“We want more diversity but…”: Resisting diversity in recreational sports clubs
Publication date: Available online 27 May 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Ramón Spaaij, Annelies Knoppers, Ruth JeanesAbstractParticipation in sport is highly valued by governments and policy makers. Policies and programs encourage participation of populations who are underrepresented in sport. In many countries sport participation is possible primarily under the auspices of voluntary sports clubs, many of which name demographic diversity as an organizational value. Underrepresented population groups continue to lag, however, in participating in sports clubs. Change has been slow in coming. Relatively little...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 28, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Leveraging spectator emotion: A review and conceptual framework for marketing health behaviors in elite sports
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Renee Teal, Michele Roberts, Paul Harrigan, Jo Clarkson, Michael RosenbergAbstractElite sport provides an exciting and dynamic emotional experience for spectators. Social marketers using sport sponsorship to promote health messages are yet to consider the impact of the temporal emotional sporting context in which health messages are promoted. The authors provide a critical review of the evidence for the influence of emotion on behavior and seek to elucidate the implications for health sponsorship in sport. Articles were identified via e...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 25, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Inside front cover: Editorial board/Aims & Scope
Publication date: June 2019Source: Sport Management Review, Volume 22, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - May 22, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Old and exciting? Sport sponsorship effects on brand age and brand personality
Publication date: Available online 17 May 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Christoph Hohenberger, Reinhard GrohsAbstractBrand managers often use sport sponsorship to position a brand in terms of human-like personality traits (e.g., exciting or sophisticated) and demographic characteristics (e.g., young or masculine). Yet, little is known why, how, and under which conditions such associations transfer from a sport property to a sponsor brand. The present study introduces spontaneous trait transference as a mechanism and explicates that its properties can account for such associative transfer effects in typical ...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 19, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The role of organizational membership in overcoming dissonant sport activity identities
In this study, the authors used interviews to explore the identity formation processes for members of a national running group for Black women in the United States. Results indicate that members overcame their dissonance to running through their identification with the organization who they felt facilitated education, support, and the connection to existing members who served as identity models. Through their own negotiation strategies, they were able to form a salient identity around the activity, and contribute to a growing collective running identity for this group as a whole. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - May 16, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Promoting athlete welfare: A proposal for an international surveillance system
Publication date: Available online 16 May 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Roslyn Kerr, Gretchen KerrAbstractEfforts to ensure the welfare of athletes have long existed in sport but have heightened recently across numerous countries in response to shocking revelations of sexual abuse in sport. Cases such as the sexual abuse of female gymnasts by a team doctor in the U.S. and sexual abuse of male footballers by a coach in the U.K. have drawn significant attention and scrutiny by stakeholders in sport and the public alike. These and other cases indicate that in spite of existing athlete welfare policies, educati...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 16, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Snapchat and child sexual abuse in sport: Protecting child athletes in the social media age
Publication date: Available online 6 May 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jimmy Sanderson, Melinda R. WeathersAbstractChild sexual abuse is a pervasive problem that sport organizations must confront to protect the integrity of sport. While previous researchers have examined this topic, few have explored the role that technology plays. The authors address this gap by examining how coach perpetrators utilize Snapchat to facilitate sexual abuse, using Cense and Brackenridge’s (2001) Temporal Model of Sexual Abuse with Children and Young Persons in Sport as a framework. Analysis of 99 media reports from 2013 to ...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 7, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
An exploration of young professional football players’ perceptions of the talent development process in England
This study sheds new light on the priorities and processes of talent development and education provision in English football. (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - May 5, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Does it really matter? A study on soccer fans’ perceptions of ethical leadership and their role as “stakeowners”
This study highlights this duality by referring to fans as “stakeowners,” namely legitimate stakeholders with certain rights as well as responsibilities. Moreover, the authors examine whether ethical leadership by soccer club leaders really matters to fans. Drawing on a qualitative case study in a Belgian professional soccer club, findings indicate fans care mainly about those aspects of ethical leadership that impact their own position, such as clear communication and fan empowerment. On the other hand, findings suggest fan influence on the leadership of their club should not be exaggerated. After all, the club’s le...
Source: Sport Management Review - May 1, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
A new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery: Wicked problems and critical realist solution
Publication date: Available online 26 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Terri Byers, Emily Hayday, Athanasios (Sakis) PappousAbstractThe authors present a new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery, which accounts for the problematic nature of legacy by viewing it as a wicked problem. Research on mega sports event legacy has focused on establishing typologies of legacy, investigating outcomes, and consequences, with limited attention to legacy delivery. The conceptualization of legacy delivery has largely relied on a positive, utopian legacy rhetoric. In contrast, the authors advance the u...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 27, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The role of facial attractiveness in tennis TV-viewership
In this study, the authors analyze 622 live tennis matches from 66 Grand Slam tournaments between 2000 and 2016, examining the relationship between facial attractiveness, measured by tennis players’ facial symmetry, and TV-viewership. Results indicate that facial symmetry plays a positive role for female matches while there is no significant effect for male matches. The effect persists in several subsample regressions and robustness checks. The findings have important implications for managers in the field of sports. While public broadcasters have a public service function and therefore should be careful in exploiting co...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 27, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The determinants of stadium attendance in elite women’s football: Evidence from the UEFA Women's Champions League
Publication date: Available online 23 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Maurizio Valenti, Nicolas Scelles, Stephen MorrowAbstractWomen’s football struggles to build a solid platform in terms of fan interest. However, while an increase in gate receipts can help assist its long-term sustainability, there is limited evidence in the academic literature on the factors influencing spectator demand in women’s football. The authors investigate determinants of stadium attendance for UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL) matches. Using regression models deployed on 554 UWCL games played between 2009/10 and 2017/...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 24, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Television match officials, referees, and home advantage: Evidence from the European Rugby Cup
Publication date: Available online 16 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Peter Dawson, Patrick Massey, Paul DownwardAbstractThe regulation of on-field competition by officials is an important aspect of the management of sport. Increasingly, sports are providing technological support for officials to aid their decision making. In this paper, the authors analyse the impact of such an innovation by exploring the impact of the introduction and subsequent extended role of the television match official on the award of sanctionable offences of players in matches played in the group stages of the European Rugby Cu...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 16, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Examining environmental fan engagement initiatives through values and norms with intercollegiate sport fans
Publication date: Available online 13 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jonathan M. Casper, Brian P. McCullough, Michael E. PfahlAbstractThe United Nations has asserted that sport organizations and/or allied sponsors can influence fans to engage in more sustainable behaviours intentions at sporting events and at home; however, more investigation is necessary to assess this assumption. The purpose of this study was to examine values and norms related to the natural environment and perceptions of fan engagement sustainability initiatives that influence sustainable at-home behaviours. Season ticket holders (...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 14, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Tennis superstars: The relationship between star status and demand for tickets
Publication date: Available online 8 April 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Nader Chmait, Sam Robertson, Hans Westerbeek, Rochelle Eime, Carmine Sellitto, Machar ReidAbstractAkin to other sports, professional tennis is urged to adopt a consumer-centred strategy and understand the influence of the star status of elite players on demand for its core product. Measuring the impact that tennis players have on demand for match attendance remains a key element towards achieving that goal. Using data from the Australian Open ticket sales, the authors demonstrate how individual players have influenced stadium attendanc...
Source: Sport Management Review - April 9, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
