The determinants of the intention to continue voluntary football refereeing
Publication date: Available online 25 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Thomas Giel, Christoph BreuerAbstractCompetitive sports require a regulating body of referees to enforce the rules for the effective operation of the game. However, the number of referees is generally decreasing, leading to organisational problems at the amateur level. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that determine the intention to continue voluntary refereeing in the context of football in Germany. Combining several concepts as predictors, including both the antecedents and the experience of volunteering, in...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 26, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Toward an institutional theory of escalation of commitment within sport management: A review and future directions
Publication date: Available online 19 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Calvin Nite, Michael Hutchinson, Adrien BouchetAbstractOver the past decade, escalation of commitment theory has gained traction and relevance in the sport management literature. The purpose of this paper was to review the current progress of escalation of commitment research within sport management and provide a new perspective for evaluating and researching potential cases of escalation within sport contexts. To this end, the authors proposed a model that accounts for the different institutional logics that likely impact decision-...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 20, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sport Consumer Behavior, Galen T. Trail (Ed.), 3rd edition, (2018).
Publication date: Available online 17 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Anthony D. Pizzo (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - January 18, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 1st Edition
Publication date: Available online 15 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Robbie Matz (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - January 16, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Data Analytics in Football: Positional Data Collection, Modelling and Analysis, Daniel Memmert, Dominik Raabe, Routledge, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Oxford OX14 4RN (2018). ISBN 978-0-8153-8155-6 (pbk), pp. xi + 174.
Publication date: Available online 8 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Bill Gerrard (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - January 9, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Managing sport for health: An introduction to the special issue
Publication date: Available online 8 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Michael B. Edwards, Katie RoweAbstractSport is often viewed as vehicle to achieve positive health outcomes. While sport's potential to contribute to health is rarely disputed, sport is not always managed in ways that specifically prioritise health objectives, and evidence regarding sport's contribution to health has been inconsistent to date. This special issue was designed to advance a research agenda in relation to the management of sport for health. Articles published in the special issue examine sport management practices that im...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 9, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Living on the edge: Psychological drivers of athletes’ intention to re-patronage extreme sporting events
Publication date: Available online 6 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Francesco Raggiotto, Daniele ScarpiAbstractExtreme sports are a multi-billion-dollar marketing phenomenon. The authors explore in the context of extreme sports the relationship between risk-taking attitude, perceived control, self-enhancement, event image, and re-patronage intention, through the lens of edgework theory and cognitive adaptation. The authors advance a theoretical model of multiple moderated mediation that provides insights for understanding what drives consumer-athletes’ intention to be loyal to extreme sporting even...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Fan response to the identity threat of potential team relocation
Publication date: Available online 6 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Christine E. Wegner, Elizabeth B. Delia, Bradley J. BakerAbstractGroup identities do not remain stable over time and team identity is no exception. As researchers have acknowledged team identity formation and maintenance as ongoing processes, it is equally important to explore how fans navigate threats to team identity. The purpose of this study is to understand how fans’ team identity was impacted by identity threat. The authors used digital ethnography to investigate how fans of the National Football League (NFL) Rams processed t...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 6, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The sport cluster concept as middle-range theory for the sport value framework
Publication date: Available online 3 January 2019Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Anna Gerke, Herbert Woratschek, Geoff DicksonAbstractThe Sport Value Framework provides a new logic for value creation in sport based on the Service-dominant logic. The Sport Value Framework is a general theory with high level of abstraction, and there is no middle-range theory yet to link it to empirical data. The purpose of this research is to provide one middle-range theory connecting empirical findings to the Sport Value Framework. The authors used a case study approach of a geographical localised sport industry. Primary data col...
Source: Sport Management Review - January 4, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
“If people are wearing pink stuff they’re probably not real fans”: Exploring women’s perceptions of sport fan clothing
Publication date: Available online 28 December 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Katherine Sveinson, Larena Hoeber, Kim ToffolettiAbstractGiven the growth in the female sport fan base of North American major league sports and the development and expansion of women’s team-related apparel, the purpose of this study was to examine women sport fans’ perceptions of team apparel. The authors collected data through in-depth interviews with 16 Canadian women who self-identified as fans of professional sport teams. They perceived a lack of options in team apparel, despite the development of women’s clothing lines....
Source: Sport Management Review - December 29, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sport Communication: An International Approach, Chuka Onwumechili. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York (2018). 374 pp., ISBN 978-1-315270-92-0.
Publication date: Available online 14 December 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Jana Nová (Source: Sport Management Review)
Source: Sport Management Review - December 15, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Using social network analysis to investigate interorganizational relationships and capacity building within a sport for development coalition
Publication date: Available online 11 December 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Marion E. Hambrick, Per G. Svensson, Seungmin KangAbstractSport for development (SFD) agencies often face issues with resource dependency, where they encounter resource deficiencies and rely upon other organizations to build capacity and attain their organizational goals and objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate what resource networks existed among agencies within a city-wide SFD coalition and the advantages and disadvantages of their participation. The authors examined an SFD coalition involving 27 agencies and ...
Source: Sport Management Review - December 12, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
“The process isn’t a case of report it and stop”: Athletes’ lived experience of whistleblowing on doping in sport
Publication date: Available online 11 December 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Kelsey Erickson, Laurie B. Patterson, Susan H. BackhouseAbstractWhistleblowing is effective for exposing doping in sport, garnering increased support and promotion within the global anti-doping community. However, limited attention has been afforded towards understanding the doping whistleblowing process. In response, the authors convey a sense of the whistleblowing context by using the actual words of whistleblowers to illuminate their experience. To achieve this aim, the authors have adopted a narrative approach. Three doping whi...
Source: Sport Management Review - December 12, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Managing sport volunteers with a disability: Human resource management implications
Publication date: Available online 12 November 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Pam Kappelides, Jennifer SpoorAbstractDespite the known benefits of volunteering–such as helping others, contributing to community and the development of skills–individuals with a disability are underrepresented in volunteering roles. In this research, the authors examine the benefits and barriers to including volunteers with a disability in three Australian sport and recreation organisations, as well as the potential human resource management implications. The authors take a multi-level perspective and draw on interviews with ...
Source: Sport Management Review - November 14, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Summary of cognitive, affective, and behavioural outcomes of consuming prestigious sports events
Publication date: Available online 25 October 2018Source: Sport Management ReviewAuthor(s): Miguel Moital, Amy Bain, Harriet ThomasAbstractIn this paper, the authors explore the range of cognitive, affective, and behavioural outcomes of consuming prestigious sports event experiences. The authors obtained means-end chains from 19 individuals from across a range of ages and both genders. A total of 39 examples of events were discussed by participants encompassing 25 unique events and 11 different sports. Outcomes were multi-dimensional. At the cognitive level, consumers developed outer- and inner-directed outcomes. At the af...
Source: Sport Management Review - November 4, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
