how sport consumption mediates the impact of team identification on
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A Segmentation Analysis of American Sports Bettors by Involvement Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Brendan Dwyer, Stephen L. Shapiro, Joris Drayer
Sports betting in the United States is exploding in popularity and has the potential to change the way sports fans interact with sports properties and sports content. However, not all sports bettors are the same, and market segmentation research provides a resource for more targeted communication and marketing strategies. Utilizing behavioral and psychographic data, the current study segmented 1,077
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Does It Matter if Sport Fans “Root for the Home Team?” A Test of the Team Identification–Social Psychological Health Model Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Benjamin J.I. Schellenberg, Patrick Gaudreau
The team identification–social psychological health model outlines that fans of local sport teams are more likely to experience feelings of social connectedness compared with fans of distant teams. We tested this proposition across two sufficiently powered studies. In both studies, sport fans (Study 1: N = 291, Study 2: N = 430) completed online surveys assessing their levels of identification with
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The Effect of Remote Work on Family and Work Dynamics Within the Sport Industry Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Matt R. Huml, Elizabeth A. Taylor, Eric M. Martin
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of required remote work on work–family spillover within U.S. college sport. In particular, we examined the changes in work–family spillover (positive and negative), job commitment, and workaholism as employee’s work environment changed from traditional work expectations to work from home, and if these changes were, at least partially, due to parental
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The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Grzegorz Botwina
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Pages: 69-70
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Why Do Unfairly Paid Trainees Persist? Pay Fairness and Human Capital Investment in Development Leagues Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Christopher M. McLeod, Nola Agha
Pay fairness and human capital theories make different predictions about trainees’ occupational turnover in situations where trainees perceive unfair pay but receive huge potential returns from training. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how pay fairness and human capital investment combined to explain why trainees are motivated to persist in employment when they perceive unfair pay
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Grassroots Coaching: Using Sports Psychology and Coaching Principles Effectively Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Jillian McNiff Villemaire
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Pages: 68
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Exploring (Semi) Professionalization in Women’s Team Sport Through a Continuum of Care Lens Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Wendy O’Brien, Tracy Taylor, Clare Hanlon, Kristine Toohey
Professional team male-dominated sports have been built on masculine values; however, these values are challenged by the increasing number of women athletes entering this workplace. In this research, we explore the suitability and gender appropriateness of existing management processes and practices through three women’s professional and semiprofessional leagues. Drawing on a feminist perspective of
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If You Rebuild It, Will They Come? The Impact of Renovated Sports Facilities on Total Revenue and Attendance Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Brian P. Soebbing, Chad S. Seifried, Patrick Tutka
The novelty effect has a long history in sport facility research with most research examining new facility construction. The present study explores the impact of renovated facilities, specifically the novelty effect, as it pertains to revenue and secondarily attendance. Within, we also explore four different renovation types as classified by the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places to look at
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Fashion Versus Comfort: Exploring the Gendered Marketing Messages of Sport Team Licensed Merchandise Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Katherine Sveinson, Larena Hoeber
Sport team licensed merchandise plays an important role in sport fan experiences. Existing work has explored how consumers perceive these items, motivation and consumption habits, and intent to purchase. Extending upon the performative sport fandom framework, this study explores the marketing messages of sport fan merchandise, and the resulting implied gendered and fan performances. Employing a multimodal
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Organizational Behavior in Sport Management: An Applied Approach to Understanding People and Groups Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Eddie G. Walker
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Pages: 66-67
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What Makes Sport Spectating Family-Friendly? A Phenomenological Study of Mothers’ Sport Fan Game-Day Experiences Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Katherine Sveinson, Kim Toffoletti
Sport organizations are developing family-friendly spectator initiatives to boost engagement and sales to parents and children. While the number of women sport fans continues to grow, research has yet to explore how women, as mothers and fans, experience fandom. Informed by a maternal geography framework, this study explores women’s understanding of what does or does not make game-day experiences family-friendly
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Vulnerability to Fraud in Community Sport Organizations: A Multicountry Study on the Role of Organizational Capacity Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Pamela Wicker, Katie E. Misener, Lisa A. Kihl, Graham Cuskelly
This study develops and tests a measure for perceived vulnerability to occupational fraud and examines the relationship between organizational capacity and perceived vulnerability to fraud in community sport organizations. Drawing on the opportunity dimension of fraud triangle theory and the concept of organizational capacity, the study identifies a number of risk and protection factors for vulnerability
