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Department of Sport and Entertainment Management Research Archive

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Published Work Highlights Since 2017

Bold = USC faculty
* = Current or former student

Year Author Title, Publication, DOI Keywords
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2022 Corr, C., Atwater, C., & Southall, R. M. Barriers to advancement: The value of black coaches as recruiters in SEC football, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2022 Li, D., & Watanabe, N. M. Effects of Super Bowl advertising on online brand search: Ten years of insights from 2011 to 2020, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 10.1108/ijsms-07-2021-0151  
2022 Watanabe, N. M., Xue, H., Newman, J. I., & Yan, G. The attention economy and esports: An econometric analysis of twitch viewership, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2020-0383  
2022 Gong, H., Watanabe, N. M., Soebbing, B. P., Brown, M. T., & Nagel, M. Exploring tanking strategies in the NBA: An empirical analysis of resting healthy players, Sport Management Review, 10.1080/14413523.2021.1970972  
2022 Swanson, S., Todd, S., Inoue, Y., & Peachey, J. W. Leading for multidimensional sport employee well-being: The role of servant leadership and teamwork, Sport Management Review, 10.1080/14413523.2021.2014225  
2022 Newman, J. I., Xue, H., Watanabe, N. M., Yan, G., & McLeod, C. M. Gaming gone viral: An analysis of the emerging esports narrative economy, Communication & Sport, 10.1177/2167479520961036  
2022 Bernthal, M. J., Ballouli, K., & Nugent, N. Toward a better understanding of parent versus local team branding in Minor League Baseball, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.311.0322.01  
2022 Marquez, A., Cianfrone, B. A., & Shapiro, S. L. All-inclusive v. partitioned pricing in sports: The effects of pricing format on ticket purchasers’ response, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.311.0322.02  
2021 *Hwang, Y., & Ballouli, K. Developing and validating a venue stimuli-local image fit scale, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.304.1221.04  
2021 *Gong, H., Watanabe, N. M., Soebbing, B. P., Brown, M. T., & Nagel, M. S. Do consumer perceptions of tanking impact attendance at National Basketball Association games? A sentiment analysis approach, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2020-0274  
2021 McKelvey, S., Grady, J., & Moorman, A. M. Ambush marketing and Rule 40 for Tokyo 2020: A shifting landscape for Olympic athletes and their sponsors, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 10.18060/24921  
2021 Morehead, C. A., Shapiro, S. L., Reams, L., McEvoy, C. D., & Madden, T. M. A qualitative exploration of ticket-pricing decisions in intercollegiate athletics, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2021 Newman, J. I., Xue, H., Chen, R., Chen, Y., & Watanabe, N. M. Football and cultural citizenship in China: A study in three embodiments, Sport in Society, 10.1080/17430437.2021.1965125  
2021 Newman, J. I.,Yan, G., Xue, H., & Watanabe, N. To live, play, and die in Tianjin: A research assemblage about China’s footballing biopolitics, Sociology of Sport Journal, 10.1123/ssj.2020-0081  
2021 Shapiro, S. L., Schulte, A., Popp, N., & Bates, B. An examination of secondary ticket market pricing trends and determinants at the NCAA football bowl subdivision level, Journal of issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2021 Watanabe, N. M., Shapiro, S., & Drayer, J. Big data and analytics in sport management, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2021-0067  
2021 *Won, M., & Shapiro, S. L. An examination of partitioned pricing and the influence of culture and familiarity on sport consumer behavior, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.303.0921.01  
2021 *Won, M., & Shapiro, S. L. Analysis of price bundling and framing: The impact of availability and discount messaging, Sport, Business, and Management: An International Journal, 10.1108/SBM-09-2020-0093  
2021 Yan, G., Pegoraro, A., & Watanabe, N. M. Examining IRA bots in the NFL anthem protest: Political agendas and practices of digital gatekeeping, Communication & Sport, 10.1177/2167479519849114  
2020 Gao, F., Heere, B., Todd, S. Y., & Mihalik, B. The initial intentions for social leveraging of a mega sport event among stakeholders of a newly formed interorganizational relationship, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2018-0026  
2020 McCullough, B. P., Orr, M., & Watanabe, N. M. The imperative next step to sustainability assessment in sport, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2019-0254  
2020 Shapiro, S. L., Drayer, J., & Dwyer, B. An examination of consumer reactance to daily fantasy sport and sport gambling regulatory restrictions, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2020.02.006  
2020 Popp, N., Simmons, J., Shapiro, S. L., Greenwell, T. C., & McEvoy, C. D. An analysis of attributes impacting consumer online sport ticket purchases in a dual-market environment, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.293.092020.02  
2020 Corr, C., Southall, R. M., & Nagel, M. S. Southeastern Conference recruiting and the maintenance of Power-5 college sport, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2019 Drayer, J., Dwyer, B., & Shapiro, S. L. Fantasy millionaires: Identifying at-risk consumers based on motivation, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2018-0164  
