Grounded in the job demands-resources model, this study examines the moderating role of supervisor support and the mediating role of sports coaches' work engagement in the relationship between proactive personality and perceived work competence. A total of 261 school sports coaches in Taiwan...

The effect of store atmosphere on consumer behavior has been extensively examined. However, literature investigating sport stadium atmosphere (SSA) in spectator sporting events remains limited. This research aims to develop a SSA scale in order to measure the elements that contribute to SSA in...

This special issue on sports and leisure management in Asia includes seven articles which cover: Japan's performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; the perceptions of festival host residents of the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage in Taiwan; the role of volunteer managerial practices in the construction of...

In Taiwan, the historical development of traditional Chinese martial arts, or kuoshu and wushu as they are called today, has been quite diverse. This paper examines the development of Chinese martial arts from 1949 to 2017 in the context of Taiwan based on available historical evidence and in-depth ...

The eight papers in this special section on sport events address issues such as: the post-event utilization of venues built for major events; event leveraging; perceptions of sport event impacts; age differences in Olympic volunteering experiences; Olympic volunteering as serious leisure; and the ...

Rationale/purpose: This study analyzes users' behavior intention to use fitness apps and adopts the technology readiness acceptance model (TRAM) to explore the effects of technology readiness (TR) and task-technology fit (TTF) in the context of using fitness apps. Design/methodology/approach: We...

This study developed and tested a scale for measuring antecedents of public acceptance of elite sport policy and explored the discrepancy between policy decision-maker concerns and public opinion in Taiwan according to stakeholder theory. Results of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory...

We draw on the concept of the shared mental model to explain the cross-level direct and moderating effects of team trust on the relationship between coach transformational leadership and cohesion. Using hierarchical linear modelling, we analysed 597 national level high school and university ...

To date, it remains very challenging for managers to combine different features of sports events into compelling product/service offerings that meet visitors' expectations. Yet, there is a scarcity of research that demonstrates how sport event managers can overcome this challenge, thereby leaving ...

Objectives: In this paper, we explore the relationship between the psychological capital, sport anxiety, and sport performance of collegiate judo athletes. Methods: The research object is the collegiate first-division judo athletes in Taiwan. Convenience sampling was used to conduct an online...