Sport, Business and Management: Volume 12 Issue 2

So you want to work in sports? An exploratory study of sport business employability

David J. Finch, Norm O'Reilly, David Legg, Nadège Levallet, Emma Fody

As an industry, sport business (SB) has seen significant growth since the early 2000s. Concurrently, the number of postsecondary sport management programs has also expanded…

The future of women's football in Asia: a look at competitive balance in top 5 domestic football leagues from 2010 to 2019

Ayushi Dutta, Sarthak Mondal, Shiny Raizada

This paper analyses competitive balance in the “big five” women's football leagues in Asia longitudinally between 2010 and 2019.

The influence of brand experience on satisfaction, uncertainty and brand loyalty: a focus on the golf club industry

Mi Ryoung Chung, Jon Welty Peachey

Understanding the advantages of brand experience is important for brand managers to more effectively grow satisfied and loyal customers. To date, little research has examined the…

The financial impact of the financial fair play policy on Spanish football

Roberto Fernández-Villarino, J. Andrés Domínguez-Gómez

This study aims to explore how responsible corporate behaviour, specifically self-imposed financial regulatory control, might subsequently be reflected in the financial…

Testing the relationships among event personality, event image and runners’ loyalty: a study of an international running event

Yannis Lianopoulos, Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Kostas Alexandris, Magda Papanikolaou

Given the increased competition among running events, it is important for event organizers to comprehend how they can retain a base of loyal customers. The purpose of the present…

Environmental management of sport events: a focus on European professional football

Tiberio Daddi, Francesco Rizzi, Gaia Pretner, Niccolò Todaro, Eleonora Annunziata, Marco Frey, Fabio Iraldo

The relation between sport and sustainability is a topic that has recently raised a lot of interest among both academics and practitioners. However, in the academic literature…

The interaction between servant leadership and organizational culture: an NCAA Division III case study

Sean Dahlin, Pete Schroeder

Servant leadership is primarily focused on the empowerment and moral development of followers (Burton et al., 2017). Within sports research, little is known about how servant…