Qualitative Research in Sport Management

"Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations, stakeholders and performance. Now in a fully revised and extended new edition, this book is a user-friendly introduction to qualitative methods in sport management. Covering the full research process from research planning to reporting results, this edition includes expanded coverage of cutting-edge areas including digital and social media research, critical realism and social network analysis. The book examines the reflective and interrogative processes required for developing effective qualitative research questions and includes a deeper discussion of ontology and epistemology in the light of today's rapidly changing society. It takes the reader step-by-step through essential and emerging qualitative methods, from actor network theory and ethnography to computer assisted data analysis and sampling typologies. Every chapter includes examples of real qualitative research, including shorter 'research briefs' and extended case studies, reflecting the exciting qualitative research that is currently occurring in sport business and management, and highlighting the links between research and sport management practice. This is essential reading for courses in sport management, sport business sport policy, sport marketing or sport media and communications. It provides students, researchers and practitioners with the knowledge and skills to undertake qualitative research while deepening their understanding of how the social world can be perceived and interpreted through a particular theoretical lens. Useful online materials include recommended readings and PowerPoint slides"--

Smith, Aaron C.T.

Skinner, James

Edwards, Allan

Reference

Routledge

Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations, stakeholders and performance. Now in a fully revised and extended new edition, this book is a user-friendly introduction to qualitative methods in sport management. Covering the full research process from research planning to reporting results, this edition includes expanded coverage of cutting-edge areas including digital and social media research, critical realism, and social network analysis. 
The book examines the reflective and interrogative processes required for developing effective qualitative research questions and includes a deeper discussion of ontology and epistemology in the light of today’s rapidly changing society. It takes the reader step-by-step through essential and emerging qualitative methods, from actor network theory and ethnography to computer-assisted data analysis and sampling typologies. Every chapter includes examples of real qualitative research, including shorter "research briefs" and extended case studies, reflecting the exciting qualitative research that is currently occurring in sport business and management, and highlighting the links between research and sport management practice. 
This is essential reading for courses in sport management, sport business, sport policy, sport marketing, sport media, and communications. It provides students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge and skills to undertake qualitative research while deepening their understanding of how the social world can be perceived and interpreted through a particular theoretical lens. 
Useful online materials include recommended readings and PowerPoint slides.

Research Methods for Sport Management (Foundations of Sport Management)

Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management. This is the first introductory research methods textbook to focus exclusively on sport management. Through the use of examples, cases and data taken from the real world of sport management it opens up a traditionally dry area of study, helping the student to understand the vital importance of sound methodology in their studies and subsequent professional practice. The book covers the full range of quantitative and qualitative methods across the whole span of the research process, from research design and the literature review to data analysis and report writing. Every chapter contains a range of useful features to aid student learning, including summaries, discussion questions and guides to further resources, as well as examples drawn from contemporary sport around the world. Research Methods for Sport Management is an essential course text for all sport management students and an invaluable reference for any sport management professional involved in operational research.

Business & Money

Corbett, Ben

Industries

e-Marketing in Sport (Foundations of Sport Management)

Just like any other sector of contemporary business, sport has been transformed by the advent of digital media. In this ground-breaking text, Allan Edwards and Simon Chadwick examine the impact that e-marketing techniques are having on sport business and offer a complete guide to the effective use of e-marketing in sport. The book explores every key aspect of e-marketing and digital media in sport business, including: <ul>
<li>e-commerce, from ticketing and retailing to digital entrepreneurship</li> <li>electronic customer relationship management</li> <li>new digital media, such as digital radio, mobile devices and 3D TV</li> <li>social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter</li> <li>changing consumer behaviours</li> <li>e-loyalty</li> <li>security and ethics.</li>
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Illustrated throughout with real world examples and data, and including useful features in every chapter, such as summaries, insight boxes and key definitions, this book is the perfect companion to any course on contemporary sport marketing and an essential reference for all professional marketers working in sport.

