Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. Sport Fans: The Psychology and
Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans …

Sport participation is a claimed benefit of elite sport events, but the facts do not support that
claim, and means to capitalise upon events in order to build participation have yet to be …

Following a growing focus on the social impacts of mega-sport events over the past decade,
this study examined perceptions of psychic income and social capital among South African …

Background. Many countries worldwide use sports events as a tool to stimulate both their
national and local economies. To gain a competitive advantage, knowledge of sports event …

Elite sports are widely considered by national governments as a merit good through which
many benefits to society as whole can be fostered through the stimulation of 'national …

Purpose Coopetition, namely, the interplay between cooperation and competition, has
received a good deal of interest in the business-to-business marketing literature. Academics …

The purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships among organizational
culture, empowerment, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of professional sports …

During the past several decades, South Korea has gained tremendous international
recognition by achieving an excellent performance in a variety of international sport …

The lack of consideration for contextual nuances in the transfer of practices in sport has led
to the uncritical adoption of successful models as 'best practice'in different settings without …

This paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on 'soft power'by focusing on East
Asia as a region gaining in political and economic significance; equally, we highlight the role …