The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades
Purpose: This review was purposed to systematically explore how host communities have been affected by the sports mega-events. This systematic review identified the related literature strengths and weaknesses, identified the existing gaps in this regard, and provided the following researchers with n...
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| description | Purpose: This review was purposed to systematically explore how host communities have been affected by the sports mega-events. This systematic review identified the related literature strengths and weaknesses, identified the existing gaps in this regard, and provided the following researchers with new state-of-the-art strategies and implications.Methodology: The Web of Science databases, Scopus, Google Scholar and PubMed have been thoroughly explored. Moreover, a manual search has been carried out in the most relevant references and documents to ensure sufficiency. Indeed, data surveys and extraction were conducted based on a predefined protocol, and finally, 40 selected documents have been analyzed.Findings: The results revealed that the effects of sports mega-events on the host communities could be categorized into positive and negative ones. Most studies have explored subjects inferred from the findings, including socio-economic impacts, tourism, heritage, image, media, hygiene, cultural, and environmental effects. However, other affected has implications by prostitution-related, psychological, spatial, commercial, voluntary, financial and recreational issues have been rarely considered.Originality: This study provides policy-makers and event planners with a complete summary of the studies conducted in the past three decades, which is a valuable and credible source to realize the related decision-making processes. Reviewing the documents revealed points about the effects of holding big events that had previously received less attention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac3c00cb8d7e40afae319aab0aaf341d2023-07-22T20:59:16ZengAlzahra UniversitySports Business Journal2783-543X2783-41742021-01-0111133010.22051/sbj.2021.36862.10075735The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent DecadesAlireza Elahi0Sajad Gholampour1Fariba Askarian2Associate Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.MSc Sports Management, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Sport Management Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tabriz and Tehran, Tabriz and Tehran, Iran.Purpose: This review was purposed to systematically explore how host communities have been affected by the sports mega-events. This systematic review identified the related literature strengths and weaknesses, identified the existing gaps in this regard, and provided the following researchers with new state-of-the-art strategies and implications.Methodology: The Web of Science databases, Scopus, Google Scholar and PubMed have been thoroughly explored. Moreover, a manual search has been carried out in the most relevant references and documents to ensure sufficiency. Indeed, data surveys and extraction were conducted based on a predefined protocol, and finally, 40 selected documents have been analyzed.Findings: The results revealed that the effects of sports mega-events on the host communities could be categorized into positive and negative ones. Most studies have explored subjects inferred from the findings, including socio-economic impacts, tourism, heritage, image, media, hygiene, cultural, and environmental effects. However, other affected has implications by prostitution-related, psychological, spatial, commercial, voluntary, financial and recreational issues have been rarely considered.Originality: This study provides policy-makers and event planners with a complete summary of the studies conducted in the past three decades, which is a valuable and credible source to realize the related decision-making processes. Reviewing the documents revealed points about the effects of holding big events that had previously received less attention.https://sbj.alzahra.ac.ir/article_5735_9ef040103f0493d55c0f395363125829.pdfhosting impactsevent managementsports mega-events |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Elahi Sajad Gholampour Fariba Askarian The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades Sports Business Journal hosting impacts event management sports mega-events |
| title | The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades |
| title_full | The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades |
| title_fullStr | The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades |
| title_short | The Effects of Sports Mega-Events on Host Communities: A Systematic Review of Studies in Three Recent Decades |
| title_sort | effects of sports mega events on host communities a systematic review of studies in three recent decades |
| topic | hosting impacts event management sports mega-events |
| url | https://sbj.alzahra.ac.ir/article_5735_9ef040103f0493d55c0f395363125829.pdf |
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