Rigour and relevance in sport management: reconciling the competing demands of disciplinary research and user-value
本文探讨体育管理研究如何在保持学科严谨性的同时提升对体育行业的实际价值，提出基于巴斯德象限的研究分类法，并建议推动循证实践以增强研究影响力。
Sport management as a field of study is necessarily context-bound but this has often meant that our research is seen as sector-specific and hence lacking the generality to merit publication in top academic journals. Yet our recognition of the importance of context means that sport management is well placed to provide research with real-world impact. And as national research evaluation programmes put greater emphasis on user-value in academic research, sport management has an opportunity to grow in stature both within academia as well as externally in the sports industry. Drawing on alternative policy models of research, particularly Stokes's concept of Pasteur's Quadrant, I propose a taxonomy of sport management research illustrated by specific examples. I argue that sport management needs to be more active in promoting evidence-based practice in sports organisations. I conclude with concrete proposals to improve the rigour and relevance of sport management research.