Importance Of Theory In Quantitative Enquiry

Zhang, James J.; Kim, Minhong; Pifer, N. David

doi:10.4324/9781315753461-2

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“…After the initial questionnaire was formulated, the questionnaire was sent to a panel of experts (i.e., seven panels included sport management and statistics professors and professional sports team managers) for the test of content validity in terms of item relevance, representativeness, and clarity. With minor edits, all of the items were retained based on the standard of 80% agreement among the panel members [68].…”

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Exploring Relationships among Organizational Culture, Empowerment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the South Korean Professional Sport Industry

Yunduk

Kim

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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The purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships among organizational culture, empowerment, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of professional sports organizations in South Korea. In particular, this study emphasized the mediating effect of empowerment on the relationship between organizational culture and OCB. Research participants were 606 employees affiliated with 42 professional sports teams. The validity and reliability of the involved measures were examined through conducting confirmatory factor, Cronbach’s alpha, and correlation analyses. A structural equation modeling analysis with maximum likelihood estimation was conducted to test the relationships among the research variables. The findings revealed that all of the sub-factors of organizational culture (i.e., clan culture, adhocracy culture, and market culture), with the exception of hierarchy culture, were positively influential of perceived empowerment, which was in turn positively influential of OCB. The path coefficients were statistically significant. The findings further revealed that perceived empowerment partially or fully mediated relationships between the sub-factors of organizational culture and OCB. Unlike previous studies, our study focused on studying organizational culture at a specific managerial level, an underdeveloped area of research in sport management. In particular, the findings of this study contribute to sport management practices by uncovering the mediating function of empowerment on the relationship between organizational culture and OCB, indicating the importance of empowering employees when managing professional sports organizations.

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Exploring Relationships among Organizational Culture, Empowerment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the South Korean Professional Sport Industry

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Kim

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“…The skewness and kurtosis coefficients were all between ± 3.00, indicating that the data distribution did not substantially deviate from normality for any given variable. According to Zhang et al (2015), a measure's validity is population specific. Although a large number of measurement items in the current study were adapted from previous studies, it appeared necessary that their measurement properties be examined via both exploratory and confirmatory analyses, particularly for their factor validity.…”

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Attracting international spectators to a sport event held in Asia

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Gilbert

Aman

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Malaysia has experienced a significant increase in tourist arrivals over the past decade; it is now one of the top tourist destinations in the Asia Pacific region. Malaysia puts efforts into internationalizing its various sporting events, which are an integral focus of contemporary tourism as part of national economic development. Sport events such as the Formula One Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix contributed to the continued growth of its tourist arrivals. However, among domestic industries in Malaysia, the sport industry including sport tourism has a relatively short history and is only considered an emerging industry. A question remains on what approaches to be taken to increase international spectatorship demand and satisfy their needs and wants by attending sporting events. Tourism offering as a coproduct of a sport event represents a growing trend of products and services that tourists acquire before, during, and/or after a specific period of sport competition time of their stay in the destination country. When some countries with sport-related resources are recognized as sport destinations by people from other countries, activities to attract more in-bound tourists using their sport-tourism assets can be spurred. To expand in-bound tourists to Malaysia, the country's diversified sightseeing resources are identified from the viewpoint of sport to promote sport tourism. An event that is attractive as a sightseeing resource would be high in the push factors for visitors seeking sightseeing and should incorporate the pull factors of sub-objectives, such as sightseeing spots and cultural activities, to make the event competitive in the international tourism market.

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“…There are two reasons why a specific switching costs model for fitness centers is needed. First, there has been concern about borrowing a construct from other research contexts [25,56]. Although the practice of borrowing concepts and theories has its own merits (e.g., interdisciplinary richness), the primary limitation is that it often ignores contextual differences that exist in different service sectors [25].…”

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“…Although the practice of borrowing concepts and theories has its own merits (e.g., interdisciplinary richness), the primary limitation is that it often ignores contextual differences that exist in different service sectors [25]. Zhang et al [56] emphasize the importance of applying and developing concepts from other disciplines to a specific sport management context. Second, researchers have stressed the need for developing a context-specific switching costs model.…”

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“…Our conceptual analysis contributes to the sport management and switching costs literature. First, sport management scholars have begun to call for theory development, e.g., [56,58,59], interdisciplinary research [60], and better statistical and methodological applications [61]. However, there has been little discussion on the issue of conceptual confusion, possible consequences of it, and how to address it.…”

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A Conceptual Analysis of Switching Costs: Implications for Fitness Centers

2020

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In facing fierce competition, fitness centers have encountered challenges of generating long-term economic sustainability. The construct of switching costs, which has garnered considerable attention as a sustainable strategy, suffers from conceptual confusion in the literature, limiting the applicability of the concept to fitness centers. The purpose of the study is to conduct a conceptual analysis of switching costs, thereby clarifying conceptual confusion and providing implications for fitness centers. To achieve the purpose, a conceptual analysis method was adopted, in which 376 switching costs articles were analyzed. The results show that (1) several terms have been used individually and interchangeably, (2) there is no consensus on the definition, (3) both unidimensional and multidimensional conceptualizations have been used, (4) model specification has rarely been done, and (5) a paucity of studies have been conducted in the context of the sport industry. Overall, we highlight the conceptual weaknesses of previous switching costs research and offer several recommendations and approaches to scholars who are interested in this line of research. Furthermore, the conceptual analysis brings attention to the importance of conceptualization (e.g., choosing a term, defining a construct) and how conceptual confusion might impinge on future research in the marketing literature.

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Importance Of Theory In Quantitative Enquiry

Cited by 11 publications

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Exploring Relationships among Organizational Culture, Empowerment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the South Korean Professional Sport Industry

Exploring Relationships among Organizational Culture, Empowerment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the South Korean Professional Sport Industry

Attracting international spectators to a sport event held in Asia

A Conceptual Analysis of Switching Costs: Implications for Fitness Centers

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