Sport in business studies: a state-of-the-art literature review
Sport, Business and Management
ISSN: 2042-678X
Article publication date: 6 September 2018
Issue publication date: 24 October 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of articles on sport published in leading business studies journals within marketing, organisational studies and strategy.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on a review of 38 identified articles within the subfields of marketing, strategy and organisation studies published between 2000 and 2015, the articles’ topical, theoretical and methodological orientation within the studied subfields were analysed followed by a cross-subfield analysis.
Findings
The authors identify considerable differences in topical, theoretical and methodological orientation among the studied subfields’ associated articles. Overall, the authors also find that articles across all subfields tend to be focussed on contributing to mature theory, even though the subfield of marketing in particular exhibits contributions to nascent theory in contrast to organisation studies and strategy.
Originality/value
This paper contributes by illustrating the current state of research that is devoted or related to the phenomenon of sport within three subfields in business studies. Furthermore, the authors discuss the role played by leading business studies journals vis-à-vis sport sector-specific journals and offer avenues for future research.
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Citation
Laurell, C. and Soderman, S. (2018), "Sport in business studies: a state-of-the-art literature review", Sport, Business and Management, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 529-546. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-09-2017-0042
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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