Enhancing the goods of sport: conceptualizing metatheory of sport management
本文探讨体育管理领域研究和教学中的主导假设，提出基于自主、团结和责任原则的元理论框架，将体育产出分为四个象限，旨在促进学术界的批判性对话。
Research question The purpose of this perspective article is to explore the predominant assumptions that underpin research and teaching in the sport management field, while pointing out a direction toward which we think the field should be heading.Research methods Our approach is guided by the few exemplary texts in our field that intend to conceptualize the phenomenon of sport and what it means to manage sport.Results and findings We find that the continuous development of sport management as a field of study results from four interconnected assumptions: The one-sided representation of sport as a product and business; the depiction of sport stakeholders (e.g. athletes, staff, officials) as objects, not subjects; the notion of the fan as a consumer as the critical target of those managing sport and a technical and managerialist approach to management. Guided by the principles of autonomy, solidarity and responsibility, and based on two meta-dimensions, external and internal good, we present a metatheory texture and four quadrants of sport output to provide a reference for critical dialogue of the position and impact of our scholarly outputs.Implications We conceptualize a meta-theoretical framework to direct further dialogue and development within the research community.