Sport Management Review

1998 - 2026

Continuation of Sport Management Review.

Current editor(s): Sheranne Fairley

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Volume 29, issue 1, 2026

“We’re starting to turn the page”: navigating stigma as a women’s sport employee pp. 1-25

Risa F. (Isard) Isley, Katherine Sveinson and E. Nicole Melton

A closer look at gender equity in the boardroom: women’s representation in powerful positions in local sport governing bodies pp. 26-51

Katrin Scharfenkamp and Pamela Wicker

Allyship and social support networks: examining feelings of safety and confidence among LGBTQ+ sports officials pp. 52-76

Jacob K. Tingle, Brittany L. Jacobs, Anna C. Baeth, Matthew Katz and Claire C. Zvosec

From dutiful volunteers to volunteer devotees and involvement seekers: segmenting volunteer board members, coaches, and referees of voluntary sports clubs pp. 77-102

Kirstin Hallmann, Svenja Feiler, Spencer Preece and Christoph Breuer

Growing yourself as a first-generation American football fan in China: a consumer socialization perspective pp. 103-132

Qingru Xu, Sitong Guo, Huai-yu Chen and Yiran Su

‘We exist because of them’: understanding the integration mechanisms and process of men’s and women’s football in China pp. 133-158

Qi Peng, Nicolas Scelles, Zhisheng Chen, Kun Ai and Pu Wang

Understanding how local contexts shape partnerships in sport for development across Latin America pp. 159-188

Olga Khokhryakova and Per G. Svensson

Challenge accepted! or not: impact of artificial intelligence (AI)-based matchmaking on motivation to re-engage with fantasy sports applications pp. 189-215

Keshav Gupta, Daniel C. Funk and Thilo Kunkel

Volume 28, issue 5, 2025

Legitimacy work of Olympic stadium renovations: a multiple case study of Los Angeles and Atlanta pp. 851-879

Jinsu Byun, Kristina Hoff and Mathew Dowling

You have to be good … and also pretty and nice: examining corporate sponsorship investments in the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association pp. 880-902

Soyoung Joo, Heidi M. Parker, Risa F. (Isard) Isley and Janet S. Fink

Investigating the cascading effects of board gender quotas: an event system theory perspective pp. 903-929

Jordan T. Bakhsh, Katherine Raw, Eleanor Faulkner, Pamm Phillips and Katie Rowe

Collaborative competitors: how NCAA college athletes manage team dynamics amid personal brand monetization pp. 930-958

Nataliya Bredikhina

Fans’ experiences attempting to boycott the 2022 Qatar World Cup pp. 959-985

Keegan Dalal and Elizabeth B. Delia

Sportswomen, social media, and gendered affective labor: an analysis of two teams at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup pp. 986-1008

Julie Brice, Holly Thorpe and Hannah McNamara

Trust can move mountain (biking): a social network examination of the role of trust, communication and coopetition in youth sport pp. 1009-1029

Natalie L. Smith, Amy Rundio and Matthew Katz

Exploring legitimacy of women’s professional team sport pp. 1030-1053

Wendy O’Brien, Alana Thomson, Kristine Toohey, Tracy Taylor and Clare Hanlon

Innovation in sport organisations: the role of formal organisational structures and informal networks pp. 1054-1081

Lucien von Schomberg, Katharina De Vita, Stefano Ghinoi, Riccardo De Vita and Grace O’Rourke

Volume 28, issue 4, 2025

Signaling a commitment to diversity: examining the intersection of sport team owner race and diversity, equity, and inclusion pledges pp. 625-649

Xiaochen Zhou, Minkyo Lee, Yiran Su and Dae Hee Kwak

Race and institutionalism: how race shapes organizational behavior in sport pp. 650-675

Ajhanai C.I. Keaton and Charles D.T. Macaulay

The dark side of social innovation: integrating a digital application for sport-for-development programmes pp. 676-704

Sophia Harith, Mitchell McSweeney, Annick Willem, Mathieu Winand and Mathieu Marlier

Succession planning in sport for development and peace pp. 705-728

King Saah and Per G. Svensson

A conceptual framework for understanding brand connection to sport mascots pp. 729-752

Yong Jae Ko, Lydia Yun and Philip Kang

The impact of socioeconomic background on the timing of long-term contracts in Major League Baseball pp. 753-769

Richard J Paulsen and Michael Sinkey

The role of identity on receptivity to environmental messaging and its impact on fandom pp. 770-795

Brian P. McCullough, Galen Trail, Timothy Kellison and Jessica R. Murfree

Unveiling the emotional edge: how fans’ emotional attachment influences the relationships between fanship, fandom, subjective well-being, and attitudinal loyalty pp. 796-822

