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Juju, “spiritual doping”, and Ubuntu: Extending the Study of Doping through...

Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa: Theory and Practice is the first book to focus on the problem of performance-enhancing substances and methods – also known as doping – in sports from African perspectives. Edited by Yamikani Ndasauka & Simon Mathias Makwinja, contributions from nearly twenty African scholars and practitioners provide commentary and insight into the African experience. Jules Woolf’s knowledgeable review finds that although some arguments are more fully developed than others, the book opens important avenues for future research and invites scholars and policymakers to engage more fully with the cultural, philosophical, and social contexts in which doping occurs.

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Call for Papers | “Sports Communication and AI from Organizational Perspectives: Transforming Culture, Practices, and Ethical Standards”, Special Issue of Journal of Global Sport...

This is a Call for Papers for a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Global Sport Management titled “Sports Communication and AI from Organizational Perspectives: Transforming Culture, Practices, and Ethical Standards.” This special issue invites scholarly work that critically examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping communication practices, organizational structures, and ethical standards within the sport industry. We welcome conceptual, empirical, methodological, and case-based studies that address both the opportunities and challenges associated with AI integration in sport communication.

Public defense of doctoral thesis | Leading across multilevels. Understanding leadership and management in high-performance sport in Norway and Denmark by Allan Grønkjær, Norwegian...

Allan Grønkjær’s PhD study examines the management and leadership of high-performance organisations in elite sport. He works from a conceptual framework of multi-level leadership. This approach acknowledges the variation of different influences, which a leader, e.g., a high-performance director, experiences in the short term (everyday work life) and in the long term (creating and implementing strategy). There is a clear focus on how the context of sport affects leadership.

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