2019 Dwyer, B., Drayer, J., & Shapiro, S. L. To play or not to play? An analysis of dispositions, gambling, and daily fantasy sport, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2018-0115  
2019 Miller, J. J., Gillentine, A., Olinger, A., & Vogt, S. A content analysis of the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport: 1992-2016, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 10.18060/22898  
2019 O’Hallarn, B., Shapiro, S. L., Wittkower, D. E., Ridinger, L., & Hambrick, M. E. A model for the generation of public sphere-like activity in sport-themed Twitter hashtags, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2018.06.001  
2019 Rascher, D. A., Tselikov, A., Nagel, M. S., & Schwarz, A. D. Because it’s worth It: Why schools violate NCAA rules and the impact of getting caught in Division I basketball, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 10.2139/ssrn.3421662  
2019 *Reifurth, K. R. N., Bernthal, M. J., Ballouli, K., & *Collins, D. Nonlocal fandom: Effects of geographic distance, geographic identity, and local competition on team identification, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.284.122019.02  
2019 Shapiro, S. L., Reams, L., & So, K. K. F. Is it worth the price? The role of perceived financial risk, identification, and perceived value in purchasing pay-per-view broadcasts of combat sports, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2018.03.002  
2019 Wanless, L., Watanabe, N. M., Lawrence-Benedict, H. J., & Fodor, A. Contextualizing the financial disparity discussion: Modeling power five and group of five athletic revenues, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2019 Watanabe, N. M., Yan, G., Soebbing, B. P., & Fu, W. Air pollution and attendance in the Chinese super league: Environmental economics and the demand for sport, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2018-0214  
2019 Watanabe, N. M., Pegoraro, A., Yan, G., & Shapiro, S. L. Does rivalry matter? An analysis of sport consumer interest on social media, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 10.1108/IJSMS-07-2018-0070  
2019 Yan, G., Watanabe, N. M., Shapiro, S. L., Naraine, M. L., & Hull, K. Unfolding the Twitter scene of the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final: Social media networks and power dynamics, European Sport Management Quarterly, 10.1080/16184742.2018.1517272  
2017 Ballouli, K. Sound affects: How music transforms the way spectators and participants consume sport, Sport and Entertainment Review, Read article  
2017 Ballouli, K., Koesters, T. C., & Hall, T. Leverage and activation of sponsorship through music festivals, Event Management, 10.3727/152599518X15173355843299  
2017 Ballouli, K., Reese, J. D., & Brown, B. Effects of mood states and team identification on pricing in the secondary ticket market, Sport, Business, and Management: An International Journal, 10.1108/SBM-01-2016-0002  
2017 Brunette, C., Vo, N., & Watanabe, N. M. Donation intention in current students: An analysis of university engagement and sense of place in future athletic, academic, and split donors, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Read article  
2017 Cohen, A., & Ballouli, K. Exploring the cultural intersection of music, sport, and physical activity among at-risk urban youth, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 10.1177/1012690216654295  
2017 *Collins, D., & Heere, B. Sunday afternoon social capital: An ethnographic study of the Southern City Jets, European Sport Management Quarterly, 10.1080/16184742.2017.1410203  
2017 Grady, J. Analyzing Rule 40’s restrictions on using athletes in Olympic sponsorship at Rio 2016, Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 10.16997/eslj.205  
2017 Grady, J., & McKelvey, S. #Congratulations but #SeeYouInCourt: Olympic hashtag restrictions raise concerns over Trademark rights and free speech, Harvard Journal of Sport and Entertainment Law, Read article  
2017 Heere, B. Embracing the sportification of society: Defining e-sports through a polymorphic view on sport, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2017.07.002  
2017 Hills, S., Heere, B., & Walker, M. The British Olympic Football team: A quasi-experimental assessment of support for a new sport team among Scottish and English football fans, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 10.1108/IJSMS-05-2016-0017  
2017 Hunt, E., Wang, K., & Yan, G. Acculturative stress as a moderator for international student drinking behaviors and alcohol use consequences, Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 10.1080/15332640.2016.1185656  
2017 *Hwang, Y., & Ballouli, K. Contemporary issues and opportunities for university branding through fight songs, Journal of School Public Relations, Read article  
2017 *Hwang, Y., Ballouli, K., So, K. K. F., & Heere, B. Effects of brand congruity and game difficulty on gamers’ response to advertising in sport video games, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2017-0022  
2017 *Jara-Pazmino, E. S., Heere, B., Regan, T. H., Blake, C.E., & Southall, R. M. Coaches’ perception of organizational socialization process of international student-athletes and the effect of cultural distance: An exploratory study, International Journal of Exercise Science, Read article  
2017 Katz, M., Bass, J., Heere, B., & Dixon, M. A. Front porch, small house: A longitudinal study of team and university identification among incoming students at a Division III university, Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 10.1123/jis.2016-0043  
