Sport, Business and Management: Volume 9 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Kate Westberg, Sarah Jane Kelly

Sport: A driver of sustainable development, promoter of human rights, and vehicle for health and well-being for all

Gerard Masdeu Yelamos, Catherine Carty, Aisling Clardy

The purpose of this paper is to examine current momentum in the sport policy arena congruent with the sustainable development agenda. It presents two consensus frameworks endorsed…

Rural community well-being through minor league sport

Young Do Kim, Marshall J. Magnusen, Anthony Weaver, Minjung Kim

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how small-town residents’ perceptions of a minor league sport team’s socially responsible initiatives (SRI) influence several…

Social impact of a corporate social responsibility initiative

Brendan Riggin, Karen Danylchuk, Dawn Gill, Robert Petrella

The purpose of this paper is to examine the social impact of an initiative (Hockey FIT) aimed at improving the health and well-being of sport fans and their community.

Conceptualizing A-HERO for sport employees’ well-being

Brent D. Oja, Minjung Kim, Pamela L. Perrewé, Christos Anagnostopoulos

In an attempt to promote sport employees’ well-being, the purpose of this paper is to examine the more traditional constructs of psychological capital (i.e. hope, efficacy…

Investigating the financial overconfidence of student-athletes

Megan Ann McCoy, Kenneth J. White, Kim Love

There is a paucity of empirical research that explores the financial well-being of collegiate student-athletes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key aspects of…

Big money, corruption, and black markets: A closer look at the legal and economic effects of amateurism in division I NCAA college athletics

Tyler Custis, Meghan Hoben, Payton Larsen

The purpose of this paper is to explore why the stagnant version of amateurism that is being used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member…