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The Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision (JSAS) announces its first call for papers to fill its inaugural issue, tentatively slated for publication during February 2009.
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is July 1, 2008. Manuscripts received after this date will be reviewed and considered for subsequent issues.
JSAS is a unique scholarly outlet with a vision to be a distinctive open-access research outlet that impacts the sport industry through a phenomenological approach to academic knowledge.
Its mission will be advanced by four primary drivers, including:
Phenomenology
Focusing research toward a more precise study of distinct phenomena, ideas, and events
Development of the Scholarly Sport Practitioner
Channeling pragmatic information that encourages sport management practitioners to champion ethics and pioneer innovation
Development of Social Responsibility in Sport Organizations & Stakeholders
Publishing research that will enable sport organizations and stakeholders to better understand and function in their roles within sport
Open-Access
Disseminating research knowledge in a format that is readily and globally accessible to scholars, practitioners, students, media, and the public.
Other unique and distinct features of JSAS include:
Reviews by both academicians and practitioners
Manuscripts will typically be reviewed by two academicians, who will review the scholarly versions of the manuscripts, and one practitioner, who will review management whitepaper versions of the manuscripts.
Author copyright ownership
Authors whose works are published in JSAS will retain the copyrights to their own work.
Aggressive indexing & media relations
JSAS will disseminate the knowledge contained in its articles beyond the journal through aggressive indexing/listing/profiling of JSAS in relevant databases and publications, as well as through active media relations initiatives.
Online Journal System
JSAS offers authors a streamlined online submission and review process that allows for easy manuscript submission and tracking in eight steps.
Digital Object Identifiers
A Digital Object Identifier is a persistent, authoritative, and unique identifier that a publisher assigns to each article. Because of their persistence, DOIs will enable publishers to link to the article referenced, and the link will not break over time, greatly aiding the scholarly research process.
What sort of articles will be considered for publication?
The founders of JSAS elected to keep its scope fairly broad to allow it to cover essentially all areas of sport management science. Rather than focus JSAS topically in an attempt to elicit the perception of higher research quality, its founders prefer to ensure journal quality through high-quality peer reviewing; correlatedly, ensuring high-quality peer reviews is the function of a high-quality editorial board.
JSAS welcomes for review papers that examine topics that primarily center around some aspect of the administration and supervision of amateur, elite, semiprofessional, and professional sports, including (but not limited to) administration/organizational behavior, marketing, law, economics/finance, history, sociology, ethics, coaching, institutional interaction, secondary (high school) interaction, professional sport interaction, intra-departmental interaction, and media. Manuscripts that center upon process improvement will be considered particularly important to its mission. JSAS will also seek to further the concept of phenomenology through the promotion of case studies.
Topical examples include:
1. Impact of marketing practices (sponsorships, branding, advertising, etc.) on sport
2. Images, role models, and sportsmanship
3. Influence of drug cultures on sports
4. Influence of entertainment cultures on sports
5. Impact of positive/negative role models
6. Perceived exploitation of high school/college athletes
7. Influences of television on decision-making in high school/college athletics
8. Parental involvement with youth sports
9. Attitudes/perceptions of sport management professionals
10. Impact of ethical training on athletes/coaches/administrators
11. Supervisory best-practices in the sport industry
12. Stakeholder understanding/relationship management
13. The future face of sport in America and throughout the world
14. Development of philosophy at the organizational and individual levels
15. Impact of globalization and internationalization of sport
What sort of articles will NOT be considered for publication?
JSAS will not consider:
1. Op-ed pieces that are not grounded in academic theory AND functional practice
The institution of sport has many flaws and imperfections that are well documented. Solidly founded critical pieces that are solution-driven without being exclusively problem-focused or politically-motivated are welcome. Media citations and other mainstream works are very much welcomed and desirable for background, but manuscripts must not be built nearly exclusively upon them.
2. Research that is too narrow in scope
Might a study be understood and perhaps appreciated by practicing senior-level athletic administrators? When reported in an appropriate format, might it even be understood by the public? Might it have a practical application to the real-world practices of sport administration and supervision? Might it stimulate thinking by academics and practitioners alike in directions not previously considered?
3. Research that is unnecessarily methodologically & statistically overloaded
While JSAS insists upon sound research methodologies that are firmly rooted in generally acceptable scientific principles, studies distended with statistical analysis will not have inherently perceived favorability during review simply because data have been given extensive statistical treatment.
JSAS maintains that the quality of published research is directly linked to quality reviews by qualified members of a journal’s review board. Our review board is staffed with leading academicians from the fields of sport management, business, education, and philosophy, and practitioners from institutions of sport, business, education, and government.
Submission Guidelines
Specific instructions on manuscript submission processes are found at:
http://www.jsasonline.org/onlinesubmit.htm
Complete Information
For more information about JSAS, we invite you to visit www.jsasonline.org.
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