Pub Date : 2023-05-26DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2216212
N. Scelles
{"title":"Sport management journals should be rated higher in journal ranking lists! Towards a better international recognition of the field","authors":"N. Scelles","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2216212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2216212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41407160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-25DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2217182
T. Bopp, Joshua D. Vadeboncoeur, Thomas J. Aicher
{"title":"Am I welcome? Youth perceptions and feelings of racialized welcomeness in sports","authors":"T. Bopp, Joshua D. Vadeboncoeur, Thomas J. Aicher","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2217182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2217182","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47757455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-23DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2216233
Lea Rossi, C. Breuer
{"title":"Strategic collaboration in sports? Analyzing multiple cross-sectoral partnerships in non-profit boxing","authors":"Lea Rossi, C. Breuer","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2216233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2216233","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47946012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-18DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2213702
Celia Valiente
{"title":"Quotas in sport management make gender equality initiatives more common: the case of Spain","authors":"Celia Valiente","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2213702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2213702","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45254058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-18DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2213707
Hans Erik Næss
{"title":"Diversity and inclusion management in sport organizations: an integrative literature review","authors":"Hans Erik Næss","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2213707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2213707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41723832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2022.2054853
Donna Wong, Y. Meng-Lewis
ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: This study examines how China’s status as a global leader in esports reflects its pursuit of global ascendancy, through exercising soft power attained from esports diplomacy as a power resource. Design/Methodology/Approach: Research for this study was based on textual analysis where public discourse on esports in China is examined. We then proposed an esports diplomacy model and examined how esports is used to achieve diplomatic outcomes for China. Findings: Soft power was an important way forward for China pursuit of global power status. Esports is utilised as resources to engage, inform and create a favourable image of China among foreign publics and countries. The explicit and implicit outcomes generated through esports diplomacy, provided resources for this soft power quest. Practical Implications: This study encourages thinking on how esports can be used as a means to achieve diplomatic outcomes for governments and regimes, rather than a mere economic and/or entertainment tool for financial gains. Research Contribution: Besides contributing to and updating research on China’s esports landscape, this study also answer calls for academic research to expand the discourse on esports diplomacy. Theoretically, our research adds on the existing knowledge on sports diplomacy and soft power through the exploration of key elements of our proposed esports diplomacy model.
{"title":"Esports diplomacy – China’s soft power building in the digital era","authors":"Donna Wong, Y. Meng-Lewis","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2022.2054853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2022.2054853","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: This study examines how China’s status as a global leader in esports reflects its pursuit of global ascendancy, through exercising soft power attained from esports diplomacy as a power resource. Design/Methodology/Approach: Research for this study was based on textual analysis where public discourse on esports in China is examined. We then proposed an esports diplomacy model and examined how esports is used to achieve diplomatic outcomes for China. Findings: Soft power was an important way forward for China pursuit of global power status. Esports is utilised as resources to engage, inform and create a favourable image of China among foreign publics and countries. The explicit and implicit outcomes generated through esports diplomacy, provided resources for this soft power quest. Practical Implications: This study encourages thinking on how esports can be used as a means to achieve diplomatic outcomes for governments and regimes, rather than a mere economic and/or entertainment tool for financial gains. Research Contribution: Besides contributing to and updating research on China’s esports landscape, this study also answer calls for academic research to expand the discourse on esports diplomacy. Theoretically, our research adds on the existing knowledge on sports diplomacy and soft power through the exploration of key elements of our proposed esports diplomacy model.","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":"28 1","pages":"247 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48010422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-03DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2206815
Tsjalle van der Burg
Research question: In European men ’ s club football, competitive balance is decreasing. Review articles have concluded that the empirical studies do not provide a unanimous answer to the question whether this decrease leads to lower utility for the fans. This paper investigates whether the conclusion of the reviews is (still) correct. Research methods: Qualitative analysis is applied to get a better interpretation of the results of the empirical studies. Results and fi ndings: There are three types of uncertainty of outcome: short-term, seasonal, and long-term, with possible di ff erent dimensions within one type. A possible interpretation of the literature is the following: a decrease in one or two types of uncertainty of outcome, or a certain dimension, can lead to serious reductions in welfare, while the conclusion may be di ff erent for other types or dimensions. Several studies suggest that a decrease in (a certain type of) competitive balance has no e ff ect on welfare, or just a small e ff ect, if the competitive balance remains above some minimum level whereas once the competitive balance is below this level, further decreases in it result in serious welfare reductions. Taking these and other points into account, the review concludes that it is highly plausible that the present level of competitive balance is below the welfare-maximising level in most competitions at least, and any further decrease in it will seriously reduce welfare. Implications: Policies that improve competitive balance will plausibly also improve welfare. Research contribution: Compared to other review studies, this paper pays more attention to the reasons why di ff erent empirical studies get di ff erent results, which enables a less ambiguous conclusion.
{"title":"Competitive balance and demand for European men's football: a review of the literature","authors":"Tsjalle van der Burg","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2206815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2206815","url":null,"abstract":"Research question: In European men ’ s club football, competitive balance is decreasing. Review articles have concluded that the empirical studies do not provide a unanimous answer to the question whether this decrease leads to lower utility for the fans. This paper investigates whether the conclusion of the reviews is (still) correct. Research methods: Qualitative analysis is applied to get a better interpretation of the results of the empirical studies. Results and fi ndings: There are three types of uncertainty of outcome: short-term, seasonal, and long-term, with possible di ff erent dimensions within one type. A possible interpretation of the literature is the following: a decrease in one or two types of uncertainty of outcome, or a certain dimension, can lead to serious reductions in welfare, while the conclusion may be di ff erent for other types or dimensions. Several studies suggest that a decrease in (a certain type of) competitive balance has no e ff ect on welfare, or just a small e ff ect, if the competitive balance remains above some minimum level whereas once the competitive balance is below this level, further decreases in it result in serious welfare reductions. Taking these and other points into account, the review concludes that it is highly plausible that the present level of competitive balance is below the welfare-maximising level in most competitions at least, and any further decrease in it will seriously reduce welfare. Implications: Policies that improve competitive balance will plausibly also improve welfare. Research contribution: Compared to other review studies, this paper pays more attention to the reasons why di ff erent empirical studies get di ff erent results, which enables a less ambiguous conclusion.","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46885800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2205421
Shima Behnoosh, G. Dickson, Michael E. Naylor
{"title":"Endorsement and promoting sport and physical activity to young people: exploring gender and the career status of athlete endorsers","authors":"Shima Behnoosh, G. Dickson, Michael E. Naylor","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2205421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2205421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47317268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-25DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2205412
John Hie, J. Kenyon, P. Downward, A. E. Manoli
{"title":"A digital ethnography of association football fandom responses to corruption","authors":"John Hie, J. Kenyon, P. Downward, A. E. Manoli","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2205412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2205412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43868920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2200491
Andrew Webb, Amélie Cloutier, F. Brouard
{"title":"Innovations in global sports brands management: the case of FC Barcelona’s Barça Museum","authors":"Andrew Webb, Amélie Cloutier, F. Brouard","doi":"10.1080/23750472.2023.2200491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2200491","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45947,"journal":{"name":"Managing Sport and Leisure","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46049194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}