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In cooperation with its associate professors and research professionals, the Hub contributes to the advancement of knowledge in sports management. Each year, several articles are published, some in leading scientific journals—a testament to the rigour and quality our team strives to uphold.

Research reports (French only)

Rapport exécutif : Enquête sur les impacts de la COVID-19 sur le milieu sportif québécois
Rapport d’enquête : La professionnalisation au service de l’industrie sportive québécoise (sommaire)
Rapport d’enquête : La professionnalisation au service de l’industrie sportive québécoise (complet)
Rapport de recherche : La gouvernance au féminin dans les organisations sportives
Rapport de recherche : Le leadership au féminin dans les organisations sportives québécoises
Programme de recherche : Pénurie d’arbitres : Une menace pour le sport amateur

Scientific articles

Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Olivier Doucet, Marie-Ève Lapalme and Eric Brunelle (2025). Ambidextrous leadership in remote crisis management: insights from sports managers. Managing Sport and Leisure.
Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Joé T. Martineau, Samuel Ostiguy-Coupal and Eric Brunelle (2025). Sport organizations under tension: dynamic capabilities and resilience building during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Sport Management Quarterly.
David Pastoriza Rivas, Africa Ariño and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell (2025). 3 Ways to Make All Your Stakeholders Feel Heard. Harvard Business Review.
Raja Kali, David Pastoriza Rivas, Jean-François Plante and Ekaterina Turkina (2024). Migrants Networks and Survival in the Job: Evidence from Foreign Newcomers on the PGA Tour. Journal of Sports Economics.
Joé G. Leduc, Frédéric Boucher, Dominic Lauzon-Marques and Eric Brunelle (2024). Basic psychological need satisfaction of collegiate athletes: The unique and interactive effects of team identification and LMX quality. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.
Arthur Lefebvre, Milena M. Parent, Marijke Taks, Michael L. Naraine, Benoit Séguin and Russell Hoye (2024). Aligning governance, brand governance and social media strategies for improved organizational performance: a qualitative comparative analysis of national sport organizations. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Michael L. Naraine, Ashley Thompson, Erik L. Lachance, Benoit Séguin, Marijke Taks, Milena M. Parent and Russell Hoye (2024). Examining Board and Executive Staff Perceptions of Social Media in National Sport Organizations. Journal of Global Sport Management.
Russell Hoye, Milena M. Parent, Ashley Thompson, Erik L. Lachance, Michael L. Naraine, Marijke Taks and Benoit Séguin (2023). Decision-Making Processes Used by Canadian National Sport Organization Boards: Differences Between Design Archetypes. Journal of Sport Management.
Norm O’Reilly, Tony Hernandez, Benoit Séguin, Lance Warwick and Tahereh Hasani (2023). Barriers to youth sport participation in dense urban centres. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing.
Milena M. Parent, Russell Hoye, Marijke Taks, Ashley Thompson, Michael L. Naraine, Erik L. Lachance and Benoit Séguin (2023). National sport organization governance design archetypes for the twenty-first century. European Sport Management Quarterly.
Gashaw Abeza, Norm O’Reilly and Benoit Séguin (2022). The Sequential-Funnel-Based Focus Group Design: Adapting the Focus Group for Research in Sport Management. Journal of Global Sport Management.
Guillaume Bodet and Benoit Séguin (2021). Team Sports Brand Management. Managing Sports Teams: Economics, Strategy and Practice.
David Pastoriza-Rivas, Inés Alegre and Miguel A. Canela (2021). Conditioning the effect of prize on tournament self-selection. Journal of Economic Psychology.
David Pastoriza-Rivas, Jean-François Plante and Nadjib Lakhlef (2021). Are Foreigners at Disadvantage in a Global Labor Market? Journal of Sports Economics.
François Rodrigue, Gashaw Abeza, Benoit Séguin and Eric MacIntosh (2021). Branding a Professional Sport Team that Reenters the Same Marketplace: Stakeholders’ Perspectives. Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Danny Miller, David Pastoriza Rivas and Jean-François Plante (2019). Conditioning competitive risk: Competitors’ rank proximity and relative ability. Journal of Economic Psychology.
Raja Kali, David Pastoriza Rivas and Jean-François Plante (2017). The burden of glory: Competing for nonmonetary incentives in rank‐order tournaments. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
Marilyn Giroux, Frank Pons and Lionel Maltese (2017). The role of perceived brand personality in promotion effectiveness and brand equity development of professional sports teams. International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship.
Lionel Maltese, Frank Pons and Frédéric Prévot (2016). Managing E-Reputation and Key Stakeholders in the Context of Sport Expressive Organizations. International Studies of Management and Organization.
Lionel Maltese, Frank Pons, Jean-Philippe Danglade and Olivier Kéramidas (2016). L’écosystème des spectacles sportifs : de la recherche aux pratiques managériales. Recherches en Sciences de Gestion.

