Tag: Alex Krumer

SSSF, a multidisciplinary social sciences sport studies journal, welcomes articles that deal with sport and social change and social stability in a wide sense, articles about the profound and comprehensive processes affecting sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Open water swimmer Sally Bauer – a star but not a heroine by Claes Annerstedt & Marie Annerstedt (open access).

In this day and age, sport is big business, big international business, and biggest of all sports is football – in terms of participation, audience, and – money. Tim Harcourt’s Footynomics and the Business of Sport (Cambridge Scholars Publishing), thought our reviewer Alex Krumer, would deal with the latter. However, the first half of the book deals with the four dominating, and competing, codes of football in Australia, which our reviewer found highly interesting and educative, while the second half was a huge disappointment. The review explains it all.

This study by Lucas Adler & Alex Krumer is motivated by the scarcity of research on attendance demand in women’s soccer. They aimed to investigate the determinants that shape stadium attendance in Norwegian Toppserien women’s league. From relatively low numbers, attendance has increased significantly over the examined period. Toppserien fans appear to respond positively to the level of game quality and the team’s performance. The results also suggest that the fans of women’s and men’s Norwegian soccer teams have rather distinct consumer profiles, highlighting the need for tailored marketing strategies for women’s teams.

In Pressure: Lessons from the psychology of the penalty shootout (New River Books), psychologist Professor Geir Jordet presents his studies of the psychological elements of the penalty shootout, and the universal human stress mechanisms that it triggers. Professors Kjetil Kåre Haugen and Alex Krumer read Jordet’s book, and in their review for idrottsforum.org they find the book to be well-written but regrettably also marred by fundamental flaws in its statistical analyses.

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: Discouragement effect and alternative formats to increase suspense in professional biathlon by Alex Krumer.

ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of how sport organizations are structured, managed and operated. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. Editor’s pick from the current issue: THE ROLE OF SPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY – THE CASE OF SÁMI SPORT ORGANIZATIONS by Eivind Å. Skille & Josef Fahlén.