Grup d'Investigació Social i Educativa de l'Activitat Física i l'Esport

L’article “Managing the COVID-19 Crisis Through Social Media: An Analysis From Sports Organizations Perspective“, signat per el Francesc Solanellas, l’Edgar Romero-Jara i el Joshua Muñoz ha estat publicat a la revista SAGE Open.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted directly on sports competitions, redirecting strategies to adapt to changes and giving prominence to a new ally: social media. The objective of this research is to analyze how top-level sports organizations managed their social media in pre-pandemic (from April 1 to 14, 2019) and pandemic (from April 1 to 14, 2020) periods. This study is based on the design and implementation of an observation instrument, applied to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts. A total of 5,512 posts from LaLiga (LL), ACB League (ACB), UEFA Champions League (UCL), Euroleague (EL), and NBA League (NBA) have been analyzed. The results show a slight decrease in the total frequency of posts between both periods, but with a more homogeneous distribution over the days. Sports organizations adopted different approaches while posting on social media during these two periods. At the beginning of the pandemic, they prioritized ‘‘Social initiatives’’ and ‘‘Engagement’’ categories while their format preferences have generally migrated from text and image to audio-visual resources during the pandemic.”

Solanellas, F., Romero-Jara, E., & Muñoz, J. (2023). Managing the COVID-19 Crisis Through Social Media: An Analysis From Sports Organizations Perspective. SAGE Open, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231198806

L’article “Measurement of organizational performance in national sport governing bodies domains: a scoping review“, signat per en Joshua Muñoz i en Francesc Solanelles ha estat publicat a la revista Management Review Quarterly.

“This article examines the literature in Organizational Performance (OP) measurement in National Sport Governing Bodies (NSGBs). A scoping review was conducted involving a comprehensive search of all published literature between 1980 and 2022. The results showed a paucity of empirical studies published in scientific journals (N = 27), with an increase in publications in recent years. Quantitative approaches were highlighted as the most applied; and was reported that 60% of the studies were carried out in four countries, with small samples. Furthermore, the thematic analysis revealed that most of the research designs applied a multi model approach, while the factorial analysis carried out help identifying how models and OP macro-dimensions had have relate to each other among the studies reviewed. In this way, the study provides the first attempt to extensively review the literature on OP in NSGBs as well as provides insights of future research directions in the field.”

Muñoz, J., Solanellas, F. Measurement of organizational performance in national sport governing bodies domains: a scoping review. Manag Rev Q (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-023-00325-9