Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deepen resource-based view theory by analyzing
how intellectual capital (IC) affects performance in temporary teams and by showing the …

Abstract The 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup saw the controversial introduction of VAR in the
global stage, meanwhile little research has examined supporters' reactions to it. To …

Competitive balance is a key concept in sports economics. It postulates the necessity of
sporting equilibrium between playing strengths to generate outcome uncertainty and thus …

The inaugural season of the National Basketball Association–supported Basketball Africa
League (BAL) featured 12 teams from the African continent, competing in a Champions …

There remains limited work that examines the use of postcolonial theory in sport
management, and even less so in sport management education. The purpose of this paper …

For minority employees at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the organisation has enriched
their careers, while offering equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) measures to mitigate …

The article addresses visualizations of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russian and
international digital media. Drawing on the scholarship on discoursive hegemony, the …

The FIFA motto 'For the World. For the Game'implicitly claims global inclusivity and elevates
it to a core tenet for capacity building within the football governing body. This study …

This article explores FIFA's attitude in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an institutional
perspective from 1920, when a provisional mandate over Palestine was granted to the …

The principle of political neutrality in sport, as implemented in Europe, faces significant
challenges when applied in the African context. Due to Africa's historical and political …