The Administrative Use of Computers in Professional Sport Organizations

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-12
Author(s):  
Terry R. Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations

User engagement from within the Twitter community of professional sport organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Naraine ◽  
Henry T. Wear ◽  
Damien J. Whitburn
Keyword(s):  
Professional Sport ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Sport Organizations

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.

Toward the Professionalization of Sport Psychology

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Media

The application and professionalization of sport psychology has attracted increased attention from various sources including colleagues in the field, sport science and psychology departments, collegiate, Olympic, and professional sport organizations, and the media. Unfortunately, the attention generated has not resulted in significant organizational progress on issues crucial to the integrity of a developing specialization such as sport psychology. These crucial professional issues include the orderly growth of the field, requirements for the establishment of a recognized profession in sport psychology, the training of future sport psychologists, and the process and procedures required to develop and implement the certification of sport psychologists. The present paper was written to address these critical issues, identify progressive steps currently being taken, and recommend subsequent actions that can advance the field toward the professionalization of sport psychology without compromising the integrity of the academic subdiscipline.

scholarly journals Fan Mobilization and the Minnesota Sport-Stadium Campaign

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana L. Huberty ◽  
Timothy B. Kellison ◽  
Mike Mondello
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
The Public ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Sport Organization ◽  
State And Local

As state- and local-government subsidies to professional sport organizations have increased over the past 3 decades, economic arguments have been crafted to justify these subsidies, such as Crompton’s claims of increased community visibility, enhanced community image, stimulation of other development, and psychic income. The purpose of this study was to examine the public relations strategy of a professional sport organization campaigning to secure public funding for a new stadium. Specifically, the authors focused on the use of press releases by the Minnesota Vikings, a National Football League team, over the 3 seasons preceding the completion of their successful sport-stadium campaign. This study was timely in that these press releases were from 2010, 2011, and 2012 and the new Vikings stadium grand opening is set for 2016. Through a qualitative analysis, the authors identified the arguments made by the team to garner support for the stadium plan during the Vikings’ campaign. In all, 71 press releases were collected, examined, and coded by investigators. Findings are discussed to provide insight into these 4 alternative justification arguments.

Marketing Pro-Environmental Venues in Professional Sport: Planting Seeds of Change Among Existing and Prospective Consumers

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy B. Kellison ◽  
Yu Kyoum Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Three Components

Professional sport organizations are showing increasing interest in proenvironmental strategies, as evidenced in part by the recent incorporation of sustainable design in many facilities. This interest may be driven by the perceived positive outcomes associated with the triple bottom line (TBL), which illustrates the environmental, social, and economic benefits of proenvironmental initiatives. The TBL has been the subject of both acclaim and criticism by scholars and practitioners, and this study provides new insight into its appropriateness as a reflection of proenvironmental organizations’ motives. Through standardized interviews, the authors found that professional sport organizations place particular emphasis on the TBL’s social component, which represents the objectives of increasing environmental awareness among fans and attracting new consumers. This study contends that the TBL’s three components are closely intertwined, and the implementation of commercial and social marketing strategies is necessary to attend to and realize the organizations’ stated goal of maximizing all three components.

scholarly journals Workplace Dynamics in Professional Sport: A Case Study of Identification, Political Skill, and Personal Control

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. S28-S32
Author(s):  
Steve Swanson ◽  
Samuel Y. Todd
Keyword(s):  
Work Group ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Political Skills ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
Difficult Challenge ◽  
Employee Identification

This case is based on a collection of real-life scenarios encountered by employees working for professional sport organizations. The workplace in this environment contains circumstances distinct to the sport context which this case aims to highlight. A small work group of three individuals with diverse backgrounds representing key departments in a professional basketball club are brought together to lead a difficult challenge in the community. Over the course of the season, several meetings and personal interactions play out which present difficulties in productivity due to individual differences in human relations capacity and varying psychological connections with the environment. In combination with the teaching notes, the case is designed to highlight (1) the special nature of employee identification in the professional sport setting, (2) an array of political skills which are relevant and useful to the sport workplace, and (3) the role of perceived personal control in sport organizations. An overview of theory and its specific application to the case is provided along with discussion questions and answers to aid instructors in effectively engaging with students around the topical areas.

Professional Sport League Assessment of Sport Management Curriculum

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Petersen ◽  
David Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Sport Management ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Sport League ◽  
Management Curriculum

Undergraduate sport management curriculum continues to be debated amongst this discipline’s educators. Curricular content impacts professional sport organizations as program graduates become employees. This study gathered the input of human resource professionals from NFL, MLB, and NBA franchises regarding curricular topics via an existing, modified questionnaire. The questionnaire included a five-point scale assessment of 61 curricular topics. A 34.8% response rate was proportionally distributed between the leagues. An ANOVA of means for ten curricular areas revealed significant differences with the following rank order: Field Experience 4.38; Communication 4.23; Legal Aspects 4.02; Ethics 3.98; Management and Leadership 3.97; Marketing 3.96; Economics 3.68; Budget and Finance 3.59; Governance 3.25; and Socio-Cultural Aspects 3.25. An ANOVA of topics revealed seven significant between-league differences including: Sport Sociology, Ethics, Market Shares/Ratings, Business Writing, Labor Relations, Stadium/Arena Economics, and Risk Management/Liability. These results can inform the development or modification of curricula to better prepare students for professional sport needs.

Diamond Dollars Case Competition: The Mike Trout Dilemma

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vince Gennaro
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
The Many ◽  
Real World Problems

This case was prepared by the author for the Diamond Dollars Case Competition in March 2013. It was developed for the purpose of a case discussion. It contains various assumptions that were generated for illustrative purposes and is not intended to serve as a source of primary data. It takes the hypothetical 2013 performance of young baseball superstar Mike Trout to provide students with an opportunity to apply analytical skills to the types of real-world problems faced by professional sport organizations. The case study invites students to weigh the many factors that Los Angeles Angels management must consider in determining how to realistically negotiate with Trout for the benefit of the ball club following the 2013 Major League baseball season.

A Quest for a Market: A Profile of the Consumers of a Professional Women’s Basketball Team and the Marketing Implications

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketra L. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Women's Sports ◽  
Women's Sport ◽  
Discretionary Time ◽  
Women’S Sports ◽  
Women's Basketball ◽  
Basketball Team

Women’s sports is at an all-time high, as evidenced by the emergence of a number of professional women’s sport leagues (such as basketball, baseball, and fast-pitch softball). Notwithstanding the growth and popularity of women’s sports, these leagues will have to compete with other forms of leisure for consumers’ discretionary time and resources. Since financial stability is vital to the longevity of the developing women’s leagues, the competition for consumers will require a greater need for the marketers of women’s professional sport organizations to understand the variety of factors that influence sport consumers’ behavior and shape the composition of their respective markets. Presented in this article are the results of a study in which the consumers of one of the professional women’s basketball teams that competed in the American Basketball League (ABL)were investigated. The teams’ spectators are profiled as sport consumers, factors that influenced their attendance, are identified and implications for effective marketing strategies are noted.

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