8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORTS: ECONOMIC, MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING ASPECTS

 

29-30 May 2008, Athens, Greece

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Venue: Kaningos 21 Hotel, 12 Chalkokondili Street. Close to OMONOIA metro station.

 

 

Organized by

The Panhellenic Association of Sports Economists & Managers (PASEM)

The Sports Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research

      

 

Organized by: ATINEP A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)

Administration: Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka

 

  

Organizing AND SCIENTIFIC Committee

 

  1. Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER & President PASEM.
  2. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
  3. Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis, Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER & International Studies Program Director, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA.
  4. Dr. Panagiota (Nota) Klentrou, Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada.
  5. Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Member of the Executive Committee of PASEM.
  6. Marios Vasilopoulos, President of the Academy of Tourism Research & Studies, Athens, Greece.
  7. Mr. George Boletis, Deputy Manager, Attiko Metro S.A., Greece & Member of the Executive Committee of PASEM.
  8. Dr. Vasilios Filios Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece Head, Accounting & Finance Research Unit, ATINER & Member of the Executive Committee of PASEM.
  9. Dr. Marina Stefania Giannakaki, Deputy Head of the Education Research Unit and Elected Member of the Executive Committee, ATINER, Greece. 
  10. Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece.
  11.  Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor, Troy University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER.
  12. Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & Secretary of ATINER.
  13. MSc. Nektaria Kontaxaki, Academic Member, ATINER & Executive Officer, General Secretariat of Sport, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece.
  14. Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Researcher, ATINER.

 

 

 

Conference Program

 

 

 Thursday, May 29th, 2008

(The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

 

08:00-08:15 Registration

 

08:15 – 8:30- Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, PASEM & ATINER.

 

08:30-10:00 SESSION I

 Chair:  Papanikos, G.T., President PASEM & ATINER

  

  1.  Anagnostopoulos, C., Lecturer, University College Birmingham, U.K. Website marketing opportunities in professional football: the case of the Greek Super League.
  2. Hamil, S., Lecturer, University of London, U.K. & Walters, G., Lecturer, University of London, U.K. The Corporate Governance of South African Football: A Case-Study of the Emergence of a Modern Football Industry in a Developing Economy.
  3. Orejan, J., Assistant Professor, Winston Salem State University, USA. A Descriptive History of Football and Tactics Used in Football Association (soccer) from 1863 to the Present.
  4. VanBlarcom, B., Professor, Acadia University, Canada. Assessing Incremental Economic Impacts of an Indoor Soccer Facility on a Local Economy.

 

10:00-11:30 SESSION II

Chair:  Roufagalas, J., Professor, Troy University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER.

 

1.    Kefalaki, M., Researcher, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece. Mega Sports Events and Public Relations.

  1. Sohodol Bir, C., Lecturer, Bahcesehir University, Turkey, Atif Bir, A., Professor, Bahcesehir University, Turkey & Akgoz Eker, B., Researcher, Bahcesehir University, Turkey. Sport Sponsorship as Distinctive Competence of Marketing Communication Strategies: The Case of Turkcell.
  2. Tzanoudaki, S., PhD Student, Edinburgh College of Art, UK. The Olympic City and its Post-Utopian Function. (Thursday, May 29th, 2008)

 

11:30-13:00 SESSION III

Chair: Kefalaki, M., Researcher, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece.

 

  1. Lee, Y.R., Student, Cheju National University, South Korea. A Study on the Participation Motive and Degree of Satisfaction of Sports Event Participants.
  2. Lim, H.J., Student, Cheju National University, South Korea & Hong, S.H., Assistant Professor, Cheju National University, South Korea. A Study on Satisfaction among Event Participants with a Cross-Cultural View: Focusing on Individualism-Collectivism and Power Distance.   

 

 

13:00-14:30 LUNCH

   

 

 

 Friday, May 30th, 2008

(The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

 

08:30-10:00 SESSION IV

Chair: Pappas, N., Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.

 

  1. Panagouleas, T., Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, U.K. & Kokolakakis, T., Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, U.K. An Investigation into Sport Participation by the Use of Econometric Modelling and Descriptive Methods.
  2. Potwarka, L., Ph.D. Student, University of Waterloo, Canada & McCarville, R., Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada. An Examination of the Olympics’ Impacts on the Physical Activity Levels of Host Nations: Evidence, Future Research, and Implications for Health Professionals.
  3. Kamal, A.A., Lecturer, University of Malaysia, Malaysia. The Effect of Shoulder Flexibility Towards The Performance Among Golfers.
  4. Hall. C., Assistant Professor, Grambling State University, USA & Tucker, D., Chair, Norfolk State University, USA. Developing Leadership in Sport Management.

 

 

10:00-11:30 SESSION V

Chair:   Anagnostopoulos, C., Lecturer, University College Birmingham, U.K.

 

  1. Kontaxaki, N., Academic Member, ATINER & Executive Officer, General Secretariat of Sport, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece.. Service Quality in Sport Sector.
  2. Ghiami Rad, A., Academic Staff Member, Azad University, Iran & Moharramzadeh, M., Academic Staff Member, Urmiya University, Iran. The Comparative Study of Sport Marketing Opportunity Building Methods of Iran & Turkey.
  3. Masterman, G., Fellow/Head of Sport Sciences, Northumbria University, U.K. Sports sponsorship: The importance of Fit and Function.
  4. Mohan, L., North Carolina State University, USA & Gustke, L., Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, USA. The Influence of Destination Image on Attendance at Hockey Road Games.

 

 

 

11:30-13:00 SESSION VI

Chair:  Kontaxaki, N., Academic Member, ATINER & Executive Officer, General Secretariat of Sport, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece.

 

  1. Akan, L.S., Researcher, Ankara University, Turkey. The Effect of an 8-Week Step-Aerobic Program on the Body Composition of Sedentary Women.
  2. Pappas, N., Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA. Eastern and Western Antecedents for the Modern Olympic Games.

 

13:00-14:30 LUNCH