Sponsor-event congruence effects: The moderating role of sport involvement and mediating role of sponsor attitudes
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jakeun Koo, Younghan LeeAbstractThe authors examine the moderating effect of sport involvement in the association between sponsor-event congruence and consumer responses. University students (N = 118) took part in the experiment. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results show that sport involvement moderates the effectiveness of sponsor-event congruence on sponsor credibility, influencing attitude toward the sponsor and intention to purchase the sponsor’s product. Research findings imply that a spo...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
A mechanism of mutually beneficial relationships between employees and consumers: A dyadic analysis of employee–consumer interaction
Publication date: Available online 29 March 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Kyungyeol (Anthony) Kim, Kevin K. ByonAbstractAlthough sport management researchers concur with one another regarding the significance of interaction between employees and consumers in shaping the consumers’ attitudes and behaviors, the vast majority of previous studies are largely isolated such that they take assessment exclusively from one side of the dyad—either employees or consumers. The authors seek to advance the current body of knowledge by utilizing a dyadic method that includes judgments provided by employees as well as ...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Living with imperfect comparisons: The challenges and limitations of comparative paralympic sport policy research
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Mathew Dowling, Phil Brown, David Legg, Aaron BeacomAbstractIn this article, the authors explores the challenges and limitations of conducting cross-comparative management/policy research in the Paralympic sporting domain. The comparative sport policy debate in able-bodied sport has emerged, in part, due to the increasing complexity, uncertainty, and competitive nature of high performance sport environments and a desire to understand why some countries are more successful than others at international sporting competition. The same iss...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Inside front cover: Editorial board/Aims & Scope
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Simon Darcy, Stephen Frawley, Daryl Adair. Managing the Paralympics, Springer Nature, The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, United Kingdom (2017). ISBN 978-1-1-137-43520-0, 302.
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Andrew Hammond (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Social and charitable impacts of a charity-affiliated sport event: A mixed methods study
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Yuhei Inoue, Caroline Heffernan, Taku Yamaguchi, Kevin FiloAbstractIn this mixed methods research, the authors examine a unique type of small-scale event – a charity-affiliated sport event – and define and measure its social and charitable impacts as perceived by residents. Findings from interviews (N = 37) and surveys (N = 459) with residents indicated that the event’s social impacts can be defined by its capacity to develop social capital, enhance collective identity and pride, and promote sport, health, an...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The not-so-free agent: Non-performance factors that contribute to free agent compensation premiums
In this study, the authors examine Major League Baseball free agency to identify whether certain factors beyond a player’s on-field performance contribute to contract premiums. These premiums are considered to be the difference between the compensation a player receives in free agency and the marginal revenue product (MRPt-1) in their contract year. Using 345 free agent transactions over a four-year period (2012–2015), the authors examine the relationships between potential free agent contract premiums and the attributes of a player’s previous team, as well as how contract premiums may be influenced by the level of i...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Explaining attendance through the brand community triad: Integrating network theory and team identification
In this study, the authors empirically test a model of sport behaviour that integrates both team identification and a network theory approach to understand attendance at intercollegiate ice hockey games. Grounded within the brand community triad, ego network data were collected among attendees to measure the fan-to-fan connections that constitute the horizontal relationships of brand community participants. Additionally, a multidimensional team identification measure was used to illustrate the vertical relationship between individual and team. Both measures were included in a structural equation model to test how both fan-...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Challenges and strategies of building and sustaining inter-organizational partnerships in sport for development and peace
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Jon Welty Peachey, Adam Cohen, Nari Shin, Bruno FusaroAbstractWhile sport management scholars have explored inter-organizational partnerships and their associated challenges, they have devoted less attention to inter-organizational partnership development and sustainability in sport for development and peace (SDP), particularly across a wide range of organizations with varied missions and foci. Hence, the purpose of this qualitative study was to examine challenges faced by SDP organizations when forming and sustaining inter-organizati...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sports fan experience: Electronic word-of-mouth in ephemeral social media
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Lane T. Wakefield, Gregg BennettAbstractFans consuming sporting events commonly use social media to spread electronic-word-of-mouth (eWOM) related to their experiences. Ephemeral social media, an emerging form of social media that auto-deletes content after a prescribed time, allows fans to have greater control over their messages than ever before. The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate factors leading fans to lengthen or shorten the lifespan of their social media content. A nationwide panel (N = 242) crea...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sport team personality: It’s not all about winning!
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Ashley Stadler Blank, Joerg Koenigstorfer, Hans BaumgartnerAbstractAs there is still no commonly accepted scale to measure the brand personality of sport teams, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Sport Team Personality Scale (STPS) in a professional sport context. The authors conducted a series of studies in the United States and United Kingdom with fans of the English Premier League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and the National Hockey League. The STP...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Developmental processes and motivations for linkages in cross-sectoral sport clusters
Publication date: April 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 2Author(s): Anna Gerke, Kathy Babiak, Geoff Dickson, Michel DesbordesAbstractInterorganisational linkages are a widely studied topic in sport management. However, most researchers focus on public or non-profit organisations and analyse one focal organisation rather than a network of interrelated organisations. The purpose of this study was to address both of these shortcomings by investigating interorganisational linkages in sport clusters, a type of cross-sectoral network. The authors address three main questions: (a) what is the nature of inter...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Is it worth the price? The role of perceived financial risk, identification, and perceived value in purchasing pay-per-view broadcasts of combat sports
Publication date: Available online 3 April 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Stephen L. Shapiro, Lamar Reams, Kevin Kam Fung SoAbstractPerceived risk, identification, and perceived value play a critical role in consumer behavior. Although previous researchers have examined identification and perceived value, examination of mediated sport consumption is lacking. Additionally, risk has received limited attention within this context. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between identification, perceived value, and purchase intentions, and to assess the moderating role of perceived fina...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sporting hyperchallenges: Health, social, and fiscal implications
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Matthew Lamont, Millicent KennellyAbstractThere has been a rise in sport-focused event management organisations staging increasingly challenging quests for amateur athletes. Whilst endeavours such as running a marathon or completing an Ironman triathlon were previously pinnacle achievements for amateur athletes, sporting hyperchallenges, events covering greater distances, crossing more difficult terrain, or posing more extreme challenges have set the performance bar significantly higher. Cast against Western neoliberal backdrops the ev...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The antecedents and consequences of positive organizational behavior: The role of psychological capital for promoting employee well-being in sport organizations
In this study, the authors offer a new perspective on sport employees’ mental health outcomes, with particular emphasis on positive organizational behavior in sport settings. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
