Journal of Sport Management

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sport Management is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society41
The Antecedents of Shared Leadership in Sport for Development and Peace Collaboratives39
Athlete Misconduct and Team Sponsor Stock Prices: The Role of Incident Type and Media Coverage39
New Evidence in the Study of Shirking in Major League Baseball33
Does Being a Sport Fan Provide Meaning in Life?31
Working in the Sport Industry: A Classification of Human Capital Archetypes27
“Like Ships in the Night” and the Paradox of Distinctiveness for Sport Management: A Citation Network Analysis of Institutional Theory in Sport25
Introduction: State of Literature Special Issue24
Examining the Efficacy of a Government-Led Sport for Development and Peace Event22
Ethical Club Climate and Coaching Style: Unveiling Their Role in Coach-Perpetrated Psychological Abuse of Gymnasts21
Vulnerability to Fraud in Community Sport Organizations: A Multicountry Study on the Role of Organizational Capacity21
The Utility of Including Regular Sport Team Events in Event Portfolios20
An Investigation Into Voluntary Occupational Turnover of Sport Employees Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change19
Exercising Power: A Critical Examination of National Collegiate Athletic Association Discourse Related to Name, Image, and Likeness18
Managing and Developing Sports Officials: Officiating Excellence17
A Framework of Strategic Approaches to Membership Growth in Nonprofit Community Sport16
A Typology of Circular Sport Business Models: Enabling Sustainable Value Co-Creation in the Sport Industry14
Toward a Sport Ecosystem Logic14
Organizational Behavior in Sport Management: An Applied Approach to Understanding People and Groups13
Services in Sport Management12
Female Sports Officials and Mental Health: The Overlooked Problem12
Entrepreneurial Bricolage and Innovation in Sport for Development and Peace Organizations11
Why Do Unfairly Paid Trainees Persist? Pay Fairness and Human Capital Investment in Development Leagues11
Swinging for the Fences? Payroll, Performance, and Risk Behavior in the Major League Baseball Draft11
Business the NHL Way: Lessons From the Fastest Game on Ice11
Conceptualizing Theory Development in Sport Management: An Introduction10
Nation Branding and Sports Diplomacy: Country Image Games in Times of Change10
Organizational Identity Development in Sport Volunteers10
Sponsorship and the Resource-Based View of the Firm: Effects on the Acquisition of Resources, Demand, the Recruitment of Human Capital, and Organizational Performance9
Erratum. A Typology of Circular Sport Business Models: Enabling Sustainable Value Co-Creation in the Sport Industry8
Finding Joy in the Journey: Sustaining a Meaningful Career in Sport Management8
Decision-Making Processes Used by Canadian National Sport Organization Boards: Differences Between Design Archetypes8
Dealing With Statistical Significance in Big Data: The Social Media Value of Game Outcomes in Professional Football8
The Business of Esports: The Wild Wild West on Fire8
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Approaches to the Formation of Individual Sport Fans’ Psychological Ownership and Its Impacts on Prosocial Behavior, Attendance Intention, and Psychological Well-B8
Authenticity Negotiation: How Elite Athletes (Re)Present Themselves as Personal Brands7
Charting a New Path: Regulating College Athlete Name, Image and Likeness After NCAA v. Alston Through Collective Bargaining7
Esports Scholarship Review: Synthesis, Contributions, and Future Research7
Conceptualizing an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Sport for Development and Peace7
“It Is Our Space”: The Formation of Diasporic Families’ Community Cultural Wealth Through Ethnic Sport Participation7
The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was7
Factors Affecting Women Sports Officials’ Intention to Leave Across Europe7
“Sport is Double-Edged”: A Delphi Study of Spectator Sport and Population Health6
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Black Women Diversity and Inclusion Leaders in Sport Organizations6
Owner–Resident Ideological Divergence and Firm Performance: Evidence From Major League Baseball6
Symbolic Interactionism and the Metamorphosis of Sports Brands: Indian Premier League’s Journey From Niche to Mass Cool6
“Something Seriously Wrong With U.S. Soccer”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Consumers’ Twitter Responses to U.S. Soccer’s Girls’ Apparel Promotion6
The New Wave of Influencers: Examining College Athlete Identities and the Role of Homophily and Parasocial Relationships in Leveraging Name, Image, and Likeness6
A Longitudinal Study of Power Relations in a British Olympic Sport Organization6
“Policy Analysis in Sport Management” Revisited: A Critique and Discussion6
Safety and Relational Continuity in Sport for Development With Marginalized Young People6
Tracing Gender Allyship and the Role of Awareness in Addressing the Gender Leadership Gap in Sport Organizations6
Understanding the Lack of Diversity in Sport Consumer Behavior Research6
Superstars Really Are Scarce: Shohei Ohtani and Baseball Attendance5
Mega Sporting Events and Inward Foreign Direct Investment: An Investigation of the Differences Among the Types of Sporting Events and Host Countries5
What Makes Sport Spectating Family-Friendly? A Phenomenological Study of Mothers’ Sport Fan Game-Day Experiences5
Creating New Sport Opportunities for Girls: Resource Acquisition and Mobilization Across Competitive Environments5
Anti-Racism in Sport Organizations5
Basketball’s Black Tax? An Examination of Historically Black College and University Men’s Basketball Guarantee Game Compensation5
Team Representation: Scale Development and Validation5
Understanding Season Ticket Holder Attendance Decisions5
“Slayyyed Head to Toe”: Social Media Discourses of Blackness, Queerness, Gender, and the Women’s National Basketball Association Draft4
If You Rebuild It, Will They Come? The Impact of Renovated Sports Facilities on Total Revenue and Attendance4
Grassroots Coaching: Using Sports Psychology and Coaching Principles Effectively4
