Tag: Brenda Pitts

Cross-cultural management is an important facet of the globalized sport industry. Globalized Sport Management in Diverse Cultural Contexts, edited by James J. Zhang & Brenda G. Pitts (Routledge), brings together research on this issue from sport scholars around the world. Our reviewer is Derrick Charway, and he finds that the book does what it intended to, bud he would have liked an abstract for each chapter, and he points out that micro level analyses would have added important insights about cultural diversity in practice.

SMEJ promotes advancement of the body of knowledge in pedagogy as it relates to sport management education and disseminates knowledge about sport management courses, curricula, and teaching. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Marshall Plan: How Diversity and Inclusion Transformed the Dallas Mavericks’ Organizational Culture by Mark A. Beattie, Leeann M. Lower-Hoppe.

Yet another volume in Routledge’s World Association for Sport Management Series has been published, International Sport Business Management: Issues and New Ideas, edited by James J. Zhang, Brenda G. Pitts & Lauren M. Johnson. We asked Hans Lundberg, Senior Lecturer in organization and entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Economics, Linnæus University, for a review. He is not impressed by this book, rather the opposite, although he manages to find a couple of bright spots among the contributions.

The Recreational Sports Journal is the scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of the NIRSA Foundation. Its purpose is to provide a source of empirical, theoretical, and applied research to the field of recreational sports. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “I’M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT…”: PERSPECTIVES ON AQUATIC MANAGEMENT FOR LGBTQ PARTICIPANTS by Austin Robert Anderson, Eric Knee, and William Dominic Ramos.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life.

Sport Management Review is a multidisciplinary journal concerned with the management, marketing, and governance of sport at all levels and in all its manifestations – whether as an entertainment, a recreation, or an occupation.

The International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship is the world’s leading journal for the sports marketing industry, and provides a vital resource to both academic and industry experts. For academics it is an opportunity to publish the highest quality, peer-reviewed research. Practitioners can use the information to understand how the industry is changing.

The International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), a refereed journal published four times per year, aims to present current practice and research in the area of sport management and marketing. IJSMM is a unique publication useful for everyone interested in the new developments in sport management and marketing theory and practices.

En i och för sig utmärkt sport management-antologi, Understanding Sport Management: International Perspectives av Trish Bradbury & Ian O’Boyle (Routledge), är, menar vår recensent Josef Fahlén, inte oproblematisk. Som så ofta blir med sådana här läroböcker gör bredden i framställningen att djupet försakas, och den fungerar dåligt som kurslitteratur.

The Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (JoHLSTE) is the leading international, peer-reviewed educational journal for this subject grouping. Its aims are to promote, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of higher education, and to encourage greater understanding, links and collaboration across its constituent fields.