• Analysis of Young Tourists' Life Satisfaction Domains and Determinants of Overall Life Satisfaction 

  Wang, Suosheng (2019)

  This study explores tourists’ satisfaction outcomes and life satisfaction domains, and examines the domains’ relative importance in influencing tourists’ overall life satisfaction. Seven life satisfaction domains are ...
• How does sport-related mobile apps usage motivation affect consumer perceptions of the sport organizations? 

  Lee, Soonhwan; Kim, Seungmo; Shin, Hongbum; Wang, Suosheng (2019)

  The current study was to examine the relationship how the usage motivation features (i.e., perceived customization, involvement, and liking) of sport related mobile applications(apps) affect users' perception on sport ...
• Empirical testing of destination attribute preferences of women snow-sport tourists along a trajectory of participation 

  Mirehie, Mona; Gibson, H. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  This study explored women snow-sport tourists’ destination attribute preferences in relation to their participation level (e.g. skill; sport career stage) through a complementary sequential mixed-methods approach. Initially, ...
• Learning from past crises: Evaluating hotels’ online crisis responses to health crises 

  Liu-Lastres, Bingjie; Kim, Hany; Ying, Tianyu (Sage, 2020-07)

  Organizational learning is an important function of tourism crisis management. By examining and evaluating hotels’ responses to the 2010 bed bug crisis on social media, the purpose of this study was to provide insights ...
• COVID-19: Return to Youth Sports: Preparing Sports Venues and Events for the Return of Youth Sports 

  Pierce, David; Stas, Jessi; Feller, Kevin; Knox, William (Sports Innovation Institute, 2020-06-02)

  COVID-19 has impacted all areas of life, and youth sports is no exception. States and counties are publishing their own unique guidelines for permitting youth sports to return over designated phases, creating a patchwork ...
• Innovate With Design Thinking in the Sport Management Capstone Course 

  Pierce, David; Davies, Melissa; Kryder, Bryan (Human Kinetics, 2019)

  This article outlines an opportunity for sport management instructors to integrate design thinking as a pedagogical tool into their classrooms to align with the demands of today’s innovative and evolving sport industry. ...
• Exploring inbound tourists experience in Beijing, China: an online deductive approach 

  Liu, Yu; Liu-Lastres, Bingjie; Wang, Qiuju; Fu, Yao-Yi (Emerald, 2019)

  Purpose Beijing is becoming one of the top global destinations but the number of international tourists to the city has been declining recently. By analyzing inbound tourists experience in Beijing and identifying the ...
• Parental Insights from Three Elite-level Youth Sports: Implications for Family Life 

  Mirehie, Mona; Gibson, H.; Kang, S.; Bell, H. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  The purpose of this study was to examine parental values associated with children’s participation in organized sports, how these values are shaped by social class, race and age, and the influence of elite-level involvement ...
• Using Experiential Client-Based Projects in Sport Sales Courses 

  Pierce, David (IGI Global, 2018-01-01)

  Sales has gradually gained traction in the sport management programs over the past 15 years. This article examines the extent to which client-based experiential projects are used in sport sales courses and determines if ...
• Beyond Scope of Practice: Inferring High School Tennis Coaches' Behavior from their Nutrition and Eating Disorder Knowledge 

  Reagan, Brian Patrick; Pierce, David (Juniper Publications, 2018-02-01)

  The primary purpose of this study was to assess high school tennis coaches’ knowledge of macronutrients and disordered eating (e.g., etiology). Other purposes included identifying confidence in knowledge and any differences ...
• Analysis of sport sales courses in the sport management curriculum 

  Pierce, David (Elsevier, 2019-06)

  This paper examined the curriculum posted on program websites of sales education in undergraduate sport management programs in the United States. A sport sales course is offered by 22% of undergraduate sport management ...
• Industry convergence in rural tourism development: a China-featured term or a new initiative? 

  Shen, Weili; Liu-Lastres, Bingjie; Pennington-Gray, Lori; Hu, Xiaohai; Liu, Jiayi (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  Industry convergence is a popular term that has been widely referenced in the context of rural tourism development in China. All levels of government (local, regional, national) in China have repeatedly addressed the ...
• Cruise Line Customers’ Responses to Risk and Crisis Communication Messages: An Application of the Risk Perception Attitude Framework 

  Liu-Lastres, Bingjie; Schroeder, Ashley; Pennington-Gray, Lori (Sage, 2018)

  The main purpose of this study was to test cruise line customers’ responses to risk and crisis communication messages addressing health-related incidents on cruise ships. This study used norovirus infections as the context ...
• Interactive roles of social identity and evaluative attitudes in sports events participation 

  Wang, Suosheng; Wang, Wei; Lee, Soonhwan (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  The impacts of sense of place and place-based social identity have been widely discussed in tourism literature. Both identity theorists and planned behavior researchers suggested that identity and evaluative attitudes exert ...
• Urban residents’ place-based perceptions and attitudes toward tourism development: a comparison between the United States and China 

  Wang, Wei; Wang, Suosheng (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  This study aims to examine whether any cultural difference exists on the influence of residents’ place-based perceptions on perceived tourism impacts and support for tourism. A survey was distributed to urban residents in ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Role of Dispositional Aspects of Self-identity in the Process of Planned Behavior of Outbound Travel 

  Wang, Suosheng; Wu, Lingfei; Lee, Soonhwan (Sage, 2018)

  Identity theorists suggest that one’s self-identity affects his behavioral intent directly, while planned behavior researchers believe that one’s attitude toward a specific behavior has a direct effect on his intention to ...
• 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 ...

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