Giorgio Portaluri, Daniel Lock, Yuhei Inoue, Rita Mura and Francesca Vicentini

Discursive delegitimisation of athlete activism: a study of the Australian football team pp. 823-850

Francis O’Neill, Ashleigh-Jane Thompson, Geoff Dickson and Tim Ströbel

Volume 28, issue 3, 2025

The role of brokerage in green partnership formation in professional sport pp. 397-422

Yiying Chen and Kathryn Heinze

Queering inclusion: the experiences of LGBTQ+ women in rugby in Aotearoa/New Zealand pp. 423-444

Sally Shaw

Long-distance brand relationship marketing in sport: determining factors for satellite fans’ share of wallet and time pp. 445-475

Yiran Su, Matthew Katz and Jason Doyle

Initiate, adopt, implement, and transfer: exploring the innovation process undergone by mega-sport event organizing committees pp. 476-497

Kristina Hoff and Becca Leopkey

The opportunities and challenges facing participation in different types of women’s football in England pp. 498-522

Paul Downward and Cristina Muniz

Exploring the determinants of women football players’ Instagram popularity pp. 523-548

Nataliya Bredikhina, Thilo Kunkel, Heather Kennedy and Francesca Fumagalli

How does gender diversity impact board performance? Insights from Australian sport pp. 549-574

Joshua McLeod, Pamm Phillips, Katie Rowe, Sarah Reddan, Katherine Raw and Steve Swanson

“If you build it, they will buy it”: exploring consumer insights of professional women’s football merchandising strategies pp. 575-599

Katherine Sveinson, Beth Clarkson, Keith Parry and Jessica Richards

Informing a culture shift in high performance sport in Canada: athletes’ unsafe and safe sport experiences pp. 600-623

Eric MacIntosh, Alison Doherty and Shannon Kerwin

Volume 28, issue 2, 2025

Musical congruity in sports: enhancing team branding in esports and traditional sports pp. 201-231

Yongjin Hwang and Khalid Ballouli

Sport spectator well-being: a scoping review pp. 232-256

Hui Du, Thomas Alexander Baker, Yiran Su, Kevin Byon and Matthew Katz

Collective leadership in nonprofit sport boards pp. 257-281

Lesley Ferkins, David Shilbury and Ian O’Boyle

“Doing” inclusion in the daily sports practice – club representatives’ conceptions of mainstreaming parasports pp. 282-302

Malin Andersson

“Your voice is power!” Examining motivations and opportunity structures for high school athlete activism in U.S. interscholastic sport pp. 303-327

Yannick Kluch, Lillian Feder, Tarkington J Newman, Travis R. Scheadler, Eric M. Martin and Andrew Mac Intosh

Game day guilt: how ingroup affiliation and identity threat influence indulgent food choices among sport fans pp. 328-347

Yonghwan Chang, Taewoong Yoo, Clinton Warren and Daniel L. Wann

Role of risk perception on trust, event impact experiences, and event support in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during the COVID-19 outbreak pp. 348-369

Daichi Oshimi, Shiro Yamaguchi, Takayuki Fukuhara and Marijke Taks

Investigating consumer preferences and perceptions of brands across men’s and women’s sport: a brand architecture approach pp. 370-395

Jason P. Doyle, Yiran Su, Sarah Jane Kelly, Kevin Filo and Thilo Kunkel

Volume 28, issue 1, 2025

Experience is all you need: a large language model application of fine-tuned GPT-3.5 and RoBERTa for aspect-based sentiment analysis of college football stadium reviews pp. 1-25

Tyreal Yizhou Qian, Weizhe Li, Hua Gong, Chad Seifried and Chenglong Xu

Environment as a vulnerability factor for doping: a qualitative examination of Indian track and field athletes’ hurdles to compete clean pp. 26-50

Rekha Janarthanan, Jules Woolf, Andrew Bloodworth and Andrea Petróczi

Empirically testing for niche sports pp. 51-72

Hunter Fujak, Carl Driesener and David Shilbury

Using feminist critical management studies to examine LGBTQ+ women’s experiences of inclusion and exclusion in rugby pp. 73-96

Sally Shaw

Public perception of esports: an examination of esports image and genre differences pp. 97-120

Jongho Kim, Kihan Kim, Hansol Kim and Shanshan Li

Market demand for metaverse-based sporting events: a mixed-methods approach pp. 121-147

Sam S. Chen and James J. Zhang

Leadership development: relationality and temporality in professional sport pp. 148-172

Lewis Whales, Stephen Frawley, Adam Cohen and Natalia Nikolova

Pollination, cultivation, and perennialization: creating the amateur logic in collegiate sport pp. 173-199

Calvin Nite and Marvin Washington