Sport Management Review

1998 - 2025

Continuation of Sport Management Review.

Current editor(s): Sheranne Fairley

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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

Volume 27, issue 5, 2024

Exploring the nexus of digital technology and organizational change in non-profit sport organizations pp. 661-681

Ashley Thompson, Michael L. Naraine and Milena M. Parent

Mixed methods in sport management: A review and directions for future research pp. 682-703

Jordan T. Bakhsh, Jonathan Robertson and Katie Rowe

“Activism is welcome as long as it’s peaceful”: athletic administrators’ perspectives on college athlete activism via stakeholder theory pp. 704-723

Samuel H. Schmidt, Yannick Kluch and Evan Brody

Will event inspiration and leveraging improve sport participation among the games makers? An examination on volunteers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic games pp. 724-753

Xiaoyan Xing, Shushu Chen and Laurence Chalip

Perceptions of athletes with mental health conditions and sponsor responses: a consumer perspective pp. 754-778

Dae Hee Kwak and Namkyeong Jang

Community-level implicit biases against LGBTQ+ people predict WNBA attendance pp. 779-792

George B. Cunningham

Data-driven message optimization in dynamic sports media: an artificial intelligence approach to predict consumer response pp. 793-816

Elisa Herold, Aaditya Singh, Boris Feodoroff and Christoph Breuer

Black male college athletes’ self-schemata and (Un)critical consciousness pp. 817-842

Jonathan E. Howe and Joseph N. Cooper

Volume 27, issue 4, 2024

“It’s given us a much wider perspective”: exploring the domestication of design thinking into sport management practice pp. 481-501

Greg Joachim, Nico Schulenkorf, Katie Schlenker, Stephen Frawley and Adam Cohen

Expanding sport management toward management through sport: the promise of company sport in organizations pp. 502-523

Minjung Kim, Brent D. Oja, Calvin Nite and Christos Anagnostopoulos

Social inequalities and (re)production in the new youth sports economy: examining the case of the Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour pp. 524-543

Matt Hawzen, Ryan King-White, David L. Andrews and Brett Geaman

Categorizing engagement behavior in sport brand communities – an empirical study informed by social practice theory pp. 544-571

Pascal Stegmann, Tim Ströbel and Herbert Woratschek

Strategy practitioners and the procedural legitimacy of strategic planning in nonprofit community sport pp. 572-594

Kristen A. Morrison and Katie E. Misener

Watching sport enhances well-being: evidence from a multi-method approach pp. 595-619

Keita Kinoshita, Kento Nakagawa and Shintaro Sato

Professional women footballers’ stories of marketing portrayals and sponsorship: “I just had to feel grateful for what I’ve been given” pp. 620-639

Laura Harris and Dawn E. Trussell

How does a “neutral” rule become a systemic barrier to racial justice? Human rights activism, International Olympic Committee Rule 50, and the neutrality myth in racialized organizations pp. 640-660

Yannick Kluch, Debbie Sharnak, Scott Brooks, Stacey M. Alvarez Flores and Anthony Weems

Volume 27, issue 3, 2024

It’s all relative: examining the influence of social identity on sport-based youth development pp. 323-343

Wonju Lee, Gareth J. Jones and Christine Wegner

You do not suddenly become safe on your 18th birthday: managing safeguarding cases involving adult athletes in the United Kingdom pp. 344-364

Olivia Garrod and Daniel Rhind

The challenges of harmonising anti-doping policy implementation pp. 365-386

Daniel Read, James Skinner, Aaron CT Smith, Daniel Lock and Maylin Stanic

Gender differences in lead executive compensation: evidence from intercollegiate athletics pp. 387-408

Tyler Skinner and Steven Salaga

Operational quality in youth sport clubs: towards a conceptual model pp. 409-431

Margot Ricour, Veerle De Bosscher and Jo Van Hoecke

Promoting sport organisations inclusivity initiatives: tailored message frames and audience selection to drive change and attitude towards team pp. 432-454

Rory Mulcahy, David Fleischman, Peter English, Emma Florence, Retha Scheepers and Malin Sofia Roennberg

Perceived event impacts of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on residents’ eudaimonic well-being: a longitudinal study of within-person changes and relationships pp. 455-479

Keita Kinoshita, Satoshi Usami and Hirotaka Matsuoka

Volume 27, issue 2, 2024

Resource deprivation, decision stakes, and the selection of foreign players in the NBA draft pp. 175-196

Jeffrey Q. Barden and Scott Kozlak

A critical examination of how experiences shape board governance at the community level of sport pp. 197-212

