Tag: Aaron C.T. Smith

The Psychology of Sports Fans by Aaron C.T. Smith (Routledge) explains the intricate psychological foundations of sports fandom, exploring why sports hold such emotional power across cultures and demographics, and uncovers how sports provide meaning, identity, and community, making them an essential part of human life. Peter Hassmén is our excellent guide to this book, presenting its strengths and weaknesses equally detailed and respectfully, concluding that the sometime lack of scholarly depth affecting for instance the discussion on religion and hooliganism is well compensated for by its accessibility in structure and writing style.

Managing and Developing Sports Officials: Officiating Excellence, edited by Tom Webb, David J. Hancock, Pamm Phillips & Jacob K. Tingle (Routledge), offers an evidence-based guide to the development, management, and retention of sports officials. Our reviewer is Stuart Carrington, whose 2019 book Blowing the Whistle: The Psychology of Football Refereeing places him well for the job. And he is quite satisfied with this crucial contribution to the literature around sports officials that more than meets its aim.

Viktor Magnusson reviewed the first edition of Introduction to Sport Marketing for idrottsforum.org back in 2010. Now in its third edition, with a new publisher (Routledge) and the addition of four more authors, it was again sent to Viktor for a review. The collective efforts of Aaron C.T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, James Skinner, Andrea N. Geurin and Lauren M. Burch have resulted in a considerably better book; it has been brought up to date, every chapter has an improved introduction, and it includes case descriptions instead of links to cases on the ’net.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sports Attitudes in Childhood and Income in Adulthood by Adam Vanzella-Yang, Pascale Domond, Frank Vitaro, Richard E. Tremblay, Vincent Bégin, Sylvana Côté.

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport, gender, and national interest during the Olympics: A comparative analysis of media representations in Central and Eastern Europe by Dunja Antunovic and Sunčica Bartoluci.

SBM promotes the development of a coherent, high-quality body of work that examines both the business and management of sport, as well as the actors and stakeholders that align with sport to further their strategic objectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The effectiveness of UEFA Financial Fair Play: evidence from England and France, 2008–2018 by Aurélien Francois, Nadine Dermit-Richard, Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson, Natacha Heutte.

ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: We are in this together: sport brand involvement and fans’ well-being by Yiran Su, James Du, Rui Biscaia & Yuhei Inoue.

The aim of the Journal of Sports Economics is to further research in the area of sports economics by bringing together theoretical and empirical research in a single intellectual venue The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Does Crowd Support Drive the Home Advantage in Professional Football? Evidence from German Ghost Games during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Kai Fischer and Justus Haucap.

ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A bright spot for a small league: social media performance in a football league without a COVID-19 lockdown by Daniel Weimar, Lisa Carola Holthoff & Rui Biscaia.

Sport Management Review is published as a service to sport industries worldwide. It is a multidisciplinary journal concerned with the management, marketing, and governance of sport at all levels and in all its manifestations. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: UNDERSTANDING SPORT EVENT VOLUNTEERS’ CONTINUANCE INTENTION: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY APPROACH by Heetae Cho, Chunxiao Li, Yandan Wu.