Is There Anything Unique About Sport Management? An Introduction to the JGSM Special Issue on “The Uniqueness of the Sport Context”

Abstract

More than twenty years have passed since Trevor Slack’s (1998) seminal query, “Is there anything unique about sport management?” Given that a premise for the establishment of specialized sport management education programs is the uniqueness of the sport industry, this special issue challenged authors to highlight or even demonstrate the uniqueness of the sport context, whether by proposing or testing a theory unique to sport, demonstrating how a commonly accepted theory in a different context would need modification in the sport context, or highlighting an emerging unique aspect of sport through an empirical or theoretical/conceptual approach. Collectively, the resulting manuscripts highlight a number of unique aspects of the sport context while also underscoring the need for more conceptual and empirical research on this crucial topic.

体育管理有独特之处吗？Jgsm特刊”体育领域的独特性”简介

自特雷弗·斯莱克（1998）提出那个意义深远的疑问——”体育管理有没有什么独特之处？”, 已经过去二十多年了。考虑到体育产业的独特性是成立专业体育管理教育项目的前提, 本特刊要求作者突出甚至展示体育领域的独特性, 无论是提出或检验体育特有的理论, 展示在不同背景下普遍接受的理论如何需要在体育领域中进行修改, 还是通过实证或理论/概念方法来突出体育的新兴独特方面。总的来说, 由此产生的草稿突出了体育领域的许多独特方面, 同时也强调了对这一重要主题进行更多概念性和实证研究的必要性。

Keywords:

• Special features
• unique aspects
• distinctiveness of sport
• uniqueness
• sport industry

关键词:

• 特性；独特方面；体育的特殊性；独特性；体育产业

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Notes on contributors

Damon P. S. Andrew

Dr. Damon Andrew (Ph.D., Florida State University, U.S.) serves as Dean of the College of Education and Professor of Sport Management at Florida State University, U.S. His specific research interests include: (1) leadership in sport, (2) the attraction of sport to participants, spectators, sponsors, employees, and stakeholders, and (3) the effective integration of individuals with disabilities into the sporting environment. To date, his research products include a research methods textbook, 29 funded grants and contracts, 174 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, proceedings, and book chapters, and 107 presentations at national and international conferences. He is a Fellow of both the National Academy of Kinesiology and the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education.

John Grady

Dr. John Grady (J.D., Ph.D., Florida State University, U.S.) is a Professor of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina, U.S. His research focuses on legal issues in Olympic sponsorship as well as stadium accessibility. His work has appeared in top law and sport management journals, including the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, and the Harvard Journal of Sport and Entertainment Law. He is a fellow of the Sport and Recreation Law Association and a past president of the same organization.

Seungmo Kim

Dr. Seungmo Kim (Ph.D., University of Tennessee, U.S.) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sport and Physical Education at Hong Kong Baptist University. He holds a MA in Sport and Exercise Management from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Sciences (Specialization in Sport Management) from the University of Tennessee. His main research and scholarly interests are in the areas of organizational theory/behavior and human resource management in sport and recreation organizations. Dr. Kim has published sport-related articles in journals such as the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Sports Sciences, and more.