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Motivations and barriers that impact Lebanese Athletes’ achievements at the Olympics

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

The purpose of this article is to analyse the motives and challenges that affect Lebanese athletes' Olympic performance by addressing the elements that influence such participation. 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOA-05-2019-1777/full/html

Hosting the Olympics: why are we always getting the cost wrong?

Journal of Integrated Care

Every Olympic Games over the previous 50 years has had a significant cost overrun. This research investigates the causes behind the cost underestimate and the prevalence of the winner's curse.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MF-05-2020-0231/full/html

“I’m not just a mother”: a content analysis of elite female athletes’ self-presentation before and after motherhood

Sport, Business and Management

This study, guided by self-presentation theory and social role theory, investigates the various personal branding methods utilised by elite female athletes on social media before and after becoming mothers. 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SBM-02-2023-0015/full/html

Transformative marketing: health and well-being of Special Olympic athletes

International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship

Transformative marketing offers a method for encouraging beneficial behaviours. This method is applicable to community intervention organisations such as the Special Olympics. Such organisations offer services such as physical exercise, good diet, adequate healthcare, and carer education. 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSMS-04-2020-0046/full/html

Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions

International Journal of Event and Festival Management

This article aims to verify the brand image impacts of hosting a sporting mega-event by analysing the host city's impact on the country's branding as a tourism destination. 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJEFM-10-2021-0080/full/html

Management quality of professional football clubs: the Football Management (FoMa) Q-Score 2018

Sport, Business and Management

This study proposes a new methodology for assessing management excellence across four dimensions: sporting success, financial performance, fan welfare maximisation, and leadership and governance. These dimensions, which include quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs), serve the aim of objectively measuring the relevant success determinants.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SBM-10-2019-0092/full/html

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The engineering legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: Stadium 974 – Reuse as driving force for sustainable stadium design

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -Structures and Buildings

https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jstbu.22.00185

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Sport psychology coaching to align individual and team performance

Amy Fisher Moore and Verity Hawarden 

This case study explores Leanne Redding’s mental skill coaching process and her belief of the importance and buy-in from all players of the team conlcuding with measures to gain greater acceptance from the rest of the coaching staff for her work. 

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The Turkish Super League meets its first female club president

Efe Unsal, Sanem Kaptanoglu and Hayat Kabasakal

This case study discusses gender inequity, leadership, and management in the sport context, by analysing the dilemma the female coach Berna Gozbasi faced while she decided whether or not to accept this challenging role. 

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