Research Interests
My research seeks to understand the effective management of sport organizations, events, and programs for generating positive social impacts. Positive social impacts encompass an array of intangible benefits, namely: promoting public support for charitable and environmental causes; fostering collective identity and pride; advancing diversity and inclusion; creating social capital; and enhancing health and well-being. My early work revealed the mechanisms that produce these social impact outcomes as people engage with sport organizations, events, and programs. My research line has evolved to understand ways in which sport organizations, events, and programs contribute to population health and well-being.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Professor, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Recent Publications
Downward, P., Inoue, Y., Kumar, H., & Widdop, P. (Accepted/In press). The locality challenges facing the ‘levelling up’ of sport participation and health inequality in England. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2024.2404949
Funasaki, K., Inoue, Y., Takahashi, Y., Shirai, K., & Okada, Y. (Accepted/In press). Knowledge sharing among coaches: expert power and social cognitive theory perspectives. European Sport Management Quarterly, 25(1), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2299253
Inoue, Y., Lock, D., Sato, M., Aizawa, K., Mikura, A., Kohno, N., & Ogasawara, E. (2024). What explains the well-being benefits of physical activity? A mixed-methods analysis of the roles of participation frequency and social identification. Social Science and Medicine, 340, Article 116454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116454
Kim, K., Smith, C. M. L., & Inoue, Y. (2024). When Spectator Sport Well-Being is Diminished: The Effects of Spectator Dysfunctional Behavior and Anger Moderated by Self-Construal. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(3), 442-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2116590
Kumai, T., Yoshida, M., Inoue, Y., Gordon, B. S., & Biscaia, R. (Accepted/In press). A multidimensional scale for assessing sport fan well-being: an examination in the context of professional baseball. Managing Sport and Leisure. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2392567