Thomas J. Aicher
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View article: A Failed Relationship or a Great Opportunity: Professional Runners' Experience with Sponsorships
A Failed Relationship or a Great Opportunity: Professional Runners' Experience with Sponsorships Open
The primary purpose of this study was to explore how professional runners form attitudes toward sponsors. The secondary purpose was to understand perceived relationships of professional runners with sponsors. This study was guided by the r…
Faculty Diversity, Accreditation, and Sport Management Open
The lack of racial and gender diversity of faculty within sport management programs has been an area of concern for years. This is an exploratory longitudinal study that compared sport management faculty diversity over the course of five-y…
Team Identification and Perceptions of College Athletes Open
College campuses are unique spaces, with college towns having their own distinctive culture. However, attendance at intercollegiate athletic events has declined in recent years. Long-term strategies for building faculty fanbases are uncomm…
Intention–behaviour relationship within community running clubs: examining the moderating influence of leisure constraints and facilitators within the environment Open
While intention is considered the proximal determinant of behaviour, scholars point to an intention–behaviour gap, calling for research that accounts for the environmental moderators that constrain or facilitate the intention–behaviour rel…
Repeat Registrations of a Running Event: Applying Customer Base Analysis Open
While the running community has experienced tremendous growth over the past several decades, increased competition and plateauing participation rates have made effective race marketing an imperative. This study examined the repeat registra…
Getting to the Heart of It All: An Analysis of Due Process in Interscholastic Athletics Open
Based on authority of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, a person is entitled to procedural due process protections by the state prior to the deprivation of any life, liberty, or property interest to ensure a just outcome. While…
"Discrimination? Low Pay? Long Hours? I am Still Excited:" Female Sport Management Students' Perceptions of Barriers toward a Future Career in Sport Open
Women continue to be underrepresented in the management and leadership ranks of sport. Researchers have worked towards understanding the various challenges and barriers women face in the sport industry. This study sought to expand that res…
Are You Welcomed? A Racial and Ethnic Comparison of Perceived Welcomeness in Sport Participation Open
International Journal of Exercise Science 10(6): 833-844, 2017. Sport has become racialized such that minority youth accrue limited health and academic benefits from participation, compared to their White counterparts. Understanding the we…