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    Important handbook that takes a broad approach to its subject without losing analytical depth

    With sport sustaining a prominent place in international development policymaking, discourse and delivery, the collected volume Handbook of Sport and International Development (Edward Elgar) investigates the role that different sport initiatives – from community-focused projects to large-scale events – can play across a great variety of development contexts. Our reviewers Derrick Charway and Umair Asif are appreciative of the comprehensive approach and they find the critical stance vital to combat the narratives about the “inherent purity and goodness of sport” (Coakley).

    New academic research closing in on the ref

    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.

    Journal of Sport Management, Volume 38, 2024, Issue 5

    JSM encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Team Identity and Environmentalism: The Case of Forest Green Rovers by Elizabeth B. Delia, Brian P. McCullough, Keegan Dalal (open access).

    Sport Management Review, Volume 23, 2020, Issue 4

    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.

    Journal of Sport Management, Volume 32, 2018, Issue 2

    The Journal of Sport Management encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed.

    Sport Management Review, Volume 20, 2017, Issue 4

    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.
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