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Abstr actThe aim of this paper is to identify factors that influence to the effective management in the sport on the example of few cities in Poland and Lithuania with large sports facilities. To achieve this purpose, Authors in the article are used the method of observation and comparative analysis of selected cities and their major sports arenas as the entities with particularly strongly influence the development of sport in these cities. The key determinants of sport management in the city include: the title sponsor for the largest sports facility as a strategic business partner in the development of sports in the city, multifunctional sports facility, the level of commercialization of sports, organizational structure dedicated to sport governance, many the international sport events in the great arena. The research and conclusions are focused on the sport management, sport services in selected Polish and Lithuanian cities, where are great sport arenas. In the case of using the results of this study in sport management in other cities, it should be judiciously use the conclusions of the study, taking into account the specifics of a particular city. The paper is a kind of review, and an attempt to show some concepts of the theoretical perception of the factors influencing the sport management in the cities with the use of large sports facilities.

The paper identifies selected determinants of attractiveness of international academic conferences as products on the contemporary international tourism market, especially on the business tourism market. To achieve this aim, methods of analysing the literature, reports, synthesis, along with passive and active observation were used. In addition, a direct survey using a research questionnaire via a website and addressed to participants on an Erasmus International Week in Kaunas was made. Some of the most important conditions of the attractiveness of the conference for participants, including transport and information accessibility as well as to the originality of the destination and the leisure program for participants, were indicated. Contemporary international academic conferences lasting a few days epitomize multiple products on tourism market. The article is empirical, but it also presents ideas for the development of conferences as attractive products in the contemporary economy of the European Union.

This study is focused on career self-efficacy of young (15-16 and 17-18 years old) basketball players. The total number of participants was 116 basketball players, aged 15-16 and 108, aged 17-18. The questionnaire method (Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale) was used in the study. It has found that career of young basketball players, aged 17-18 if compared to the ones, aged 15-16 (p <0.05) is chiefly based on the vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, positive emotional arousal and good breeding.

The aim of the article is to indicate the key issues in water park management, taking into account internal and external conditions of their attractiveness as tourist destination products using the example of Śląskie (Silesian) Voivodeship. In order to achieve this, market analysis of water parks in Poland was undertaken, as well as analyses and syntheses from a questionnaire (especially with regard to theoretical aspects), reports and other studies on themed parks in the strict sense of water parks both worldwide and in Poland, with particular emphasis on Śląskie Voivodeship. The research described in the article indicates a wide spectrum of factors for water park attractiveness as tourist products of settlements and regions. The authors, after market analysis and customer opinions expressed on internet portals devoted to water parks (including ParkiWodne.pl and posted on Google.com), divide these factors into internal (depending on the administration of the facility) and external (on which the administration of the facility has no influence) which are essential for the attractiveness of water parks. Research and inference focus on identifying the attractiveness factors for water parks not only as places for active leisure for both residents and visitors, but as places that are particularly capital-intensive during construction and maintenance. The analyzed conditions for the functioning and development of water parks can be used by their managers and as a regional tourist product to prepare and carry out marketing research taking into account the specificity of their operation.