Sport Management and Research Centers: Information to Enhance the Field

Abstract

The purpose of the present review serves to provide information about the viability and utility of research centers for sport management faculty. To achieve this objective, the present paper begins with a discussion on the evolution of research centers in the United States. Second, the need for research centers in the contemporary university setting is established and the benefits of research centers to both society and science (i.e. sport management) are identified, along with existing challenges and barriers. Third, the present examination explains specific heuristic categories of research centers developed by Ikenberry and Friedman (1972) through the frame of leadership, resources (e.g. standard, adaptive, shadow), and relationships (e.g. university-industry, programmed/corporate alliance, for-profit spin-offs, technology transfer, etc.) that sport management faculty should understand before creating their own center. Fourth, we describe research center evaluation methods and identify general but necessary points of emphasis to develop a proposal for universities.

体育管理和研究中心：强化信息领域

本综述旨在提供关于体育管理学院研究中心的可行性和实用性的信息。为了实现这一目标, 本文首先讨论了美国研究中心的演变。第二, 建立了当代高校环境下对于研究中心的需求以及研究中心对于社会和科学（即体育管理学）的益处, 连同现有的挑战和阻碍。第三, 本研究通过领导力, 资源(即标准的、适应性、阴影)和关系(即大学-工业、程序化/企业联盟、营利性的衍生公司、技术转移等)等框架来解释伊肯伯里和弗里德曼（1972）开发的研究中心的具体启发式分类, 这些关系是体育管理学院在创建自己的中心之前应该了解的。第四, 我们描述了研究中心的评估方法, 并确定了一般但必要的重点, 以为大学提供建议。

Keywords:

• Research Centers
• heuristic categories
• history
• sport management research

关键词:

• 研究中心
• 启发式分类
• 历史
• 体育管理研究

Disclosure Statement

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Notes on contributors

Chad Seifried

Chad Seifried (PhD, The Ohio State University, U.S.) is the L.M. “Pat” and Mildred Harrison Endowed Professor at the Louisiana State University. His major research interests embrace the use of historical methods to review the management history associated with organizations, individuals, and sport facilities to help highlight the contribution of history within contemporary management settings. Dr. Seifried is a Research Fellow with the North American Society for Sport Management.

Ben Downs

Ben Downs (MS, Mississippi State University, U.S.) is a doctoral student at the Louisiana State University in the sport management program. Mr. Downs research interests aim to strengthen Sport Management by using historical methods to review management history as it relates to sport facilities, individuals, and leadership by examining the evolution of professional multi-purpose facilities in urban centers.

Marcella Otto

Marcella Otto (MS, Southern Illinois University, U.S.) is a doctoral student at the Louisiana State University in the sport management program. Ms. Otto is interested in applying organizational management concepts, such as human resources and psychological contracts, within college athletics to better understand the student-athlete experience.

Yoseph Mamo

Yoseph Mamo (MS, Florida State University, U.S.) is a doctoral student at the Louisiana State University in the sport management program. Mr. Mamo’s research interests are corporate social responsibility activities, and the role of sport on addressing social issues in Africa. The goal of his research is to improve the understanding of CSR activities and examine their role in the development of African politics.