Contemporary issues in sport management : a critical introduction / edited by Terri Byers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Glocal sport -- impact on corporations and institutions -- The commercialization of sport -- Technology and innovation -- Corruption in sport -- The global economics of sport -- Ethical behaviour and values in sport -- Politics and sport governance -- International sport law -- Media and communications -- Human resource management in sport -- Strategic management -- Animals in sport -- Sport policy -- Mega sport events -- Sport participation -- Leadership -- Gender -- Performance management -- Doping -- Gambling and the sports betting industry -- Funding for sport -- Match fixing in international sport -- Disability sport -- Ownership -- Social media challenges -- Managing social media in sport -- Brand management in sport -- Crisis management -- Sexuality: homohysteria and coming out in sport -- Fan loyalty in sport -- Trust and control in sport organizations -- Sponsorship in sport -- Athlete transgressions: implications for sports managers -- Corporate social responsibility of and through sport -- The employability 'race' in sport management.