Design archetype utility for understanding and analyzing the governance of contemporary national sport organizations
Publication date: Available online 11 November 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Russell Hoye, Milena M. Parent, Marijke Taks, Michael L. Naraine, Benoit Seguin, Ashley ThompsonAbstractMore than 30 years has passed since the foundational works of the late Trevor Slack and his colleagues first appeared using design archetypes to explore change dynamics amongst National Sport Organizations. The scale and nature of change that has continued to occur in the operating environment for these organizations over the last three decades has resulted in NSOs increasingly being required to be more professional, to manage mo...
Source: Sport Management Review - November 12, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Inside front cover: Editorial board/Aims & Scope
Publication date: November 2019Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 22, Issue 5Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - October 26, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Determinants of non-profit sports clubs’ perceived competition from commercial sports providers
Publication date: Available online 21 October 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Lea Rossi, Christoph Breuer, Svenja FeilerAbstractThe purpose of the study was to investigate if non-profit sports clubs are affected by the growth of the commercial market and, if so, which clubs are affected and why. The authors employed a mixed-method design, collecting quantitative data from a sample of 4456 non-profit sports clubs in Germany and then conducting a follow-up qualitative study including semi-structured interviews with 6 sports clubs. Descriptive results showed that 35.3% of clubs perceived competition from commerc...
Source: Sport Management Review - October 22, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Fan empathy as a response to athlete transgressions
Publication date: Available online 15 October 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Kate Westberg, Constantino Stavros, Francis Farrelly, Aaron C.T. SmithAbstractSport has the capacity to intimately engage fans, deliver intensely emotional experiences, and create attachments to athletes and teams. This connection can be threatened by a number of actions or incidents, including scandals, and fans may engage in a range of behaviors to protect their identification. The purpose of this study is to explore and explicate the concept of fan empathy and illuminate the processes that fans engage in that lead to an empatheti...
Source: Sport Management Review - October 15, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Managing prevention of sexual violence and the role of commissioners in national sport federations in Germany
This article analyses how national sport federations (NSF) in organised sport in Germany respond to sport-related political requirements to develop a comprehensive policy for the prevention of sexual violence. Referring to theoretical approaches of self-governance of organisations, data was collected from a quantitative online survey with all NSFs and qualitative interviews with their ‘commissioners for the prevention of sexualised violence’. Findings reveal the vital role of the position of commissioners and a high relevance of socio-structural capacities of the organisation for a comprehensive prevention policy. (Sou...
Source: Sport Management Review - October 2, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Conscious capitalism and sport: Exploring higher purpose in a professional sport organization
Publication date: Available online 27 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Evan Gwartz, Kirsty SpenceAbstractThe higher purpose of a professional sport organization has been an elusive concept, with both sport organizational scholars and leaders seemingly ambiguous in their definitions of why such organizations exist (Newman, 2014; Zeigler, 2007). In contrast, management researchers (Sisodia et al., 2014) provided evidence that organizational leaders’ communication of an organization’s higher purpose profoundly benefits organizational performance. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to present the fin...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 28, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Money matters: The impact of prize money on doping behaviour
Publication date: Available online 21 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Daniel Westmattelmann, Marius Sprenger, Sascha Hokamp, Gerhard ScheweAbstractIn professional sports, the amounts disbursed in rank-based prize money distributions decline sharply, and differences in performance are extremely small. This disparity may provide a high incentive for doping. Due to the complexity of doping, obtaining meaningful insights on the influence of prize money distribution and the pecuniary value of prize money on doping behaviour of elite athletes using game theory or other approaches has not been possible. Th...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 22, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
“I’m a completely different person now”: Extraordinary experiences and personal transformations in sport
Publication date: Available online 19 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Amy Rundio, Marlene A. Dixon, Bob HeereAbstractMany sport programs aim to positively impact participants’ lives, but there is little understanding of how sport leads to those changes. The purpose of this study was to examine an extraordinary experience and the participants’ interpretations of that experience as well as their feelings of personal transformation through the experience. In doing so, the authors developed an understanding of how sport can be used to create meaningful life changes at the individual level. Semi-stru...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 19, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
A community capacity building approach to sport-based youth development
Publication date: Available online 17 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Gareth J. Jones, Michael B. Edwards, Jason N. Bocarro, Per G. Svensson, Katie MisenerAbstractPositive youth development (PYD) is the most popular framework guiding sport-for-development (SFD) research. To date, much of this work has focused on how sport programs are purposefully designed to promote PYD outcomes. However, the youth-context interactions that form the theoretical basis of PYD occur across all aspects of youth ecologies, meaning youth SFD organizations are most effective when they enhance the capacity of communities a...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 18, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Rethinking segmentation within the psychological continuum model using Bayesian analysis
Publication date: Available online 17 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Bradley J. Baker, James Du, Mikihiro Sato, Daniel C. FunkAbstractThe Psychological Continuum Model (PCM) represents a theoretical framework in sport management to understand why and how consumer attitudes form and change. Prior researchers developed an algorithmic staging procedure using psychological involvement to operationalize the PCM framework within sport and recreational contexts. Although this staging procedure is pragmatically sound, it rests upon a procedure that, while intuitively sensible, lacks scientific rigor. The c...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 17, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Understanding sport event volunteers’ continuance intention: An environmental psychology approach
This study expanded the understanding and application of the environmental psychology model in the context of volunteerism in sport. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - September 13, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The role of mindfulness and occupational stress in the goal orientations of development and winning
Publication date: Available online 13 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Ye Hoon LeeAbstractEmphasis on winning in youth sport, fueled by media, parents, coaches, as well as communities, has become a key concern for positive youth development in sport. By integrating the topic of mindfulness into organizational behavior in sport management, the author investigated how sport leaders in youth sports focused or refocused on the two athletic goals of development and winning in their stressful working conditions. Data were collected through an online survey completed by 478 sport managers across the United ...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 13, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The conceptualization of racial tasking: Uncovering the (un)intended consequences
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Trevor Bopp, Joshua D. Vadeboncoeur, Robert TurickAbstractRacial tasking focuses on prejudicial attitudes toward racial minorities’ athletic and cognitive abilities, and the subsequent impact on coaching decisions. Lacking, however, is a definitive conceptualization of racial tasking and its theoretical tenets. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to advance the concept by clearly outlining the four essential tenets of racial tasking: (a) positional similarity, (b) racial dissimilarity, (c) interest convergence/task divergence, an...
Source: Sport Management Review - September 11, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Creating fans from scratch: A qualitative analysis of child consumer brand perceptions of a new sport team
Publication date: Available online 27 August 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Katherine R.N. Reifurth, Henry T. Wear, Bob HeereAbstractWhen a new sport team enters an existing league, branding becomes an important tool the team uses to establish itself and gain a following within the community. Previous research on new sport teams has focused on adult attachment and formation of fan communities, but few researchers have focused on children learning to value brands and branding techniques. Through this study, the authors examine the aspects of branding efforts, specifically branded imagery and associations, tha...
Source: Sport Management Review - August 27, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Seeking the senses in physical culture: Sensuous scholarship in action, A.C. Sparkes (Ed.). Routledge, New York (2017), £88,00 (hardback) ISBN: 9781138100589, £29,59 (paperback) ISBN: 9781138351004
Publication date: Available online 24 August 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Karolina Eszter Kovács (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - August 24, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
