The vast majority of research on sport consumers fails to utilize a theoretical understanding of motivation to examine behaviour. Self-Determination Theory was used to develop a new understanding of sport consumer motivation. Sport consumer motivation is conceptualized as representing autonomy and control orientations that energize a desire to engage in sport goal directed behaviour to acquire ...

We present a computer vision system for tracking players in indoor team games, e.g. handball in our particular case. We describe several image processing and tracking methods, along with camera calibration and lens distortion correction. The output of the system consists of spatio-temporal trajectories of the players, which can be further processed and analyzed by sport experts. We present some...

The development of computer vision system for tracking players in indoor team games is presented. Several image processing and tracking methods are described, along with camera calibration and lens distortion correction. The output of the system consists of spatiotemporal trajectories of the players, which can be further processed and analyzed by sport experts. In some critical situations the a...

A number of phenomena of interest to management and organizational scholars have been investigated within the context of sport (e.g., compensation–performance relationships, escalating commitment, executive succession, sustainable competitive advantage). The authors are unaware, however, of any systematic effort to address the rationale, benefits, and potential of conducting organizational rese...

knowledge management is a process of using a source of strategic knowledge in organizations in order to find key information and organize and transfer it. many organizations adopted knowledge management systems to maintain their stability and usefulness. since there is occupational similarity between informatics experts and librarians, librarians can change to knowledge managers by being inform...

To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how anxiety can affect sport performance, both in practice and in competitive settings. It is well known that sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety, and that practicing and employing a range of psychological strategies can be beneficial in anxiety management. Equally, growing evidence also suggests that anxiety can...

Commercial gambling providers (CGPs) have recently intensified the promotion of their products and services through sport sponsorship. Consequently, gambling products and services now gain substantial exposure to large audiences via media broadcasts of sport. Due to the mainstream appeal of some sports, television audiences and fan-bases can include youth, at-risk and problem gamblers, who may ...

the link between sport and media as a cultural and commercial relationship requires proper management for both industries. because of live broadcast and the possibility to view images, tv has a greatest impact on the link between media and sport. due to the exclusivity of tv in iran and its central role in active life of the public, it requires an investigation into ways that can place tv at th...