Vision

To be a distinctive open-access research outlet that impacts the sport industry through a phenomenological approach to academic knowledge.

Mission

The mission of the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision is to develop, advance, disseminate, promote, and preserve knowledge within the academic discipline of sport management by providing an outlet that is both grounded in academic theory and driven by the needs of practitioners and the environment of the sport industry.

As a journal community, we offer the following working definitions to further delineate the scope of our medium:

• Administration: a working structure that combines the creation of policy with the direction of management functions

• Supervision: a supportive structure of authority and delegation that seeks to empower workers through a culture of learning to confidently make efficient, effective decisions in an accessible, cooperative environment

Our mission will be advanced by four primary drivers.

JSAS will shift research focus in the academic field of sport management toward a more precise study of distinct phenomena, ideas, and events.

Development of the Scholarly Sport Practitioner
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JSAS seeks to be a channel of pragmatic information that encourages practitioners in the sport management field to champion ethics and pioneer innovation by helping create a greater understanding of the applicability of sport management research to their organizations, job duties, and skills.

Development of Social Responsibility in Sport Organizations Stakeholders
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JSAS seeks to publish research that will enable sport organizations and stakeholders to better understand and function in their roles within sport, one of society’s more prominent, preeminent, pervasive, and powerful social institutions.

Open-Access
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JSAS will be a publication of the Middle Tennessee State University Sport Management program in partnership with the University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office (which will house the journal) in order to disseminate research knowledge in a format that is readily and globally accessible to scholars, practitioners, students, media, and the public.

Goals

To fulfill its vision and mission, the Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision will:

• Apply systems-based thinking and learning approaches to the examination of both classic and new lines of research inquiry in sport to produce a body of knowledge that connects climate, culture, and community to innovation through a greater understanding of the administration and supervision of coaches, sport managers, sport properties, sport organizations, and related stakeholders

• Obtain the endorsement of elite sport governing bodies/properties, and to utilize the strengths of those organizations to advance the body of knowledge in the sport academy and industry, and to underscore the relevance of its contents, goals, and objectives to practicing sport professionals

• Utilize its accessibility to foster timeliness of complimentary research and increase the prospect of informed policy decisions by practicing sport professionals

• Further disseminate the knowledge contained in JSAS through aggressive indexing/listing/profiling of JSAS in relevant databases and publications, as well as through active media relations initiatives