Originally published as Management Decision, volume 47, issue 1

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Guest editors: Andy Adcroft and Jon Teckman

ISSN/ISBN: 0025-1747

We started with the prior assumption that sport should be taken seriously and asked for contributions that would either support us or damn us. It may be accident rather than design and the result of methodological impurities in sample selection but we think we have garnered some pretty compelling evidence that sport should be taken seriously, that in a whole series of different ways, sport does matter. Together the articles in this special issue produce evidence of not only why sport should be taken seriously but also how sport is taken seriously by those who spend all or part of their professional lives investigating it. Sport should be taken seriously and this special issue provides 11 reasons why.

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Contents list

Guest Editorial: Taking Sport Seriously
Andy Adcroft & Jon Teckman

Select Televised Sportscasters for Olympic Games by Analytic Network Process
Sen-Kuei Liao & Kuei-Lun Chang

Management Implications of Foreign Players in the English Premiership League football
Nnamdi Madichie

Corporate Citizenship in Football: Delivering Strategic Benefits Through Stakeholder Engagement
Geoff Walters & Simon Chadwick

Benchmarking of Elite Sports Systems
Nikolai Bohlke & Leigh Robinson

Symbolic Purchase in Sport: The Rules of Self Image Congruence and Perceived Quality
Dae Hee Kwak & Joon-Ho Kang

Market Reaction to Sporting Results
Ramzi Benkraiem, Wael Louhichi & Pierre Marques

The Impact of Salary Dispersion and Performance Bonuses in NFL Organizations
Mike Mondello & Joel Maxcy

Sportainment: Changing the Face of Limited Overs Cricket in South Africa
Michael Goldman & Kate Johns

Management Practices in Companies Through Sports
Lilian Pichot, Julien Pierre & Fabrice Burlot

Understanding Customer Loyalty Through System Dynamics: The Case of a Public Sports Service in Spain
Jose Martinez & Laura Martinez

A Social Identity Perspective on the Job Attitudes of Employees in Sport
Samuel Todd & Aubrey Kent

Afterword: Future Directions in Sport Management Research
Simon Chadwick

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