Shannon Kerwin, Dawn E. Trussell, Rob Cheevers, Talia Ritondo and Cole McClean

NFL fandom and unhealthy eating behavior: Exploring the role of introspective focus from a functionalist perspective of emotions pp. 213-233

Yonghwan Chang, Ye Lei and Aaron C. Mansfield

College sport, events tourism and the demand for short-term rentals pp. 234-253

Gidon S. Jakar and Fatemeh Binesh

Unlocking the power of job design in sports: a systematic review and future research agenda pp. 254-279

Mohsen Loghmani, Popi Sotiriadou and Jason Doyle

A dual account of how excitement impacts risk-taking: Evidence from the National Hockey League’s 50-50 raffle pp. 280-299

Alexander Davidson, Matthew D. Meng, Scott Tainsky and Mitchell C. Olsen

Exploring perceptions of performance support team effectiveness in elite sport pp. 300-321

Perry Stewart, David Fletcher, Rachel Arnold and Desmond McEwan

Volume 27, issue 1, 2024

When feeling is for pursuing: exploring the moderating role of spectatorship locus of control on fans’ emotion-directed pursuit of consumption goals pp. 1-22

Yonghwan Chang and Matthew Katz

Research on human rights and large-scale sport events from 1990 to 2022: a scoping review pp. 23-44

Stacy-Lynn Sant, Christine Maleske and Kathryn Vanderboll

Gender information and perceived quality: An experiment with professional soccer performance pp. 45-66

Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Helmut Dietl, David Berri and Cornel Nesseler

Who doesn’t like sport? A taxonomy of non-fans pp. 67-89

Heath McDonald, Jason Pallant, Daniel C. Funk and Thilo Kunkel

Sport management or the management of sport? Reframing the theory debate pp. 90-110

Erik L. Lachance, Ashley Thompson, Jordan T. Bakhsh and Milena M. Parent

The psychological contract of women athletes in semi-professional team sports pp. 111-129

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

Conditions and mechanisms of trust within boards of voluntary sport governing bodies pp. 130-149

Marcel Fahrner

Sport teams’ promotion of plant-based food consumption among fans pp. 150-174

Lennart Pape, Joerg Koenigstorfer and Jonathan Casper

Volume 26, issue 5, 2023

Contexts shaping the development and success of elite sport systems: a scoping review pp. 649-676

Ralph Ramos, Veerle De Bosscher, Aurélie Pankowiak and Christian Wisdom Valleser

Why don’t more college athletes engage in activism? A multilevel analysis of barriers to activism in the hegemonic arena of intercollegiate sport pp. 677-697

Yannick Kluch

Continuing or withdrawing from endurance sport events under environmental uncertainty: athletes’ decision-making pp. 698-719

Qi Peng, Chunbin Liu, Nicolas Scelles and Yuhei Inoue

Coping with losses: Need unfulfillment, coping strategies and temporal well-being of sport fans pp. 720-743

Jeeyoon Kim and YuKyoum Kim

The evolution of psychological involvement and customer loyalty: a longitudinal analysis of fitness facility members pp. 744-765

Masayuki Yoshida, Mikihiro Sato, Anthony D. Pizzo and Rieko Kuramasu

Editorial: 25th Anniversary Special Collection pp. 766-768

Sheranne Fairley

“He ringa raupā - Calloused hands”: Negotiating the intersections and responsibilities as sport practitioners and academics in Aotearoa pp. 769-787

Farah R. Palmer, Sarah I. Leberman and Bevan Erueti

A bad bet for sports fans: the case for ending the “gamblification” of sport pp. 788-812

Nerilee Hing, Matthew Rockloff and Matthew Browne

Advancing sport ecology research on sport and the natural environment pp. 813-833

Brian P. McCullough

Volume 26, issue 4, 2023

Rage against the machine: investigating conspiracy theories about the video assistant referee on Twitter during the 2018 FIFA World Cup pp. 495-516

Paul Bertin, Sylvain Delouvée, Kathleen McColl and Jan-Willem van Prooijen

Motivational system approach to understand ad processing following various game outcomes pp. 517-539

Minkyo Lee, Robert F. Potter and Jingjing Han

Relationship marketing: a strategy for acquiring long-term strategic sponsorships in the disability sport sector pp. 540-560

