Knowledge is socially constructed, and one way that researchers convey knowledge is
through citation practices within research texts to illustrate the foundation upon which current …

Objective The number of football-related studies has increased considerably in recent years,
in part due to the worldwide popularity of this sport. However, in what concerns football …

Sport officials are crucial members of sport. Researchers have studied their roles numerous
times, with results often informing sport procedures (eg, athlete order in artistic sports). As …

Bibliometric methods were used to examine:(1) research themes in sport and exercise
psychology articles published between 2008 and 2011; and (2) the intellectual base of the …

The systematic analysis of academic publishing and citation practices serves as an
indication of the conceptual and intellectual structure of a defined field of study. To highlight …

Engaged employees are able to effectively deal with work demands and flourish. To
illuminate the importance of this for referees, this study was designed to examine the …

Objectives Decision-making is the most important skill for sporting officials, consequently,
assessment of this skill is becoming increasingly popular in the literature. There is …

Sport officials are tasked with maintaining order and adjudicating sport contests. Given their
multifaceted role in enforcing rules, standardizing competitions, and keeping sport safe for …

A central issue within sport management is the extent to which the field should develop a
distinctive theoretical knowledge base. This paper empirically investigates the …

The purpose of this article is to report on the outcome of a two-day consensus-building
exercise amongst sport scientists and sport practitioners interested in the recruitment …