A Foot in the Door: An Examination of Professional Sport Internship Job Announcements

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Liz Sattler ◽  
Rebecca Achen
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Student Preparedness ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Job Postings

The sport management internship has been deemed a critical component of students’ academic preparation, as well as a foot in the door for many students seeking full-time employment after graduation. The number of sport management programs has grown in recent years, and the field itself remains highly competitive. Thus, it is increasingly important for sport management programs to help prepare their students for the internship hiring process. Scholarship in this area has largely focused on student perceptions of their internship experience and employer perceptions of student preparedness. But to prepare students for internship experiences in the sport industry, it is essential for faculty to understand the key skills that are sought by industry practitioners making hiring decisions, as well as the administrative requirements included. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the nature of professional sport industry internship job postings in the United States by examining the content of online announcements during a 6-month period. The results indicated that digital content, sales, and operations internships were the most highly sought positions, while basic computer skills, communication skills (both oral and written), and the ability to withstand long hours were the most commonly desired skills.

Do Applicants Care? Assessing the Influence of Socially Responsible Communication on Job Seekers in the Sport Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Hayduk ◽  
Matt Walker
Keyword(s):  
Professional Sport ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
Job Postings ◽  
Person Organization Fit

Human-resource management is a unique challenge for professional sport franchises (PSFs). A lack of research on full-time employees in sport means we know little about the perceptions of those most connected to PSFs despite the unique nature of the sport industry. This paper investigates whether communicating socially responsible behavior (SRB) in sport job postings generates more prospective person–organization fit (POFit) and greater application intention. Uncovering these relationships will help sport practitioners optimize their hiring process by targeting recruitment messages. The analysis does not support the idea that communicating SRB in a sport job posting enhances prospective POFit or application intentions, even for socially conscious applicants. These findings contradict similar exercises carried out in other industries, highlighting the distinctiveness of professional sport.

scholarly journals Increasing the Authenticity of Group Assignments in an Online Research Course may Lead to Higher Academic Achievement

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Cari Merkley
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Teaching Presence ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Online Library

A Review of: Finch, J. L., & Jefferson, R. N. (2013). Designing authentic learning tasks for online library instruction. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(2), 181-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.005 Abstract Objective – To explore what impact assigning authentic tasks to students deliberately grouped by their majors in an online library research course has on student perceptions of teaching quality (teaching presence) and satisfaction. Design – Empirical comparative study. Setting – Medium-size (10,500 full-time students) liberal arts college in the United States of America. Subjects – 33 undergraduate students enrolled in a library research course. Methods – The study focusses on two sections of a one-credit online library research course taught by library faculty. The 17 students in the Spring “express” section were randomly assigned to groups and asked to complete a group annotated bibliography project using MLA style (Class Random). The 16 students registered in the Summer section of the same course were grouped by their majors, and asked to complete a modified version of the annotated bibliography group project in which they were asked to identify and then utilize the citation style most appropriate for their discipline (Class Deliberate). Students in Class Deliberate also received instruction around the role of subject specific citation styles in scholarly communication. Both sections completed a final assignment in which they developed a portal of resources to support their future studies or careers. All 33 students in both sections were invited to complete a modified online version of the Community of Inquiry (COI) survey consisting of 16 questions relating to student perceptions of the course’s teaching and cognitive presences. Questions relating to social presence were not administered. The final grades awarded to all students in both sections were also analyzed. Main Results – A total of 59% of the students in Class Random (10/17) and 67% of the students in Class Deliberate (11/16) completed the online survey. There were no statistically significant differences in the survey responses between the two sections with both groups of students rating the instructor’s teaching presence and the course’s cognitive presence highly. Only 40% of the respondents from Class Random and 46% from Class Deliberate agreed that working with peers facilitated their learning. The mean final grade received by students in Class Deliberate was 95.27 versus 86.15 in Class Random, a statistically significant difference (p

Interns in Professional Sport: An Investigation of Gender Parity on the Job

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Cuneen ◽  
M. Joy Sidwell
Keyword(s):  
Sport Management ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Job Benefits ◽  
One Year ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Big Four

Internships permit sport management students to link classroom learning to the professional environment. Since internships provide students with opportunities to learn on-the-job and test their skills in the marketplace, the experiences should be uniformly beneficial to all students regardless of gender. This study was conducted to describe internship work conditions (i.e., opportunities to perform in essential marketplace functions) for male and female sport management interns assigned to ‘Big Four’ professional sport organizations. Participants were 74 sport industry professionals who supervised a total of 103 interns over a one-year period. A X2 Test of Independence found that male and female interns working in professional sport had comparable opportunities to perform and learn on the job. Differences in opportunity, hiring practices, and on-the-job benefits emerged primarily as a function of job specialization (e.g., operations, marketing, venue management), league/association, or gender of the internship supervisor rather than gender of the interns.

Bridging the Gap: U.S. Sport Managers on Barriers to Industry–Academia Research Collaboration

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noni Zaharia ◽  
Anastasios Kaburakis
Keyword(s):  
Sport Management ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Collaborations ◽  
Research Involvement ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
The U.S

Collaboration between industry and academia is a subject of great interest to sport management academics and sport industry leaders in the United States. However, there is a lack of research regarding barriers to sport industry–academia collaborations and bridging the gap between sport management research and practitioners. The aim of the study was to explore trends in collaboration barriers among various research involvement levels of U.S. sport firms with sport management academia. Data were gathered from 303 sport managers working for U.S. sport companies. Results indicated several barriers for research collaborations between the U.S. sport industry and academia. Such barriers include transactional barriers, sport industry subsectors, sport organizations’ location, and age and education level of respondents.