Chadwick, Simon

Sports & Outdoors

This book is simply vital reading for any student undertaking a qualitative research project as part of their sport, leisure or recreation management studies, providing everything you need to suceed! Qualitative Research in Sport Management is the first book of its kind to bring together valuable research designs based on extensive research in qualitative research methods across a number of different fields. Research designs from the fields of business, education, cultural studies, media studies, queer studies, sociology and psychology are applied specifically to sport management, taking into account the special features and nuances of this field. In each research design the text provides a concise guide to how each model can first be applied to sport management issues and problems, second, strengthen the research design, and finally, enhance the research process. Each chapter is carefully structured to ensure that key information is easy to locate and remember and includes: Introduction, Objectives, Key Concepts and Terms, and Review and research questions. International case studies, "In Profile" sections with leading sport management researchers and research briefs are used to illustrate how theory is put into practice. For those academics who prescribe the book, an accompanying website provides powerpoint summaries of each chapter. Please visit: www.textbooks.elsevier.com/9780750685986. You must be registered and logged in to access this resource. Associate Professor James Skinner, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia. Allan Edwards, Univeristy of Ulster, Ireland. * Simply vital reading for any student undertaking a qualitative research project, providing everything you need to succeed* Every chapter includes Introduction, Objectives, Key Concepts and Terms, Summaries, Review and Research Questions, Case Studies and ?In conversation? vignettes with leading contributors in the field* An accompanying website for the book provides the lecturer with additional case study material which relates to each case within the book

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Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

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Qualitative Research in Sport Management is the first book of its kind to bring together valuable research designs based on extensive research in qualitative research methods across a number of different fields. Research designs from the fields of business, education, cultural studies, media studies, queer studies, sociology and psychology are applied specifically to sport management, taking into account the special features and nuances of this field. In each research design the text provides a concise guide to how each model can first be applied to sport management issues and problems, second, strengthen the research design, and finally, enhance the research process. Each chapter is carefully structured to ensure that key information is easy to locate and remember and includes: Introduction, Objectives, Key Concepts and Terms, and Review and research questions. International case studies, "In Profile" sections with leading sport management researchers and research briefs are used to illustrate how theory is put into practice. An accompanying website provides powerpoint summaries of each chapter. Please visit: www.textbooks.elsevier.com/9780750685986.

The frequent social and theoretical changes which have occurred in recent times have impacted greatly on the higher education industry. These changes have taken place predominantly, for example, in the disciplines of education, arts, and architecture which have formulated the basis of the development of postmodern theory and discourse. Until recently other professions have shunned the postmodern traditions of research and as such have developed their own epistemological assumptions for research methodologies and knowledge production. This text considers postmodern perspectives on sport management research. Sport management academics are now able to develop differing theoretical structures and research directions hitherto unavailable to them. This book addresses problems that arise specifically when researching in the sport management area and provides an in-depth understanding of the theoretical concepts which surround the "postmodern condition". For example, issues of Critical Theory, Reflection, Narrative, Action Research, Postmodernism and the Postmodern Ethnography are highlighted in the text. Theory and practise are developed together in order to create further understandings for research into the sport management area. The wide ranging overviews of the "postmodernist condition" as espoused in this book are designed for the experienced researcher in sport management and also to be utilised as an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the sport management sector.

Extending the Boundaries: Theoretical Frameworks for Research in Sports Management

Gilbert, Keith

Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd

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Qualitative Research in Sport Management

Qualitative Research in Sport Management

Research Methods for Sport Management (Foundations of Sport Management)

e-Marketing in Sport (Foundations of Sport Management)

e-Marketing in Sport (Foundations of Sport Management)

Qualitative Research in Sport Management

Flights into Oblivion: Airline Accidents and the Development of Air Safety

Qualitative Research in Sport Management

Extending the Boundaries: Theoretical Frameworks for Research in Sports Management