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Publication date: Available online 28 September 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Richard Keith Wright (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The meaning of team in team identification
Publication date: Available online 2 October 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Elizabeth B. Delia, Jeffrey D. JamesAbstractA voluminous literature exists on the relationship between team identification and various consumer thoughts, attitudes, and behaviours. However, the psychological meaning of team to consumers remains unknown, as scholars have studied individuals’ identification with a team without empirically investigating its meaning. Following an interpretive mode of inquiry in this study, the authors used interviews and concept mapping to understand the meaning of team among fans of two separate teams...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The process toward commitment to running—The role of different motives, involvement, and coaching
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Claudio M. Rocha, Otavio A. GrataoAbstractThe purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to explore and describe the relationships between different facets of motivation, involvement, and commitment to running, and (b) to test whether recreational coached runners differ from non-coached runners in their motivation, involvement, and commitment to running. Drawing on the psychological continuum model (PCM), a model was proposed to test relationships among motives, attitudinal and behavioral involvement, and commitment to running a...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
“But a champion comes out much, much later”: A sport development case study of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Brennan K. Berg, Rhema D. Fuller, Michael HutchinsonAbstractIncreasing attention has been given to the effective development of elite athletes. In this inquiry, the authors used a historical case study to ascertain the ways elite athletes were developed in a different era of sport in the United States. Using the attraction, retention, and transition frameworks, the factors that fostered the development of athletes from the 1968 Summer Olympics were drawn out through oral history interviews. In total, interviews with 59 U.S. Oly...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The force of the national rhetorical arena: Voices in tune against a disrespectful foreign sponsor
This article examines how a public relations crisis in the sport realm develops when national identity issues are at stake. Based on the media coverage of the All Blacks Rugby World Cup jersey crisis, and drawing on the concept of rhetorical arena, we explore Adidas's crisis communication strategies, identify and summarise the responses, actions, and interactions of various parties involved in the crisis. We consider how these parties influence the development of the crisis in what we call the ‘national rhetorical arena’. The article illustrates the power of the national rhetorical arena and its many voices to align ov...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Understanding users’ continuance intentions to use smart-connected sports products
Publication date: Available online 4 November 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jaeki Song, Junghwan Kim, Kwangmin ChoAbstractThe authors investigate the salient factors that influence users’ continuance intentions to use smart-connected sports products. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), they propose that three major factors—attitude, social comparison as social influence, and perceived behavioral control—significantly influence users’ continuance intentions. Smart-connected sports product users (N = 236) participated in this study. Collected data were analyzed using Partial Lea...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Building social capital from sport event participation: An exploration of the social impacts of participatory sport events on the community
This study provides insights as to how social capital that stems from sport event participation can lead to the development of community in the long term. Suggestions are made for future research to test the relationships between social capital, its outcomes, and community development and well-being. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Recruiting and retaining girls in table tennis: Participant and club perspectives
Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Katie Rowe, Emma Sherry, Angela OsborneAbstractGovernment and sport stakeholders, in the Australian context, are focused on increasing girls’ participation in sport. Sport organisations, particularly those who receive limited government funding and commercial revenue, experience challenges in recruiting and retaining adolescent girls. In this paper, a case study of table tennis delivery in one Australian state, is presented, with a focus on the issue of girls’ participation. Framed using Green’s (2005) normative theory of spor...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
A fan’s search for meaning: Testing the dimensionality of sport fan superstition
Publication date: Available online 13 December 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Brendan Dwyer, Mark A. Slavich, Jennifer L. GellockAbstractUncertainty is a fundamental component of spectator sport fandom. While it may draw some fans to an event, it can be frustrating for others, as fans have little control over how preferred teams perform. As a means to cope with this unpleasant state, some sport fans perform superstitions or create rituals. Little is known, however, how such beliefs and behaviors impact the sport fan experience. In the current study, the authors explored sport fan superstition within the cont...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Estimation of game-level attendance in major league soccer: Outcome uncertainty and absolute quality considerations
Publication date: Available online 14 December 2017Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Hojun Sung, Brian M. MillsAbstractDespite its continued growth, there are doubts about the sustainability of demand for Major League Soccer, which has a strong focus on superstar externalities through its designated player rules. Yet there is relatively limited research directly focusing on classical determinants of demand for league attendance. The authors set out to establish an estimate of the relative importance of relative quality – outcome uncertainty – and absolute quality in game attendance. They find that fans behave i...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Competing by investments or efficiency? Exploring financial and sporting efficiency of club ownership structures in European football
Publication date: Available online 1 February 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Marc Rohde, Christoph BreuerAbstractProfessional European football clubs have been hypothesized to maximize sporting or financial objectives. The authors analyze the impact of various ownership structures on the realized management efficiency in maximizing profitability and national sporting success. Therefore, they apply the time-varying stochastic frontier model by Battese & Coelli (1995) to an unbalanced panel from England and France between 2006 and 2012. French professional football is characterized by a shift towards private i...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sport participation: From policy, through facilities, to users’ health, well-being, and social capital
Publication date: Available online 1 February 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Harish Kumar, Argyro Elisavet Manoli, Ian R. Hodgkinson, Paul DownwardAbstractSport delivery systems, aimed at facilitating sports participation, represent an inter-institutional, cross-sector collaboration. Researchers focusing on the impact of different levels of sport provision from policy, through facilities, to end users remains limited. The authors address this gap in knowledge through a mixed- methods approach to examine sport participation from the perspective of the whole delivery system. Specifically, focusing on a County ...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Coworker knowledge sharing and peer learning among elite footballers: Insights from German Bundesliga players
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Kim Werner, Geoff DicksonAbstractThis research focuses on coworker learning and knowledge sharing amongst elite footballers. The authors provide an in-depth understanding on how elite footballers learn from their peers and which channels are used to share their knowledge. The authors also analyze how peer learning impacts an elite footballer’s development and performance and to what extent elite football clubs actively support peer learning. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 elite footballers from fir...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Team identification and sports fandom as predictors of fan aggression: The moderating role of ageing
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Anat Toder-Alon, Tamar Icekson, Avichai Shuv-AmiAbstractIn the current study, the explored the moderating role of ageing in the relationship between team identification/fandom and fan aggression. The authors used an online panel-based survey that offered access to a realworld population of sports fans. Participants were 740 fans of Israeli professional basketball. Results from structural equation modelling demonstrated that older fans reported higher levels of mere sports fandom and lower levels of self-reported aggression and acceptan...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Upward and downward job mobility and player market values in contemporary European professional football
Publication date: Available online 11 March 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Thijs A. VelemaAbstractOne question facing professional football (soccer) players in today's highly mobile football labor market is how to move between teams and develop boundaryless careers that positively signal their qualities, skills, and value to the market. The author departs from previous researchers, who have conceptualized market values as a function of performance and human capital factors at one point in time. Instead, the author argues that market observers face imperfect information when estimating the value of players, w...
Source: Sport Management Review - July 10, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
