Global Sport Management

Part I: Global Perspectives

1. Introduction: The WASM Foundation stone

[Brenda G. Pitts and James J. Zhang]

2. Internationalized Sport Management Education: Bridging the gaps

[Robert Baker, Karen Danylchuk, Andy Gillentine, Paul Jonson, Brenda Pitts, James J. Zhang]

3. The Role of Globalization, Partnerships and Technology in Enhancing Sports Excellence in Africa

[Peter Wanderi, Constance Nsibambi, Andanje Mwisukha, Paschal Soita, Kihumbu Thairu]

Part II: Sport and Development

4. Public's Perceptions on the Dark Side of Elite Sports and its Influence on the Willingness to Support Elite Sports

[Kirstin Hallmann, Christoph Breuer, Michael Ilgner, Thomas Giel]

5. The Effective Factors in the Establishment of Small and Medium-sized Sport Enterprises

[Seyed Morteza Azimzadeh and Brenda Pitts]

6. Enhancing Corporate Business Relationship through Hosting a Running Race Event

[Jinyu Shu and James Zhang]

7. Residents' Perceived Impact of China's 12th National Games on Sport Participation

[Tyreal Yizhou Qian, Qingzao Liu, James Zhang]

8. High Performance Sport Policies and Climate in Different Brazilian Governmental Levels

[Flavia Bastos, M. Bohme, V. Debosscher]

Part III: Resource Management

9. Why Do Women choose to Work in the Management of Professional Baseball?

[Maki Itoh and Mary Hums]

10. Volunteer Identification and Perceived Fit Associated with Volunteer Experience and Behaviors

[Jaeyeon Hwang, Yongsang Yoo, James Zhang]

11. Students' Perceptions of Forced Crowdsourcing as Social Change

[Mark Vermillion and Jordan Bass]

12: Impact of Volunteer Motivation on Behavioral Commitment to Media Center Volunteerism during the London Olympic Games

[Minhong Kim, N. David Pifer, May Kim, Steven Kim, Brenda Pitts, James Zhang]

IV: Learning and Inquiry

13. From Federal Baseball to American Needle: An empirical examination of the treatment of professional sport leagues under antitrust law

[Cyntrice Thomas, Thomas Baker, Kevin Byon, Tyreal Qian, James Zhang]

14. Introducing Imre Lakatos' Research Programs in Sport Management

[Jana Nova]

15. Knowledge of Doping: How athletes learn about doping rules and practices

[Stephen Moston, Terry Engelberg, Brendan Hutchinson]

16. The Sports Labor Market: An empirical comparison between Belgium and Germany

[Marijke Taks and Manfred Schubert]