Managing organizational reputation in response to a public shaming campaign
Publication date: Available online 6 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): P.J. Kitchin, Juan L. Paramio-Salcines, Geoff WaltersAbstractSport has embraced social media, intensifying the (online) coverage of sport organizations and athletes. Until now, the role that social media has played in the renaissance of public shaming in sport has received little attention. To address this gap, the authors present a novel case study of a public, online shaming campaign against an English Premier League football club by one of their own supporters. Data were collected from multiple sources, including online sources and ...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 8, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Acting out what is inside of us: Self-management strategies of an abused ex-athlete
Publication date: Available online 5 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jenny McMahon, Kerry R. McGannonAbstractIn this paper, the authors make use of narrative inquiry from the position of a story teller by using creative nonfiction to bring forward the complexities of abuse in sport. Through the use of vignettes, one female athlete’s story of how she self-managed her abuse post sport by acting out sexually is made known. As taboo stories tend to be silenced in sport literature, this research foregrounds how one athlete took back the power and control with men as a way of self-managing the physical and ...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
An analysis of soccer referee experiences in France and the Netherlands: Abuse, conflict, and level of support
Publication date: Available online 5 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Tom Webb, Matt Dicks, Richard Thelwell, John van der Kamp, Géraldine Rix-LievreAbstractReferee and match official discontinuation in sport is an issue of relevance to sport managers and administrators. Despite this, it is an often-neglected area of sport management research. In this paper, a critical analysis of the discontinuation of soccer referees across two countries is provided, utilizing an intergroup conflict theoretical construct to frame the analysis, drawing on the concept of conflict resolution to consider solutions to the ...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Exploring referee abuse through the lens of the collegiate rugby coach
Publication date: Available online 6 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Brittany L. Jacobs, Jacob K. Tingle, Brent D. Oja, Mark A. SmithAbstractReferees are valuable contributors to the legitimacy of a sporting contest. Despite this, abuse in sport has become a growing concern and is regularly noted as an obstacle with which referees must contend. Continued abuses have been associated with referee discontinuation and have been noted as a detrimental influence in the recruitment and retention of referees. Sporting organizations, coaches, and players all feel the impact when there is an inadequate supply of ...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Do public subsidies and facility coverage matter for voluntary sports clubs?
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Evald Bundgård IversenAbstractIn many countries, voluntary sports clubs are the main recipients of public subsidies regarding the provision of recreational sport, and the economically most important level of government is usually the local government (i.e. the municipalities). The purpose of this article is to examine whether and how municipal framework conditions matter for sports clubs. Inspired by previous studies, we examine the role of direct and indirect public subsidies as well as facility coverage. T...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Organisational factors and non-accidental violence in sport: A systematic review
The objective of the current systematic review was to investigate the organisational factors that enable and motivate non-accidental violence towards athletes in the sport context. The authors identified and reviewed 43 qualitative studies investigating psychological, physical, and sexual abuse of athletes, and developed a framework of organisational factors (i.e., structural, social, and stress factors) related to non-accidental violence. Athletes were the key informants, yet some studies included athletes’ entourages. The authors independently coded the findings sections of the primary research, using the developed fra...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
From intention to participation: Exploring the moderating role of a voucher-based event leveraging initiative
Publication date: Available online 16 March 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Luke R. Potwarka, Ryan Snelgrove, David Drewery, Jordan Bakhsh, Laura WoodAbstractThe purpose of this study was to explore relationships between intentions to try a sport after watching an elite sport event and post-event participation, and explore the role exposure to a post-event leveraging initiative plays in facilitating behavior. A field experiment design was employed to test the efficacy of the leveraging initiative among experimental and control condition groups. Data were collected through a questionnaire following an internat...
Source: Sport Management Review - March 17, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
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Publication date: April 2019Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 22, Issue 2Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - March 15, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Charity sport event participants and fundraising: An examination of constraints and negotiation strategies
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Kevin Filo, David Fechner, Yuhei InoueAbstractCharity sport events provide participants with a meaningful event experience, and the opportunity to support a charitable cause is a critical component of this experience. This opportunity often involves fundraising, either as a requirement of event participation or as an option to supplement registration. However, fundraising as part of charity sport event participation is a difficult task. In the current research, the authors examine the challenges faced by charity sport event participant...
Source: Sport Management Review - March 4, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Coach humility and player creativity: The roles of knowledge sharing and group diversity
In this study, the authors examine how coach humility impacts creativity among the football players. The sample included players and their coaches from nonprofessional football clubs in Vietnam. Our data analyses supported the positive relationships between coach humility and player creativity via knowledge sharing as a mediator. Group diversity in terms of extroversion and openness to experience traits served as a moderator to fortify the effect of coach humility on knowledge sharing among the players. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - February 27, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Market reactions to sport sponsorship announcements: Comparison between sponsors and their rivals
In this study, the authors investigate the impact of sport sponsorship announcements on the stock prices of sponsors and their rivals in Japan. The event study analyses show that while market reactions for Japanese sponsors are significantly positive, those for rivals are significantly negative. Thus, in Japan, sponsorships might help sponsors build a competitive advantage over their rivals. During 2010–2014, market reactions for sponsors are significantly more negative but less so when the sponsored party is Japanese. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - February 27, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Managing Sport Business: An Introduction, 2nd Edition David Hassan (ed). 2018 Routledge, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, ISBN: 978-1-315-26547-6 (ebk), pp. 674.
Publication date: Available online 22 February 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Keith D. Parry (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - February 23, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The role of sport in reflecting and shaping group dynamics: The “intergroup relations continuum” and its application to Fijian rugby and soccer
Publication date: Available online 14 February 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jack Thomas Sugden, Nico Schulenkorf, Daryl Adair, Stephen FrawleyAbstractA significant body of knowledge exists around the role of intergroup relations in sport for development and peace (SFDP). However, while numerous SFDP researchers have investigated overt conflict, scholars have typically overlooked the varied nature of intergroup relations in comparatively stable SFDP environments. In addressing that issue, the authors explore intergroup relations in the context of Fiji, a country which in recent years has moved from a societ...
Source: Sport Management Review - February 15, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Athletic goal achievement: A critical antecedent of event satisfaction, re-participation intention, and future exercise intention in participant sport events
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Moonsup Hyun, Jeremy S. JordanAbstractThe purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive understanding of consumer experiences in participant sport events. The authors explored two traditionally prominent components (i.e., service quality and perceived economic value) and one emerging factor (i.e., athletic goal achievement) of consumer experiences at participant sport events. The authors examined the effects of these three factors on re-participation intention and the effect of athletic goal achievement on future exercise inte...
Source: Sport Management Review - February 7, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
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Publication date: February 2019Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 22, Issue 1Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - January 31, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
