I have a research idea, now what? : a practical guide to research method selection in sport management

Andolšek, Jure (avtor)

Research in sport management often defaults to cross‐sectional surveys analyzed with regression or structural equation modeling, even when questions and data environments call for temporal, experimental, ethnographic, or integrated designs. This paper addresses that misalignment by advancing method–question fit as the organizing principle for design in sport. We (a) synthesize how quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are actually used in sport and where each is strongest; (b) present a five‐step, sport‐specific decision framework (align question–theory, audit data/access, balance epistemology and feasibility, plan ethics by design, and integrate methods for innovation); and (c) consolidate guardrails for quality (psychometrics, model fit and invariance, qualitative trustworthiness, and mixed‐methods integration). Theoretically, we articulate a sport‐specific evidentiary logic, an integration blueprint joining variance and process explanations, and a reliability/transportability charter suited to proprietary data contexts. We conclude with practical implications for organizations and training, and a future research agenda emphasizing longitudinal, experimental, ethnographic, and mixed‐methods programs.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: sports management, decision making, research methods, decision framework
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 81-93
• Številčenje: Vol. 14, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179884
• UDK: 005.3:796
• ISSN pri članku: 2232-5867
• DOI: 10.17708/DRMJ.2025.v14n02a06
• COBISS.SI-ID: 257112323

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• Datum objave v RUL: 26.02.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Dynamic relationships management journal
• Založnik: Slovenian academy of management
• ISSN: 2232-5867
• COBISS.SI-ID: 262077952

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: športni management, odločanje, raziskovalne metode