2017 Katz, M., Ward, R. M., & Heere, B. Examining attendance through social network analysis: The effect of centrality and team identification for games attendance for a Division I college hockey team, Sport Management Review  
2017 Koesters, T. C., Brown, M. T., & Nagel, M. S. Defending your sponsorship: The outlawing of 'paid patriotism, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Read article  
2017 Lee, S., Kim, Y. K., & Heere, B. Does emotional advertising have a stronger effect on sport consumer behavior than rational advertising? Using an experiment to compare emotional, rational and combination advertising, Sport Marketing Quarterly  
2017 Lee, S., Kim, Y. K., & Heere, B. Sport team emotion: Conceptualization, scale development and validation, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2017.08.007  
2017 Lock, D., & Heere, B. Identity crisis: A theoretical analysis of ‘team identification’ research, European Sport Management Quarterly, 10.1080/16184742.2017.1306872  
2017 McKelvey, S., & Grady, J. #JoinTheConversation: The evolving legal landscape of using hashtags in sport, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 10.1123/JLAS.2016-0013  
2017 Mercado, H., & Grady, J. Teaching environmental sustainability across the sport management curriculum, Sport Management Education Journal, 10.1123/SMEJ.2016-0018  
2017 Morehead, C. A., Shapiro, S. L., Madden, T. M., Reams, L., & McEvoy, C. D. Athletic ticket pricing in the collegiate environment: An agenda for research, Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 10.1123/jis.2016-0034  
2017 Podoshen, J., Yan, G., Venkatesh, V., Wallin, J., & Andrzejewski, S. Dark tourism, abjection and blood: A phenomenological approach in a festival context, Tourism Management, 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.07.009  
2017 Popp, N., McEvoy, C., & Watanabe, N. M. Do college athletics marketers convert social media growth into ticket sales?, International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, 10.1108/IJSMS-05-2017-090  
2017 Reams, L, & Shapiro, S. L. Who’s the main attraction? Examining star power as a determinant of UFC pay-per-view demand, European Sport Management Quarterly, 10.1080/16184742.2016.1257039  
2017 Rundio, A., & Heere, B. The battle for the bid: Chicago 2016, No Games Chicago, and the lessons to be learned, Sport Management Review, 10.1016/j.smr.2016.06.001  
2017 Sato, S., Gipson, C., Todd, S. Y., & Harada, M. The relationship between sport tourists’ perceived value and destination loyalty: An experience-use history segmentation approach, Journal of Sport & Tourism, 10.1080/14775085.2017.1348967  
2017 Shapiro, S. L., DeSchriver, T. D., & Rascher, D. A. The Beckham effect: Examining the longitudinal impact of a star performer on league marketing, novelty, and scarcity, European Sport Management Quarterly, 10.1080/16184742.2017.1329331  
2017 Walker, M., Hills, S., & Heere, B. Evaluating the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on program participants: Addressing the Achilles heel of CSR through sport-for-development theory, Journal of Business Ethics  
2017 Watanabe, N. M., & Soebbing, B. P. Chinese Super League: Attendance, pricing, and team performance, Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 10.1108/SBM-10-2016-0055  
2017 Watanabe, N. M., Wicker, P., & Yan, G. Weather conditions, travel distance, rest, and running performance: The 2014 FIFA World Cup and Implications for the future, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2016-0077  
2017 Watanabe, N. M., Yan, G., Soebbing, B. P., & Pegoraro, A. Is there economic discrimination on sport social media? An analysis of Major League Baseball, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2016-0244  
2017 Watanabe, N. M., Wicker, P., & Yan, G. Running performance, fatigue, and weather conditions: The 2014 FIFA World Cup and implications for the future, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2016-0077  
2017 Warner, S., Sparvero, E., Shapiro, S. L., & Anderson, A. Yielding healthy community with sport?, Journal of Sport for Development, Read article  
2017 *Wear, H., *Collins, D., & Heere, B. What’s in a name? A case study of NBA basketball in Charlotte, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10.32731/SMQ.272.062018.05  
2017 *Wear, H., Hills, S., Heere, B., & Walker, M. Communal team brand associations as drivers of team identity and consumer behavior, Global Sport Management Journal, 10.1080/24704067.2018.1432990  
2017 Yan, G., Kloeppel, M., & Li, R. Producing Extreme Metal festivals: Through Lacan's gaze, Tourism Management, 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.014  
2017 Yan, G., Pegoraro, A., & Watanabe, N. M. Student-athletes’ organization of activism at the University of Missouri: Resource mobilization on Twitter, Journal of Sport Management, 10.1123/jsm.2017-0031  
2017 Yan, G., Steller, D., Watanabe, N., & Popp, N. What determines user-generated content of college football? Analytical modeling from the lens of structuration theory, International Journal of Sport Communication, 10.1123/ijsc.2017-0113  
2017 Baker, T. A., Edelman, M., & Watanabe, N. M. Debunking the NCAA’s myth that amateurism conforms with antitrust law: A legal and statistical analysis, Tennessee Law Review, Read article  

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