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Articles 1 - 15 of 15
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Strategic Management, Danny O'Brien, Ben Corbett
Strategic Management, Danny O'Brien, Ben Corbett
Danny O'Brien
Strategy is about decision malting, long-term impacts, integration and focus, the implementation of decisions, creating value for customers and key stakeholders, and outperforming competitors. The objective of strategic management is to develop a competitive advantage over rivals. Ideally, over an extended period of time, a sport organization can create sustainable competitive advantage. Competitive advantage comes from an organization's ability to perform activities more effectively than rivals can. The strategic process may begin with an external and internal environmental analysis, from which an identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) can be made. A visual representation of this process is …
An Interdisciplinary Approach In Identifying The Legitimate Regulator Of Anti-Doping In Sport: The Case Of The Australian Football League, Lisa Gowthorp, Annette Greenhow, Danny O'Brien
An Interdisciplinary Approach In Identifying The Legitimate Regulator Of Anti-Doping In Sport: The Case Of The Australian Football League, Lisa Gowthorp, Annette Greenhow, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
The regulation of anti-doping practices in Australian sport is overseen by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), which is a statutory authority funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government (ACG). The 2013 ASADA investigation into the Essendon Football Club (EFC) uncovered the alleged use of performance and image enhancing drugs by a number of players and support personnel. However, despite the call for sanctions to be placed on those taking banned substances, ASADA itself became the central focus of enquiry with the EFC questioning the legitimacy of ASADA's authority in their management of the investigation. Using content analysis and Bourdieu's conceptual …
Pioneer Volunteers: The Role Identity Of Continuous Volunteers At Sport Events, Sheranne Fairley, Christine Green, Danny O'Brien, Laurence Chalip
Pioneer Volunteers: The Role Identity Of Continuous Volunteers At Sport Events, Sheranne Fairley, Christine Green, Danny O'Brien, Laurence Chalip
Danny O'Brien
This study examines the role identity of pioneer volunteers. This research expands current conceptualisations of event volunteers to include those individuals who volunteer in a continuous nature in the lead up to a mega-event. Volunteers (n ¼ 125) who had volunteered in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, as well as during the Games, completed a post-event survey that asked them to respond to open-ended questions about their volunteering experience and identity. Additionally, 10 individuals who were pioneer volunteers at the Sydney Olympics were interviewed 12 years later. Six themes described the experience of pioneer volunteers: friendship …
Negotiating Communties [Sic]: Sustainable Cultural Surf Tourism, Andrew Abel, Danny O'Brien
Negotiating Communties [Sic]: Sustainable Cultural Surf Tourism, Andrew Abel, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
Extract: Papua New Guinea lies north of Australia, and its economy relies heavily on agriculture, mining, fishing and logging. Despite its wealth of natural resources, 40% of the nations 6.3 million people live in poverty; health care, education, communication and transport infrastructures are notoriously lacking (Australian Government, 2010). Nonetheless, Andy recognised his homeland as a diverse country of over 600 islands, more than 800 unique dialects and traditional cultures, with abundant marine, forest, and wildlife resources. He saw surfing as a sport with the potential to empower village communities, and his vision was one where surf tourism would provide a …
An Empirical Investigation Of The Role Of Camaraderie, Cause, Competency, And Participation Motives In The Development Of Attachment To A Charity Sport Event, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
An Empirical Investigation Of The Role Of Camaraderie, Cause, Competency, And Participation Motives In The Development Of Attachment To A Charity Sport Event, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
This paper examines the factors that contribute to the meaning participants hold for charity sport events. Specifically, the paper investigates the role of three value-laden constructs; along with participation motives, to understand participant attachment to a charity sport event. An online questionnaire was given to participants in the Lance Armstrong Foundation LIVESTRONG Challenge (n 5 568) following the event. Data analysis revealed two recreational event motives, three motives for charitable giving, and three value-laden constructs contribute to attachment to the charity sport event. In addition, the results revealed the value-laden constructs make a stronger contribution to event attachment than the …
Regulating "Nirvana": Sustainable Surf Tourism In A Climate Of Increasing Regulation, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Regulating "Nirvana": Sustainable Surf Tourism In A Climate Of Increasing Regulation, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands are widely regarded as a surfer’s‘ “Nirvana.’’ This paper uses qualitative interviews and participant observation to explore the politics of surf tourism recreational capacity management in the Mentawais, and the wider implications for Mentawaian host communities’ involvement in the surf tourism economy. While much of the Mentawaian surf tourism industry was vehemently opposed to a recently introduced capacity management model, the market responded favourably. There appear to be immediate advantages for government and local communities in incentivising low-volume, high-yield land-based surf tourism development, and social carrying capacity measures such as vocational training and cultural interchange emerge as …
Social Responsibility And Livestrong, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Social Responsibility And Livestrong, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
EXTRACT The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is an organization that has been highly successful leveraging sport and social responsibihty. The LAF was founded in 1997 by professional cyclist Lance Armstrong, during his treatment for testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen, lungs, and brain. The LAF was started based upon the idea of improving the lives of individuals affected by cancer. In its early years, the organization consisted of a small group of employees and volunteers working to raise money in the fight against cancer {LIVESTRONG: Owe his¬ tory, n.d.). Since those formative years, a number of factors have …
