• A Post-Succession Analysis of Factors Influencing Coaching Success in NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball – Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics 

  James E., Johnson; Pierce, David A.; Krohn, Brian; Judge, Lawrence W; Scott, Beau F. (2017-06-16)

  Based on the reciprocal determinism component of social learning theory, a total of 736 men’s NCAA Division I basketball coaching changes between 1999 and 2014 were examined to establish which factors were related to ...
• Motivation, Satisfaction, and Retention of Sport Management Student Volunteers 

  Johnson, James E.; Giannoulakis, Chrysostomos; Felver, Nathan; Judge, Lawrence W.; David, Pierce A.; Scott, Beau F. (Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2017)

  Sport management programs often partner with intercollegiate athletic departments or community sport organizations to provide student volunteers. Motivating, satisfying, and retaining the student population may constitute ...
• Participation Versus Nonparticipation in a Charity Running Event 

  Mirehie, Mona; Buning, Richard J.; Gibson, Heather J. (Cognizant, 2017)

  Hosting sport events to raise money for charitable causes has become pervasive, yet we know little about why individuals choose to participate or not. This study examined the differences between participants and nonparticipants ...
• Resident Attitudes toward Dark Tourism, a Perspective of Place-based Identity Motives 

  Wang, Suosheng; Chen, Shengrong; Xu, Honggang (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

  Place-based identity theories prove to be valid in better understanding resident attitudes towards support for tourism. Yet, its effectiveness is not verified in the context of dark tourism and resident attitudes towards ...
• Ticket Sales Outsourcing Performance Measures Using Balanced Scorecard and Analytic Hierarchy Process Combined Model 

  Lee, Seungbum; Brownlee, Eric; Kim, Yongjae; Lee, Soonhwan (FiT, 2017-06)

  Outsourcing ticket sales operations to the service provider is becoming popular in intercollegiate sport in the US. While much has been reported about ticket sales outsourcing, there is a major lack of understanding in the ...
• Applying Holland's Vocational Choice Theory in Sport Management 

  Pierce, David; Johnson, James (Human Kinetics, 2017)

  Holland’s (1997) vocational choice theory is used in vocational counseling to aid job seekers in finding occupations that fit their personality based on Holland’s RIASEC typology of personalities and work environments. ...
• Who should we hire?: Examining coaching succession in NCAA Division I women’s basketball 

  Pierce, David A.; Johnson, James E.; Krohn, Brian D.; Judge, Lawrence W. (Sage, 2017-04)

  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of newly hired coaches in relation to their predecessors, and utilize the analysis to provide guidance to decision makers in college athletic departments. This study ...
• U.S. Sport Management Programs in Business Schools: Trends and Key Issues 

  Zaharia, Noni; Kaburakis, Anastasios; Pierce, David A. (2016-02)

  The growth of sport management programs housed in (or with formal curriculum-based ties to) a school of business indicates more academic institutions are reconsidering sport management as a business-oriented field. Thus, ...
• Roles of place identity distinctiveness and continuity on resident attitude toward tourism 

  Wang, Suosheng (2016)

  Tourism literature pointed out that resident attitude toward tourism is not only affected by what benefits residents can get from tourism development, but also by their place-based identities disregarding the benefits from ...
• How mass media frames the mega sporting event:the case of the 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014 

  Shin, Hongbum; Lee, Soonhwan; Lee, Seungbum (2016)

  The study examined how newspaper articles have framed the 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, in regard to the different issues covered, sources cited, positive and/or negative externalities frames, and the relationship between ...
• Examination of Tourism Undergraduates’ Industry Commitment, in the Context of China 

  Wang, Suosheng (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

  Grounded in the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), this study developed a comprehensive research framework that encapsulated both personal and contextual factors in terms of tourism undergraduates’ commitment to career ...
• The Role of Travel Conditions in Cycling Tourism: Implications for Destination and Event Management 

  Buning, Richard J.; Gibson, Heather J. (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

  The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of travel conditions on preferred destination, event, and travel characteristics in the context of Active-Sport-Event Travel Carers among cyclists who travel to take ...
• Volunteer Motivations at the 2012 Super Bowl 

  VanSickle, Jennifer L.; Pierce, David A.; Diacin, Michael (Emerald, 2015)

  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine mega-event volunteers’ motivations and their impact on volunteer satisfaction. Additionally, this study investigated motivational differences between volunteers based upon ...
• The Evolution of Active Sport Event Travel Careers 

  Buning, Richard J.; Gibson, Heather (2015-09)

  Using the event-travel-career concept, this study examined the trajectory of active-sport-event travel careers through stages of development and the corresponding factors and dimensions perceived to influence career ...
• Predicting Volunteers' Intention to Return: An Examination of Brand Personality, Prestige, and Identification of Sporting Events 

  Bang, Hyejin; Lee, Soonhwan; Swart, Kamilla (2014-06)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among four variables: brand personality traits, prestige of a sporting event, brand identification, and individuals' intention to return to volunteer for future ...
• Identifying Sociological Motivation of Hispanic/LatinoSport Consumers Attending Sporting Events 

  Lee, Soonhwan; Shin, Hongbum; Shinchi, Takahiro (2010)

  While Hispanic/Latino's population and purchasing power has been rapidly growing and they are expected to have the potential to be massive sport customers in the future (McCarthy, 1998; Humphreys, 2006), there are little ...
• A Study of Psychological Support from Local Residents for Hosting Mega-Sporting Events: A Case of the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI 

  Lee, Soonhwan; Krohn, Brian D. (2013-10)

  The purpose of the current study was to assess local residents' psychological support prior to hosting a mega-sporting event and to report preliminary results as to which factors of support affect local residents' attitudes ...
• A Brand Loyalty Model Utilitizing Team Identification and Customer Satisfaction in the Licensed Sports Product Industry 

  Lee, Soonhwan; Shin, Hongbum; Park, Jung-Jun; Kwon, Oh-Ryun (2010)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among the attitudinal brand loyalty variables (i.e., cognitive, affective, and conative components), team identification, and customer satisfaction by developing ...
• Consumer Decision-Making Styles for Singaporean College Consumers: An Exploratory Study 

  Bae, Sungwon; Pyun, Do Young; Lee, Soonhwan (2010)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate Singaporean consumers' decision-making styles (shopping styles) for sports products. This study used a scale of the Purchaser Style Inventory for Sport Products (PSISP) to ...
• Multiple groups confirmatory factor analysis of the motivational factors affecting individuals' decisions about participating in action sports and an inquiry into participant action sports participatory fandom 

  Park, S. Roger; Lee, Soonhwan (2008-02)

  The purpose of this current study was to examine if the Participant Motivations Questionnaire (PMQ) (Gill et al., 1983) was still valid for action sports participants. This study also examined factorial invariance of ...

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