Uncertainty in the business environment is a major threat for each and every organization. One such uncertainty is resource utilization. Proper resource utilization can be extremely beneficial to companies in any industry. One method of developing utilization strategies is the use of simulation modeling. Simulation models enable the user to visualize how altering different parts can change an e...

Even though social media technologies have been increasingly adopted in the workplace, few studies have looked at the consequences and contradictory outcomes of this adoption. This exploratory case study seeks to understand how organizations are using social media and what the consequences of this adoption are, from the perspective of managers and users. Ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews...

discrimination can have negative effects on sport teams' performance. identification of processes, contexts and contributing factors of discrimination can be a useful method to improve sport teams' performance. the aim of this study was to design a model of discrimination in sport teams which was conducted through qualitative research method with an exploratory-fundamental nature. dat...

this study aimed to empirically develop a reliable and valid model specifically for measuring service quality of sport conferences as sport event tourism. to assess the model which has been established based on the survey, data gathered from 136 of attendees in sport conference. finding of this study showed that participants form their service quality perceptions based on their evaluations of 4...

Sport tournament planning becomes a complex task in the presence of heterogeneous requirements from teams, media, fans and other parties. Existing approaches to sport tournament planning often rely on precomputed tournament schemes which may be too rigid to cater for these requirements. Existing work on sport tournaments suggests a separation of the planning process into three phases. In this w...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with adult squash players' protective eyewear behaviours. METHODS A survey of 303 players (aged >or =18 years) was conducted at three squash venues in Melbourne, Australia over a three week period in June 2000 to obtain information about protective eyewear use. RESULTS Of 303 participants the response rate was 98.1%; 66.1% were males, with a mean ag...