Research

Research plays a key role in the Sport Management Hub.

Our research department sheds light on the real challenges facing the sports world and helps identify lasting solutions. It explores promising areas of study to play a strategic role in advancing practices and guiding the Hub’s actions.

Themes

Over the past year, we have explored a number of themes:

  • The shortage and retention of sports referees
  • Working conditions for sports trainers
  • The effectiveness of our coaches’ leadership styles
  • Team integration management

Several surveys have been instrumental in the short history of the Sport Management Hub, in particular one on professionalization in the Quebec sports industry. The findings of this survey were a turning point for the Hub, leading to the creation of Espace DG (general managers).

Some figures since the Hub’s launch:

+30

Scientific publications

18

Organizational research reports

6

Expert reports

6

PhD students supported

26

Master’s students supported

4

Publications in conference proceedings

8

Management committee memberships

+

Facilitation of a co-development group

Our research team

Eric Brunelle
Eric Brunelle

Director, HEC Montréal Sport Management Hub, and Full Professor, Department of Management, HEC Montréal

Olivier Doucet
Olivier Doucet

Professor, Department of Human Resources Management, HEC Montréal

Dominic Lauzon-Marques
Dominic Lauzon-Marques

Research Associate, Sport Management Hub

Frédéric Boucher
Frédéric Boucher

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sport Management Hub

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The Sport Management Hub, a leading contributor

The Sport Management Hub promotes inter-university cooperation and is positioned as a leading partner in Quebec and elsewhere in the world.

Some collaborations with other universities

  • Research Chair in Safety and Integrity in Sport, Université Laval
  • Research Chair in Responsible Sport, Université de Sherbrooke
  • PROFEMS Lab and Observatoire international en management du sport, Université Laval
  • Hockey Research Laboratory and Loricorps, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Laboratory on Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • MSc in Sports Industry Management, emlyon business school