Professional journals (French only)

Eric Brunelle, Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Marie-Ève Lapalme and Olivier Doucet (2023). Quel style de leadership adopter lorsqu’on gère une crise à distance? Revue Gestion.
Dossier spécial Management et sport (2022), Revue Gestion.
- Eric Brunelle. La professionnalisation, un coup sûr pour l’industrie du sport?
- Richard Legendre. Financement du sport : l’état doit passer à la vitesse supérieure.
- Olivier Doucet. L’art de mobiliser des équipes de bénévoles.
Eric Brunelle and Dominic Lauzon-Marques (2020). Inspirer pour performer : Le leadership partagé dans les équipes sportives. Revue Gestion.

Books

Sébastien Arcand et al. (2022). Au-delà du sport : Études de cas en gestion sportive. Éditions JFD, 274 pages.
Norm O’Reilly, Benoit Séguin, Gashaw Abeza and Michael L. Naraine (2022). Canadian sport marketing. Human Kinetics.
Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García and Benoit Séguin (dir.) (2021). Routledge handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Publications in conference proceedings

Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Olivier Doucet, Marie-Ève Lapalme and Eric Brunelle (2024). Leadership effectiveness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ambidextrous leadership perspective. European Academy of Management.
Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Olivier Doucet, Marie-Ève Lapalme and Eric Brunelle (2023). Leadership effectiveness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ambidextrous leadership perspective. North American Society for Sport Management.
Dominic Lauzon-Marques, Samuel Ostiguy-Coupal, J. Martineau and Eric Brunelle (2023). Dynamic capabilities, capital development, and resilience building during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Quebec’s sport ecosystem. North American Society for Sport Management.
Joé G. Leduc and Eric Brunelle (2023). Sport Coaching Leadership, Team Identification and Intrinsic Motivation: an LMX and SDT Perspective. North American Society for Sport Management.
Sébastien Arcand (2023). Balancing Local Identity and Globalization in Pro Soccer: The Arduous Path from Impact de Montréal to CF Montréal. Sport & Society Research Network.

Case studies

David Pastoriza Rivas (2024). A Foreigner on the PGA Tour. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
David Pastoriza Rivas, Africa Ariño and Ricardo Calleja (2024). Shifting alliances in the golf industry: The PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (A). IESE Publishing.
David Pastoriza Rivas (2021). Dethronement in the Golf Ball Industry. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
David Pastoriza Rivas and Gwyneth Edward (2021). East Meets West in the LPGA. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
David Pastoriza Rivas (2020). Internationalizing a Sports Agency (A and B). HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Eric Brunelle, François Normandin and Jérémie Scraire Laframboise (2020). La Ligue nationale de hockey (LNH). HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Audrey Mougenot and Olivier Doucet (2018). Mobiliser son équipe : un défi de taille pour la nouvelle directrice générale d’une petite organisation (A et B). HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Sébastien Arcand, Jérôme Bilodeau, Joseph Facal and Stéphanie Fortier Grondin (2017). La National Women’s Soccer League : vers une professionnalisation réussie du soccer féminin?. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
David Pastoriza Rivas and Patrick Coulombe (2017). The Internationalization of the PGA Tour. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Sébastien Arcand, Stéphane Éthier and Joseph Facal (2016). « Gentlemen, we will chase perfection » ou la fabuleuse réussite de la National Football League (NFL). HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Sébastien Arcand, Jérôme Bilodeau and Joseph Facal (2016). La Major League Soccer : d’hier à aujourd’hui à demain. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Joseph Facal, Sébastien Arcand and Véronique Labelle (2015). Le FC Barcelone : « Més que un club ». HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Claudine Auger and Eric Brunelle (2013). Pierre Lavoie : L’histoire d’un rassembleur. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Eric Brunelle, Claudine Auger and Daniel Granger (2012). Pierre Boivin : le métier de PDG – saisir les occasions. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.
Claudine Auger and Eric Brunelle (2011). Nathalie Lambert : Question d’attitude. HEC Montréal; Revue internationale de cas en gestion.