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Sponsorship and the Resource-Based View of the Firm: Effects on the Acquisition of Resources, Demand, the Recruitment of Human Capital, and Organizational Performance Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Jonathan A. Jensen, Lane Wakefield, Brian Walkup
Numerous studies have investigated the influence of sponsors on the sport organizations with whom they partner. However, rather than simply assessing the impact of a new, incremental sponsor, which should result in a net positive for the sponsored organization, we quantify and isolate the effect of resources provided upon the switch of one sponsor to another. Furthermore, the resource-based view of
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Bouncing Back: Unpacking the Influence of Sport Media on Consumer Resilience Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Changwook Kim, Jinwon Kim, Jeoung Hak Lee, Yuhei Inoue
This study aims to empirically investigate how sport media consumption influences the relationships among the spatially explicit risks of COVID-19, resilience, and positive and negative affect, considering social class. To achieve this, we employed an integrated approach using spatial and aspatial analyses. The findings indicated that the negative effects of the spatially explicit risks of COVID-19
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Navigating a White, Male Space: The Lived Experiences of Black, Female Ice Hockey Fans Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Andre M. Andrijiw, F. Michelle Richardson
With few exceptions, researchers have seldom explored the experiences of any female sport fan who may be identified as a member of a racial minority. Given related calls for further research, an examination into the lived experiences of ice hockey fans who identify as Black and female was undertaken. Interviews with 18 such fans revealed that the sport and its fandom were akin to ‘White spaces’: therein
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“It’s Like Being on an Island by Yourself”: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Administrators’ Perceptions of Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work in Intercollegiate Athletics Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Yannick Kluch, Raquel Wright-Mair, Nicholas Swim, Robert Turick
The emergence of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals (i.e., staff with DEI-specific responsibilities) is a fairly recent phenomenon, and research to date has rarely examined the experiences of these DEI administrators despite the fact they are often solely charged with driving DEI within and beyond their department. Utilizing Ahmed’s diversity work framework, this study draws from
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Governance of Post-Olympic Games Legacy Organizations: A Comparative Study Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Jinsu Byun, Mathew Dowling, Becca Leopkey
This study examines the governance of post-Olympic Games legacy organizations. A cross-case comparative analysis was completed by focusing on post-Games legacy organizations from three Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and PyeongChang 2018). Drawing on a governance framework, this research investigates the politics (stakeholder relationships), polity (institutional structures),
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The Utility of Including Regular Sport Team Events in Event Portfolios Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Vitor Sobral, Sheranne Fairley, Danny O’Brien
Event portfolios are a useful way for destination managers to holistically manage their community’s collection of events and, through strategic integration and common objectives, more effectively produce benefits. However, regular sport events such as those played by professional sport teams in a sport league have received little attention from event portfolio managers and researchers. Understanding
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An Analysis of Identity Conflict Among Health-Conscious Sport Fans Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Aaron C. Mansfield, E. Nicole Melton, Matthew Katz
Scholars have begun to explore the interplay between the multiple identities within a sport fan’s salience hierarchy, noting fandom may compete with other central roles. Researchers have also recently emphasized well-being outcomes for fans, with increasing focus on physical health. Though sport consumer behavior and health consciousness have concurrently emerged, the social psychological connection
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Image Repair Using Social Identity Leadership: An Exploratory Analysis of the National Football League’s Response to the National Anthem Protests Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Daniel Read, Daniel Lock
Events such as player protests can create image crises that require sport organizations to engage in political issues. In this manuscript, we blend image repair theory with the social identity approach to leadership to advance knowledge about how sport organizations communicate in response to crises. Applying a discursive social psychology framework to analyze 21 NFL communications and interview statements
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Social Media in Sport: Theory and Practice Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Claudia Benavides-Espinoza, Amanda Wheeler Gryffin
Journal Name: Journal of Sport Management Volume: 36 Issue: 5 Pages: 515-517
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Toward a Better Understanding of Fair-Weather Fandom: Exploring the Role of Collective Narcissism in Basking in Reflected Glory and Cutting Off Reflected Failure Journal of Sport Management (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Ben Larkin, Janet S. Fink, Elizabeth Delia
Researchers have found highly identified sport fans exhibit almost unwavering loyalty. Such loyalty has been exhibited by fans basking in reflected glory (BIRGing) following team wins, but not cutting off reflected failure (CORFing) following team losses. In short, they stick with the team through thick and thin, and thus would not be construed as fair-weather fans (those who associate with the team