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Sport management analysis of scientific production in academic journals

Abstract:

At present, physical activity and sport have acquired extraordinary social and economic importance, being considered an important driver of development by involving, directly and indirectly, a large number of activities belonging to different economic sectors. Precisely because of its transversal nature, it is necessary to use appropriate management methods, which are understood as the set of activities and means necessary to achieve an optimal level of operation and quality in the sporting activity, using the resources available in a rational way to obtain the maximum results. Thus, the objective of this chapter has been to perform an analysis of the scientific production related to sport management through the development of a bibliometric study and a longitudinal statistical analysis of the articles published in journals indexed in the multidisciplinary database Scopus (Elsevier) until 2015. The analysis of the 393 documents obtained shows that although the first articles appeared in the early 1980s, it was not until 2008 when interest in this discipline experienced rapid growth, especially in countries such as the United States, Spain, and Australia. The studies are within the areas of Business and International Management, Strategy and Management, and Marketing and are published in specialized journals of the sport management sector: International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, Journal of Sport Management, and Sport Management Review.