OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Sport Management Review is 5. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
“We want more diversity but…”: Resisting diversity in recreational sports clubs	65
Viewing sports online together? Psychological consequences on social live streaming service usage	56
Examining environmental fan engagement initiatives through values and norms with intercollegiate sport fans	51
Reviewing evidence of LGBTQ+ discrimination and exclusion in sport	49
Creating sense of presence in a virtual reality experience: Impact on neurophysiological arousal and attitude towards a winter sport	48
The determinants of stadium attendance in elite women’s football: Evidence from the UEFA Women's Champions League	45
From isomorphism to institutional work: advancing institutional theory in sport management research	34
A new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery: Wicked problems and critical realist solution	28
The sport cluster concept as middle-range theory for the sport value framework	28
Antecedents and outcomes of social innovation: A global study of sport for development and peace organizations	26
An exploration of the distractions inherent to social media use among athletes	26
A community capacity building approach to sport-based youth development	25
Managing parasport: An investigation of sport policy factors and stakeholders influencing para-athletes’ career pathways	24
It is time to consider athletes’ well-being and performance satisfaction: The roles of authentic leadership and psychological capital	24
The determinants of the intention to continue voluntary football refereeing	23
Responses to multi-level institutional complexity in a national sport federation	22
Sport-for-development: A comprehensive analysis of theoretical and conceptual advancements	22
Understanding sport event volunteers’ continuance intention: An environmental psychology approach	22
Athletic goal achievement: A critical antecedent of event satisfaction, re-participation intention, and future exercise intention in participant sport events	21
Antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement in sport for development	19
Examining sport marketing through a rainbow lens	19
The Role of Consumer Engagement in Behavioral Loyalty through Value Co-Creation in Fitness Clubs	19
Charity sport event participants and fundraising: An examination of constraints and negotiation strategies	19
Market reactions to sport sponsorship announcements: Comparison between sponsors and their rivals	19
Fan response to the identity threat of potential team relocation	18

Examining the factors influencing organizational creativity in professional sport organizations	18
From intention to participation: Exploring the moderating role of a voucher-based event leveraging initiative	17
Watching sports on Twitch? A study of factors influencing continuance intentions to watch Thursday Night Football co-streaming	17
Television match officials, referees, and home advantage: Evidence from the European Rugby Cup	17
Law, policy, and the participation of transgender athletes in the United States	17
Design archetype utility for understanding and analyzing the governance of contemporary national sport organizations	16
Breaking the glass monitor: examining the underrepresentation of women in esports environments	16
An exploration of young professional football players’ perceptions of the talent development process in England	16
Does it really matter? A study on soccer fans’ perceptions of ethical leadership and their role as “stakeowners”	15
There is no nil in NIL: examining the social media value of student-athletes’ names, images, and likeness	15
Understanding complexity and dynamics in the career development of eSports athletes	15
Volunteer selection at a major sport event: A strategic Human Resource Management approach	14
Understanding the impact of radical change on the effectiveness of national-level sport organizations: A multi-stakeholder perspective	14
The blurry spectrums of team identity threat	14
The rainbow connection: a scoping review and introduction of a scholarly exchange on LGBTQ+ experiences in sport management	14
Valuing elite sport success using the contingent valuation method: A transnational study	13
Well-being of sport club members: the role of pro-environmental behavior in sport and clubs’ environmental quality	13
The impact of unlearning context on organizational performance through knowledge management: A case of community sport clubs in Iran	13
Understanding the effects of different types of meaningful sports consumption on sports consumers’ emotions, motivations, and behavioral intentions	13
The organizational identification and well-being framework: theorizing about how sport organizations contribute to crisis response and recovery	13
Sport event sponsorship management from the sponsee’s perspective	12
Examining the relationship for sport motives, relationship quality, and sport consumption intention	12
National Football League head coach race, performance, retention, and dismissal	12
Conceptualization of switching costs in fitness centers: a higher-order reflective-formative model	12
Psychological processes connecting team identification and social well-being for middle-aged and older adults: moderated mediation of subjective and objective on-field performance	12
