Doherty, Alison - In: Sport Management Review 16 (2013) 1, pp. 5-11
application and development of theory. Good theory does not just describe, it explains. Thus, in a fundamentally applied field … like sport management it is important that the body of knowledge is derived from theory-based and theory-building research …. It is equally important that practice and student learning is founded on good theory that guides explanation, prediction …