Dead Spaces: Sport Venues and Police Stops in a Major League, Upper Midwestern City in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Gidon S. Jakar ◽  
Kiernan O. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Related Activity ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Sport Venues ◽  
Midwestern City

Attention by sport management researchers and practitioners toward the societal externalities of professional sport franchises and venues has increased recently. This study asserts that while sport organizations are very active in this regard, there remain several issues that have not received much attention in the sport management literature nor by sport organizations themselves. Criminal activity, or the perception of criminal activity, at and near sport venues is one of these issues. The negative binominal regression analysis of police stops in Minneapolis revealed that police stops were greater within a quarter and half a mile of Minneapolis professional sport venues on event days. Furthermore, during nonevent days, the venues can be urban “dead spaces” and the design of venues in urban areas should address the internal and external amenities of the sport venues and the potential increase in crime and police-related activity on days with and without events.

Exploring Student Perceptions of Sales: A Case Study of a Sport-Sales Course

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz A. Sattler ◽  
Clinton Warren
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Content Area ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
Rich Description ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Management Students

Sales pedagogy and student perceptions of sales have long been studied in business programs across college campuses. While sales pedagogy is a growing content area for sport management programs, it continues to be an area in the field in need of further understanding. The purpose of this study was to explore student perceptions of sales throughout a 16-week course. A qualitative case study methodology was used to develop a rich description of how sport management students perceive sales as a content area, and as a potential profession in the sport industry. Analysis of the themes indicates that throughout the course of the semester, students developed more holistic perceptions of sales, viewed sales as a necessary skill for many jobs in the sport industry, and were more open to a sales job as an entryway into the sport industry.

Athlete Activism and Corporate Social Responsibility: Critical Lessons From Sport Industry Professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cole G. Armstrong ◽  
Theodore M. Butryn ◽  
Vernon L. Andrews ◽  
Matthew A. Masucci
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Essay ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Critical Teaching ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Industry Professionals

In this critical essay, 4 sport scholars discuss critical teaching points gleaned while moderating 4 concurrent roundtable discussions on the intersections of sport, corporate social responsibility, and athlete activism. The roundtable groups comprised sport industry professionals from a variety of professional teams and leagues, as well as other corporate stakeholders located in the United States and in various international locations. The purpose of this essay is to distill the roundtable discussions for utilization in sport management classrooms through the explication of timely, practical, and operational key teaching points.

Differences in Sport Management Doctoral Students’ Experiences With Gender Microaggressions and Stereotype Threat by Gender

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Sarah B. Williams ◽  
Elizabeth A. Taylor ◽  
T. Christopher Greenwell ◽  
Brigitte M. Burpo
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Student Progression ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Management Students

Not unlike the sport industry, the majority of sport management students in the United States are White, middle-class males. As women in male-dominated academic departments experience gender harassment more frequently than women in balanced or female-dominated departments, the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of sport management doctoral students with gender microaggressions and stereotype threat by gender to examine if such experiences occur at this stage in academia. The results indicate that female students experience gender microaggressions of being excluded, being treated like a second-class citizen, and being placed in restrictive roles by program faculty due to their gender more frequently than male students. This study provides clarity into issues affecting female doctoral student progression postgraduation in sport management. In addition, this study provides context around the student experience in doctoral programs across male-dominated academic disciplines.

Examining the Importance of Recreational Sport Management Competencies Based on Management Level, Agency Type, and Organizational Size

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Barcelona
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Organizational Size ◽  
Management Competencies ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Public Recreation

While jobs in the recreational sport and fitness industry are gaining in popularity, research related to the specific knowledge base and competency areas required of recreational sport managers has been limited (Barcelona, 2001; Toh, 1997). The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the perceived importance of recreational sport competencies based on managerial level, agency type, and organizational size. Data from 295 respondents reveals significant differences in the importance placed on competencies needed for upper-and entry-level recreational sport personnel. Results also indicate significant differences in the importance of competencies for full-time personnel in campus and public recreation settings, as well as between small organizations (those with 0-1 full-time recreational sport staff member) and large organizations (those with four or more full-time recreational sport staff members). Where significant differences existed, effect sizes (η2) were generally small. Achieving greater understanding of the nature and importance of recreational sport management competencies can help the field become more accountable for its programs in academic preparation, professional training, and continuing education.

scholarly journals Sport Clusters and Community Resilience in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Changwook Kim ◽  
Jinwon Kim ◽  
Seongsoo Jang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
The United States ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Visualization Techniques

How to enhance community resilience to natural disasters is a major question for researchers and policymakers. Although researchers agree that sport generates community benefits, few scholarly efforts in sport management have been invested in understanding the sport–resilience association. This paper attempted to address whether and how sport clusters—the clustering of sport industries—are associated with community resilience across locations. To achieve this, geographically weighted regression and visualization techniques were applied to macro-level data regarding community resilience and the clustering of 13 separate sport industries across 3,108 counties in the contiguous United States. The results indicate that, overall, the clustering of eight sport industries was significantly associated with community resilience and demonstrates the existence of spatially heterogeneous associations in magnitudes and signs of community resilience in sport clusters. The findings of this paper have the potential to help community sport scholars and policymakers implement location-specific resilience policies through sport industry development.

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