The Global Millennium Development Goals and the Magglingen Conference in December 2005 both affirm sport as a “beacon of hope” for peace building and development efforts throughout the world. For this International Conference on Sport and Development at University of the Western Cape, this paper will focus its attention on the “home-front” and consider if and under what conditions sport can pla...

This essay provides a general introduction to and foundation for the scholarly explorations of how race and ethnicity impact Sport Management. Briefly discussed are the changing portraits of racial and ethnic demography, the conceptual treatments of race and ethnicity, and the methodological challenges and research imperatives. This essay also offers a brief summary of the trends in research on...

Motivation is widely-researched, in both sport psychology and other fields. As rigorous measurement is essential to understanding this latent construct, a critical appraisal of measurement instruments is needed. Thus, the purpose of this review was to evaluate the six most highly cited motivation measures in sport. Peer-reviewed articles published prior to August 2016 were searched to identify ...

Introduction Eastern European „revolutions‟ of 1989 are continuing to generate considerable debates amongst scholars, politicians and economists. The transformations also present a unique opportunity for sport scholars interested in studying organisational change. Most studies of sport have been concerned with organisational change as result of state or commercial interventions (Amis & Slack, 2...

the aim of this study is to evaluate the sport marketing mix and its seven elements (product, price, promotion, place, public relations, people, and physical evidence) in iran’s volleyball super league from the viewpoint of ministry of sport and volleyball federation managers in two conditions, namely existing and optimal. for this purpose, 102 subjects, among them the official staffs in the mi...

BACKGROUND There has been a recent push in the sport psychology literature for sport participants to be approached based on their cultural backgrounds. However, there are few examples where a cultural approach is considered, such as a culturally reflexive version of participatory action research (PAR). In the current study, the role of family is considered in relation to the sport engagement of...

BACKGROUND Participation in sport and recreation is widely encouraged for general good health and the prevention of some non-communicable diseases. However, injury is a significant barrier to participation, and safety concerns are a factor in the decision to participate. An understanding of the sport/recreation activities associated with serious injury is useful for informing physical activity ...