Liberalizing Nirvana: An Analysis Of The Consequences Of Common Pool Resource Deregulation For The Sustainability Of Fiji’S Surf Tourism Industry, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Liberalizing Nirvana: An Analysis Of The Consequences Of Common Pool Resource Deregulation For The Sustainability Of Fiji’S Surf Tourism Industry, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
In July 2010, the Fijian government issued a decree that liberalized Fiji’s surf breaks and deregulated its surf tourism industry. It did this by canceling licenses that granted resorts exclusive use of surf breaks based on indigenous customary ownership of foreshore and fringing reef fishing areas as common pool resources. This paper analyses the sustainability of surf tourism in Fiji, utilizing a developing framework for sustainable surf tourism. Based on broader sustainable tourism theory and empirical research, the framework considers (1) the impact of economic neo-liberalism, (2) the need for coordinated planning and limits to growth, (3) the advantages of …
Sustainable Surf Tourism: A Community Centered Approach In Papua New Guinea, Danny O'Brien, Jess Ponting
Sustainable Surf Tourism: A Community Centered Approach In Papua New Guinea, Danny O'Brien, Jess Ponting
Danny O'Brien
This research analyzes a strategic approach to managing surf tourism in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Surf tourists travel to often remote destinations for the purpose of riding surfboards, and earlier research suggests the mismanagement of surf tourism in some destinations has resulted in significant deleterious impacts on host communities. The research question in this study addresses how surf tourism can be managed to achieve sustainable host community benefits in the context of a developing country. Primary data came from semistructured interviews and participant observation. The findings demonstrate how sport governing bodies can engage host communities in a collaborative framework for …
Strategy And Planning In The Context Of Sport, Milena Parent, Danny O'Brien, Trevor Slack
Strategy And Planning In The Context Of Sport, Milena Parent, Danny O'Brien, Trevor Slack
Danny O'Brien
TOPICS The nature of strategy The strategic management process Strategic sport management in the twenty-first century
Understanding Chinese Diners In An Overseas Context: A Cultural Perspective, Rui Hoare, Danny O'Brien, Ken Butcher
Understanding Chinese Diners In An Overseas Context: A Cultural Perspective, Rui Hoare, Danny O'Brien, Ken Butcher
Danny O'Brien
With increasing numbers of Chinese tourists dining overseas, understanding the cultural perspective of Chinese diners would appear essential to international restaurateurs. Thus, this study identifies a set of core Chinese values that is salient in the overseas dining context. Phenomenological in-depth interviews were used to collect data from a onvenience sample of 20 Chinese diners. Face, trustworthiness, and harmony were identified as the three core values. In addition, group membership was found to interact with face and trustworthiness in this context. These findings provide a deeper understanding of Chinese diners in overseas dining contexts and hold significance for both practitioners …
Surf Tourism, Sport Development And Community Building: Exploring The Nexus In Remote Papua New Guinea., Danny O'Brien
Surf Tourism, Sport Development And Community Building: Exploring The Nexus In Remote Papua New Guinea., Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
This research explores the introduction of a commercial sport tourism venture into a remote community in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and addresses the question, how can sport tourism be used to promote community building in a developing country? The venture specifically focuses on surf tourism, and commenced operation in late 2009 with a mandate to facilitate community development. The surf tourism sector is an integral part of the multibillion dollar global surfing industry (Buckley, 2002), and surf tourists are defined as individuals who travel to destinations for the express purpose of riding surfboards (Dolnicar & Fluker, 2003). Much surf tourism …
Organization Theory And Sport Management, Milena Parent, Danny O'Brien, Trevor Slack
Organization Theory And Sport Management, Milena Parent, Danny O'Brien, Trevor Slack
Danny O'Brien
TOPICS Basic tents of organisation theory Organisational Characteristics Contextual dimensions Organisational processes
Examining Motivation For Charity Sport Event Participation: A Comparison Of Recreation-Based And Charity-Based Motives, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Examining Motivation For Charity Sport Event Participation: A Comparison Of Recreation-Based And Charity-Based Motives, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
This paper examines the role of recreation motives and motives for charitable giving in the development of participants’ attachment to a charity sport event across two different events. Online questionnaires were administered within a pilot study, and then given to participants in the 2007 Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) LIVESTRONG Challenge (N=568) and the 2007 3M Half Marathon and Relay (N=689). Regression analysis revealed both recreation-based and charity-based motives contribute to attachment to the events. The findings also demonstrate that the charity-based motives make a stronger contribution for the 2007 LAF LIVESTRONG Challenge, while recreation-based motives make a stronger contribution for …
The Antecedents And Outcomes Of Attachment And Sponsor Image Within Charity Sport Events, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
The Antecedents And Outcomes Of Attachment And Sponsor Image Within Charity Sport Events, Kevin Filo, Daniel Funk, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
Sport events benefiting a charitable cause have emerged as meaningful experiences for participants. These charity sport events may allow event sponsors to shape perceptions of corporate image among event participants. Using the Psychological Continuum Model (PCM) as the theoretical framework, the factors that contribute to participants' perceptions of event sponsors are examined. The influence of this image of event sponsors on behavioral outcomes among participants is also investigated. A post-event questionnaire was administered to participants in a sport event (A^ = 672) to investigate the relationships among motives, sponsor image, event attachment, purchase intent, and future participation intent. Results reveal …