Colliding mandates of social enterprises: exploring the financial strategies, environment, and social-market tensions of bicycles-for-development organizations	11
Sensemaking of novelty: the dynamic nature of integrating esports within a traditional sport organization	11
Strengthening referees’ psychological well-being through engagement and authenticity	10
Sport for social cohesion: exploring aims and complexities	10
“The poor cousin of inclusion”: Australian Sporting Organisations and LGBT+ diversity and inclusion	10
Examining Minor League Baseball Spectator Nostalgia: A Neuroscience Perspective	10
Coach humility and player creativity: The roles of knowledge sharing and group diversity	10
Tip of the iceberg? An international investigation of fraud in community sport	10
The role of mindfulness and occupational stress in the goal orientations of development and winning	10
Sport spectator adoption of technological innovations: a behavioral reasoning analysis of fan experience apps	9
Safeguarding culture: towards a new approach to preventing child maltreatment in sport	9
The role of facial attractiveness in tennis TV-viewership	9
Tennis superstars: The relationship between star status and demand for tickets	9
“Two heads are better than one”: A continuum of social change in sport management	9
Establishing a professional Rugby Union Football League in the USA: Managing institutional pluralism in sport entrepreneurship	9
Old and exciting? Sport sponsorship effects on brand age and brand personality	9
Rethinking segmentation within the psychological continuum model using Bayesian analysis	9
Money matters: The impact of prize money on doping behaviour	9
Stimulating the adoption of green practices by professional football organisations: a focus on stakeholders’ pressures and expected benefits	9
“So begins the demise of #Superman from Metropolis”: Consumers’ Twitter reactions to an athlete’s transgression	9
Managing Sport for Development: An Investigation of Tensions and Paradox	8
Strategic management in eSports – a systematic review of the literature	8
Doing hybrid management work in elite sport: the case of a head coach in top-level rugby union	8
Determinants of non-profit sports clubs’ perceived competition from commercial sports providers	8
Examining the career dynamics of elite football referees: a unique identification profile	8

Living on the edge: Psychological drivers of athletes’ intention to re-patronage extreme sporting events	8
Women’s professional sport leagues: a systematic review and future directions for research	8
Determinants of support and participation in a major sport event referendum	8
Disability inclusion in beach precincts: beach for all abilities – a community development approach through a social relational model of disability lens	7
Spectator emotions in predicting psychological vigor: emotional meta experience and affect valuation perspectives	7
Applying intergroup contact theory to sport-for-development	7
The conceptualization of racial tasking: Uncovering the (un)intended consequences	7
The effect of race on lateral moves to coach central positions	7
Leader prototypicality in sport: The implicit leadership theories of women and men entering sport management careers	7
The role of advocacy organisations for ethical mega sport events	7
Strong intentions but diminished impact: Following up with former participants in a sport for development and peace setting	7
The role of sport in reflecting and shaping group dynamics: The “intergroup relations continuum” and its application to Fijian rugby and soccer	7
The effect of sport team reputation on team attachment and community attachment: a comparison of fans, local residents, and sponsors	6
The novelty effect and on-field team performance in new sports facilities: the case of the Canadian Football League	6
Hidden agenda in sport sponsorship – The influence of managers’ personal objectives on sport sponsorship decisions	6
Co-creation in youth sport development: examining (mis)alignment between coaches and parents	6
Do public subsidies and facility coverage matter for voluntary sports clubs?	6
Conscious capitalism and sport: Exploring higher purpose in a professional sport organization	6
A big data analysis of social media coverage of athlete protests	6
Exploring the conditions for strategic planning in nonprofit community sport	6
Exploring the relationship between social class and sport event volunteering	6
Predicting adventure seeking of young adults: The role of risk, innovativeness and status consumption	6
How do elite sport organizations frame diversity and inclusion? A critical race analysis	5
Identity regulation in the North American field of men’s professional ice hockey: An examination of organizational control and preparation for athletic career retirement	5
The role and performance of supporter directors: A social exchange theory perspective	5
Development and transference of intentional self-regulation through a sport-based youth development program	5
Anti-doping in China: an analysis of the policy implementation processes through stakeholders’ perspectives	5
Factors influencing acceptance of transgender athletes	5
Advancing sport ecology research on sport and the natural environment	5
Tensions and opportunities in researching social change in sport management	5
A network perspective on cause-related marketing collaborations in professional sport	5