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Sport Marketing and Sponsorship
Introduction This edition of Sport Management Digest’s Sport Leadership section encompasses a total of five articles. The current edition includes two studies from the Journal of Sport Management (JSM), two from Sport Management Review (SMR), one from International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Each of the articles in this section include either a direct focus on leaders and leadership in sport or examine decision-makers leading sport organizations through strategic management decisions...
Sport Leadership
Introduction This edition of Sport Management Digest’s Sport Leadership section encompasses a total of five articles. The current edition includes two studies from the Journal of Sport Management (JSM), two from Sport Management Review (SMR), one from International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Each of the articles in this section include either a direct focus on leaders and leadership in sport or examine decision-makers leading sport organizations through strategic management decisions....
Sport Communication
1. Introduction The sport management research community has published over 34 sport communication (and related) articles in the field’s various journals since the first issue of SMD. During this period, sport communication research has been published in journals such as the European Sport Management Quarterly (1), International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship (1), and in two of the field’s communication-focused journals, Communication & Sport (22 articles) and International Journal of...
Research Methodologies in Sport Management
1. Introduction This section provides a summary the 10 journals consistent with the first volume of sport management digest. The manuscripts were published were published between July and 2021 and January 2022. The Table 1 summarises the methodological approaches used in the ten journals. Table 1: Summary of Methodological Approaches Journals Mixed Qualitative Quantitative Total Communication & Sport 2 9 (incl. one editorial essay) 12 23 European Sport Management Quarterly (excl. one Obituary)...
Sport Management Ethics and Integrity
Introduction Nine papers are included in this review. Seven papers have been organised under a heading of equalities. Two papers examine the ongoing problematic of racial discrimination. One article studies LGBT+ inclusion policies in Australian cricket and two further papers investigate the inclusion of transgender athletes in sport in the context of US state legislative interventions. Two papers focus on New Zealand sport equalities policy. The first article provides a historical analysis of disability...
Research Methodologies in Sport Management
Research Methodologies in Sport Management James Skinner Introduction This review investigated the ten most popular sport journals in relation to their research study designs. The publications under review were published between March and September 2024. Table 1 provides a summary of the methodological approaches used in the respective journals: Table 1: Summary of Methodological Approaches Journals Mixed Qualitative Quantitative Total Communication & Sport 1 22 (incl. 4 intros and 1 essay)...
Research Methodologies in Sport Management
1. Introduction This section provides a summary of the ten sport journals consistent with the previous two volumes of Sport Management Digest. The papers were published between January and June 2022. Table 1 summarises the methodological approaches used in the respective journals: Table 1: Summary of Methodological Approaches Journals Mixed Qualitative Quantitative Total Communication & Sport - 17 (incl. three editorial essays) 12 29 European Sport Management Quarterly (excl. one Introduction)...
Sport Leadership
1. Introduction This first edition of the Sport Leadership section for Sport Management Digest will cover a total of eight studies published in the first half of 2021 in four different journals. This list includes three articles from Sport Management Review (SMR), two from the Journal of Sport Management (JSM), two from the Journal of Sport Policy and Politics (JSPP), and one study from European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ). The first article from SMR is entitled “Volunteer selection at a major...
The Geography of Sport Management Research in 2023
Introduction This analysis explores the geographical landscape of sport management (SM) research based on empirical articles published in the 10 target journals in 2023. The 508 articles published in 2023 comprised 422 empirical studies and 86 non-empirical pieces such as reviews, conceptual works, commentaries, editorials, and interviews. This analysis specifically focuses on the 422 empirical articles. The coding protocol employed remains consistent with previous reports on the geography of SM...
Sport Management Ethics and Integrity
Introduction In my first piece as the new editor of the Sport Management Ethics and Integrity section, I would firstly like to thank my predecessor, Lisa Kihl, for setting such a high standard in previous editions. Nine papers are included in this review. Six papers have been organised under a heading of equalities, with two papers each examining race relations and gender discrimination. One article studies LGBT+ inclusion policies and further paper investigates the inclusion of athletes with Differences...
Sport Governance and Policy
Sport Governance and Policy Dr Shushu Chen Introduction The field of sport governance and policy has seen some important development, particularly in response to the increasing complexity of multi-level governance frameworks, the need for inclusivity, and the demand for more efficient management practices. This section brings together eight academic articles that each offer useful insights into different aspects of sport governance and policy. These articles were selected for their contributions...
Geography of Sport Management Research in 2022
Introduction Building on the analysis of the 180 empirical articles published in the first half of 2022 in the 10 targeted journals, this essay examines the geography of empirical sport management (SM) research throughout 2022 or a total of 342 [1] . By using the same coding protocol for the analyses reported in the previous two Sport Management Digest issues, we first examine the distribution of the key components that form SM research settings (i.e., sport domain, specific sport, and continental...