Rivalry in Sport

Understanding Fan Behavior and Organizations
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-47454-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 123 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

This book focuses on how rivalry influences fan perceptions and behaviors, the role of organizations to responsibly promote rivalries, and discusses how to decrease negative and group-member deviance surrounding sport rivalry. Rivalry is a phenomenon that helps organizations and participants increase their output while also engaging fans. The author argues that the goal of rivalry should be to increase engagement and interest in the product without stepping over a sometimes invisible line resulting in fan or group member negativity, deviance, and violence. Through the introduction of two scales that specifically measure how group members react to out-groups in the sport setting, this book offers scholars deeper insights into what rivalry means and how it can be used to responsibly promote the sport product.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Havard, Cody T.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport: Politik, Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Sport- und Freizeitindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What is Rivalry and Organizational Responsibility.- Chapter 3. Relative Rivalry and Place.- Chapter 4. GORFing and Consumption.- Chapter 5. Call to Action.- Chapter 6. Sport Rivalry Man Curriculum.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Cody T. Havard is Associate Professor of Sport Commerce and the Coordinator of Research in the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at The University of Memphis, USA. He is the Director of the Bureau of Sport and Leisure Commerce and the KWS Coordinator of Research at The University of Memphis.  Dr. Havard researches the rivalry phenomenon in and out of sport to better understand group member behavior.