When a Ban Is Not a Ban: Institutional Work and the Russian Doping Scandal4
Feminine and Sexy: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender Ideology and Professional Cheerleading4
The Hidden Players: An Egocentric-Network Analysis of Work–Life Balance Among College Athletics Employees4
Sports Sponsorship Announcements and Marketing Capability4
The Philosophical Athlete (2nd Ed.)4
Book Review of Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management4
Invisible and Undervalued: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Women Coaches’ Emotional Labor4
An xG of Their Own: Using Expected Goals to Explore the Analytical Shortcomings of Misapplied Gender Schemas in Football4
State-Level Politics and Bias Predict Transgender Athlete Bans3
The Impact of Augmented Reality Technology on Sport Spectators’ Psychological and Behavioral Responses: The Role of Sensitization and Habituation3
The Cinderella Strategy: The Game Plan Behind Butler University’s Rise to Prominence3
The Bare Supervening Necessities of Theory Development in Sport Management3
Rivalry in Sport: Understanding Fan Behavior and Organizations3
Feeling Vital by Watching Sport: The Roles of Team Identification and Stadium Attendance in Enhancing Subjective Vitality3
The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development3
Player Tracking, Shot Charts, and the National Basketball Association’s Three-Point Revolution: A Technology-Based Misspecification in a Primary Sport Management Setting?3
Does It Matter if Sport Fans “Root for the Home Team?” A Test of the Team Identification–Social Psychological Health Model3
Directions in Fandom and Spectatorship3
Renewable Energy Source Diffusion in Professional Sport Facilities3
Are “Tech-Savvy” Owners Better for Business? Evidence From Major League Baseball3
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sport Organizations2
No Way but to Fight: George Foreman and the Business of Boxing2
A Peculiarity That Positions Sport Management2
“The Best Teacher Is Also a Student”: Improving Qualitative Research Literacy by Learning From My Mistakes2
Bouncing Back: Unpacking the Influence of Sport Media on Consumer Resilience2
The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper2
Institutional Theory in Sport: A Scoping Review2
“It’s Like Being on an Island by Yourself”: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Administrators’ Perceptions of Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work in Intercollegiate Athletics2
With Name, Image, and Likeness, College Sports Enters the Gig Economy2
Governance of Post-Olympic Games Legacy Organizations: A Comparative Study2
(Un)Doing Gender Inequalities in Sport Organizations2
Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes2
Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport2
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies in Canadian Nonprofit Sport Organizations: A Management-by-Values Approach2
The Myth of the Amateur: A History of College Athletic Scholarships2
Do Consumer Perceptions of Tanking Impact Attendance at National Basketball Association Games? A Sentiment Analysis Approach2
“Seven Weeks Is Not a Lot of Time”: Temporal Work and Institutional Change in Australian Football2
Leading Culture Change in Public Recreation2
Frustrated Customers: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Yelp Reviews2
What Is Blackness to Sport Management? Manifestations of Anti-Blackness in the Field2
Stadium Giveaway Promotions: How Many Items to Give and the Impact on Ticket Sales in Live Sports1
How Transfer Behavior Impacts Consumer Perceptions and Intentions Toward College Athletes Who Pursue Name, Image, and/or Likeness Activities1
Mother-Coaches’ Experiences of Policy and Programs: “Whoever Wrote This Policy Doesn’t Understand What It Means to Be a Mom”1
The Influence of Personal Branding and Institutional Factors on the Name, Image, and Likeness Value of Collegiate Athletes’ Social Media Posts1
Sport Stadiums and Environmental Justice (1st ed.)1
Accounting for Race: A Critical Institutionalist Approach1
Sport Fans and Flourishing: Examining the Mediating Role of Sport Fan Well-Being in Predicting Flourishing1
Broadcaster Choice and Audience Demand for Live Sport Games: Panel Analyses of the Korea Baseball Organization1
Decolonizing Sport1
The Digital World of Sport: The Impact of Emerging Media on Sports News, Information, and Journalism1
What Does Entrepreneurship Add to the Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility Management in Sport?1
Sponsorship in Marketing: Effective Partnerships in Sports, Arts, and Events (2nd Ed.)1
Image Repair Using Social Identity Leadership: An Exploratory Analysis of the National Football League’s Response to the National Anthem Protests1
It’s a Party in the MLB: An Analysis of Shirking Between Games in Major League Baseball1
Navigating a White, Male Space: The Lived Experiences of Black, Female Ice Hockey Fans1
Big Data and Analytics in Sport Management1
Keeping It Real or Bridging the Gap? Brand Positioning of U.S. Sport Teams in Germany and China1
Motivations, Barriers, and Supports: An Examination of the Experiences of Women of Color Recreational Sport Coaches1
Becoming an Occupation? A Research Agenda Into the Professionalization of the Sport for Development and Peace Sector1
Exploring the Perception of Division I Coaches and Administrators About International Collegiate Athlete Exclusion From Name, Image, and Likeness Opportunities1
How League and Community Affect Corporate Philanthropy in Professional Sport: A Multiple Field Embeddedness Perspective1
Great Expectations: A Critical Review of Interorganizational Relationships in Amateur Sport1
Handbook on International Sports Law1
A Segmentation Analysis of American Sports Bettors by Involvement1
University–Organization Collaboration in Sport for Development: Understanding Practitioners’ Perspectives and Experiences in Research and Evaluation Partnerships1
Addressing the Complexity of Violence Against Women in Sport: Using the World Café Method to Inform Organizational Response1
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