Host residents’ role in sporting events: The city image perspective
Publication date: Available online 24 April 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Daichi Oshimi, Munehiko HaradaAbstractThe purpose of this study was to identify the antecedent and outcome variables of host city image perceptions, and to analyze how these perceptions impact behavioral intentions from the residents’ viewpoint. To this end, the authors constructed a structural model, distributed questionnaires to residents in Saitama City for the Tour de France Saitama Criterium held in Japan from 2014 to 2016, and collected 636 usable responses. The results verified that the fit between host city and sporting even...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
It’s our club! From supporter psychological ownership to supporter formal ownership
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Ovidiu C. Cocieru, Elizabeth B. Delia, Matthew KatzAbstractA major development in international sport governance is the increasing number of clubs owned by supporters. Researchers have advocated for more supporter involvement in the governance of sport teams but have not fully explained why some supporters attempt to become team owners. Sport governance scholars have also generally ignored the perspectives of those fans that do not seek to become club owners. In the current study, the authors took the perspective of psychological owne...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The chaos of inclusion? Examining anti-homophobia policy development in New Zealand sport
Publication date: Available online 30 April 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Sally Shaw (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Did London 2012 deliver a sports participation legacy?
Publication date: Available online 3 May 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Themis Kokolakakis, Fernando Lera-López, Girish RamchandaniAbstractDespite the increasing academic interest in the analysis of the Olympic legacy, there is a relative knowledge gap as far as sports participation legacy is concerned. The authors bridge this gap by analysing the short-term sports participation legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the adult population in England. By using data from the Active People Survey and considering different sports participation variables and the effect of the economic climate, ...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Spectators’ emotional responses in tweets during the Super Bowl 50 game
Publication date: Available online 4 May 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Yonghwan ChangAbstractThe author explored spectators’ emotional reactions manifested on social media. By using Twitter search application programming interface, 328,000 real-time tweets posted by fans of the Panthers and the Broncos during the Super Bowl 50 game were collected. The lexicon-based text mining approach (a big data analysis in social media analytics) was employed to classify tweets into five different emotions. The findings indicated that spectators expressed positive emotions when their team scored; conversely, they expre...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Indigenous Australian women promoting health through sport
Publication date: Available online 7 May 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Megan Stronach, Hazel Maxwell, Sonya PearceAbstractThe authors explore the sporting experiences and community strengths of Indigenous Australian women. The intention is to inform both health promotion and contemporary sport management strategies, and policies and practices, leading to better health outcomes for this cohort. The authors employ an interpretative qualitative methodology, which involves the combination of data from a range of sources, including interviews and focus groups with 22 Indigenous women living in urban and rural ar...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Why we follow: Examining motivational differences in following sport organizations on Twitter and Weibo
Publication date: Available online 8 May 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Bo Li, Stephen W. Dittmore, Olan K.M. Scott, Wen-juo Lo, Sarah StokowskiAbstractSocial media platforms provide a space where sport fans can interact directly with sport organizations; however, researchers have not empirically examined users’ motivation and usage. Guided by uses and gratifications theory, the authors explored whether social media users’ motivations differed when following a sport organization on two similar microblogging services: Twitter and Weibo. Data gathered from an online survey of users who followed the Los Ang...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Community-oriented practice: Examining corporate social responsibility and development activities in professional sport
Publication date: Available online 28 May 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Katie Rowe, Adam Karg, Emma SherryAbstractProfessional sport teams are increasingly engaging in activities that target community development agendas. Previous researchers have examined why teams engage in such activities and the value they derive from a corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective; however, an understanding of the nature and focus of such activities is only beginning to emerge and further research attention is necessary. To address this gap, the authors draw on both CSR and sport-for-development (SFD) literature to...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Accumulating subcultural capital through sport event participation: The AFL International Cup
In this study, the authors use participant interviews to examine how participating in an international event enabled the accumulation of subcultural capital. The authors conducted interviews with players (N = 9) in the Australian Football League (AFL) International Cup from Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Ireland. The AFL International Cup created a liminal state offering individuals with opportunities for: (a) national representation; (b) international competition and comparison; (c) cross-cultural learning and interaction; (d) sport subcultural engagement; and, (d) authentic game experiences. The resulting experi...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Leveraging community sport organizations to promote community capacity: Strategic outcomes, challenges, and theoretical considerations
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3Author(s): Gareth J. Jones, Michael B. Edwards, Jason N. Bocarro, Kyle S. Bunds, Jordan W. SmithAbstractCommunity sport organizations (CSOs) provide valuable contexts for promoting community development. These initiatives are most effective when they involve local stakeholders in the process of development. A key first step to achieving this objective is building community capacity, defined as local stakeholders’ skills, knowledge, and resources that may be leveraged for change. Interestingly, despite this conceptual importance, few researchers...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Political activity in escalation of commitment: Sport facility funding and government decision making in the United States
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3Author(s): Michael Hutchinson, Brennan K. Berg, Timothy B. KellisonAbstractIn the United States, the decision to commit extensive public resources to sport facilities is a contentious topic of debate. Elected officials often commit substantial public resources to sport facility projects amidst contrary empirical evidence and mixed residential approval. This behavior not only implicates the presence of political activity to advance a course of action, but also suggests an escalation of commitment (EoC), the subject of this study. The authors imple...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The effects of service convenience and perceived quality on perceived value, satisfaction and loyalty in low-cost fitness centers
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3Author(s): Jerónimo García-Fernández, Pablo Gálvez-Ruíz, Jesús Fernández-Gavira, Luisa Vélez-Colón, Brenda Pitts, Ainara Bernal-GarcíaAbstractDue to its importance in fitness centers, a number of authors have explored and analyzed loyalty. However, two characteristics not yet examined are service convenience in fitness center chains and low-cost fitness centers (an emerging business model). In the present study, the authors sought to understand the relationship among perceived quality and service convenience on perceived value, satisfac...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Exploring the domestic relationship between mega-events and destination image: The image impact of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games for the city of London
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3Author(s): James Andrew Kenyon, Guillaume BodetAbstractContemporarily, the hosting of mega-sport-events (MSEs) is one of several strategies used by cities and governments to bring about improvements in a place’s image and recognition. With that in mind, the overall aim of this study, underpinned by theoretical-methodological social representation theory, was to evaluate the domestic image impact of hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic Games for the city of London, and in doing so, whether any image-transfer (or co-branding) processes occurred betwee...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Examining the antecedents of sport team brand equity: A dual-identification perspective
In this study, the authors propose a dual-identification model to examine the formation of sport team brand equity in an Asia-based professional team sport setting. Baseball fans (N = 548) of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan participated in the self-administered survey. A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model analysis revealed that marketplace characteristics (including group experience, salient experience, team history, and fan rituals) and brand-identified-related factors (including self-congruity and team brand prestige) were significantly related to identification with sport...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Inside front cover: Editorial board/Aims & Scope
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