Nina Siegfried

The Impact of a Life-Disrupting Threat on Team Identity pp. 561-581

Katherine Sveinson, Elizabeth B. Delia, Aaron C. Mansfield and Emma Calow

Sport and social entrepreneurship in the base-of-the-pyramid: The institutional work of refugees and a refugee-led organization in Uganda pp. 582-606

Mitchell McSweeney

The perceived financial situation of nonprofit sports clubs explained by objective financial measures pp. 607-627

Svenja Feiler, Dennis Coates, Pamela Wicker and Christoph Breuer

The temporal and spatial relationships between professional sport events and reported vehicular crashes: an analysis of Cleveland, Ohio pp. 628-648

Gidon Jakar, Kiernan Gordon and Qian He

Volume 26, issue 3, 2023

How Do Elite Sport Organizations Frame Diversity and Inclusion?A Critical Race Analysis pp. 339-360

Ashley Gardner, Adam Love and Steven Waller

Sport diplomacy: an integrative review pp. 361-382

Verity Postlethwaite, Claire Jenkin and Emma Sherry

The benefits and challenges of shared leadership in sport for development and peace collaboratives pp. 383-404

Seungmin Kang and Per G. Svensson

“My definition of community is community, and their definition is more around fan engagement”: balancing business and social logics of professional sport teams’ community activities pp. 405-425

Jonathan Robertson, Adam Karg, Katie Rowe and Katherine Raw

Understanding experiences with capacity building in the sport for development context pp. 426-447

Christine E. Wegner, Patti Millar, Trevor Bopp and Shannon Kerwin

Looking beyond performance: understanding service quality through the importance-performance analysis pp. 448-470

Thomas J. Aicher, Bob Heere, Michael A. Odio and Jeffery M. Ferguson

Do consumers care about credibility? Examining corporate credibility and price on sport ticket purchase decision making pp. 471-493

Koo Yul Kim, Colin Lopez and Joris Drayer

Volume 26, issue 2, 2023

Uncovering the knowledge structure of the fan-sporting object relationship: a bibliometric analysis pp. 181-202

Guninder Pal Singh, Anirban Chakraborty and Swapan Deep Arora

Leveraging sport events for the promotion of human rights in host communities: diffusion of anti-trafficking campaigns at Super Bowl LIV pp. 203-223

Stacy-Lynn Sant, Christine Maleske, Wenche Wang and Elizabeth J. King

A big data analysis of social media coverage of athlete protests pp. 224-245

Wenche Wang and Stacy-Lynn Sant

Incivility and psychological safety in youth sport: the reciprocal effects and its impact on well-being and social outcomes pp. 246-270

Keita Kinoshita and Shintaro Sato

Co-creation in youth sport development: examining (mis)alignment between coaches and parents pp. 271-292

Edward Horne, Leeann Lower-Hoppe and B. Christine Green

Operational crisis communication management: a content analysis of FIFA’s communication during Covid-19 pp. 293-314

Argyro Elisavet Manoli and Michael Anagnostou

The impact of sport organization employees’ justice perceptions on organizational citizenship and dysfunctional behavior: the affect-based model pp. 315-338

Sangchul Park, Calvin Nite and Hyun-Woo Lee

Volume 26, issue 1, 2023

Disability inclusion in beach precincts: beach for all abilities – a community development approach through a social relational model of disability lens pp. 1-23

Simon Darcy, Hazel Maxwell, Melissa Edwards and Barbara Almond

Development of a national sport integrity system pp. 24-47

Lisa A. Kihl

Women’s professional sport leagues: a systematic review and future directions for research pp. 48-71

Alana Thomson, Michelle Hayes, Clare Hanlon, Kristine Toohey and Tracy Taylor

Constraints to leveraging regular season sport team events pp. 72-92

Vitor Sobral, Sheranne Fairley and Danny O’Brien

Word-of-mouth effectiveness in new fan acquisition: a mediating role of resident prototypicality pp. 93-113

Akira Asada and Yong Jae Ko

Toward a better understanding of core and peripheral market demand for women’s spectator sports: An importance-performance map analysis approach based on gender pp. 114-134

Tyreal Yizhou Qian, Robbie Matz, Lei Luo and Claire C. Zvosec

The influence of team-member exchange on turnover intention among student-athletes: the mediating role of interpersonal self-efficacy and the moderating role of seniority pp. 135-155

Ray Tak-yin Hui, Weisheng Chiu, Doyeon Won and Jung-Sup Bae

Stimulating the adoption of green practices by professional football organisations: a focus on stakeholders’ pressures and expected benefits pp. 156-180

Niccolò Maria Todaro, Brian McCullough and Tiberio Daddi