Of the many phrases used to describe football, historically one of the most powerful has
been its portrayal as 'the people's game'. The 2003 edition of this book, published at the end …

The present study aims to analyse the leadership on soccer, according the stakeholders
approach. The methodology was a systematic review on soccer leadership, published …

Research question: Building on identity theory and stakeholder theory, this study explores
the concept of fan identity based on self-perceived levels of power, urgency, internal and …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of corporate governance quality (namely
board size, board independence, managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and CEO …

This study aims to identify and prioritize the stakeholders involved in making decisions in a
sports organization. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to assess the influence …

Purpose Public debates and scholarly literature on football fandom are often characterised
by generalisation and lacking differentiation. The changing ethnography of fans, affected by …

This article analyzes the efficiency levels of nonprofit sports clubs through the data
envelopment analysis methodology and specifically evaluates how efficient and inefficient …

Purpose Football exists and evolves in a dynamic ecosystem, displaying a massive and
multidimensional influence on most contemporary societies, and football has grown into a …

This article empirically explores the potential for enhancing sustainability through football,
leveraging the sport's widespread popularity and influence. Football functions in a dynamic …

Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport. Issues of corruption and 'bad
governance'have become synonymous with some aspects of sport and closer scrutiny than …