Thousands of children participate in child camps annually (Feenstra, 2015). Usually, child sports camps (CSC) provide different services (activities program (AP), food, and interaction with staff; Costa et al., 2004) that can influence consumer satisfaction (Tsuji et al., 2007) and their future BI (Sousa et al., 2023). Since CSC have two types of consumers (parents and participants; Lehto et al., 2020), camp ma...
The complexity of interactions in team sports requires players to have excellent technical skills. The purpose of this study was to longitudinally investigate the predictive value of motor competence (MC) on soccer-specific skills development. Participants were n = 79 boys, aged between 5.89 and 14.63 years at baseline followed for 3 consecutive years. MC was assessed with Körperkoordination Test für Kinder, an...
Technology is a very important dimension to explain quality better than behaviours, in both Fitness Centres. FBs technology shows a higher explained for quality and behaviours compared to TFCs. Such results indicate technology as an explanatory dimension of quality perceptions and loyalty behaviours with different results by business model.
PurposeThis study aims to assess service quality in sport child camps among both participants and parents and its effects on satisfaction and behavioural intentions.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from participants (n = 258) and parents (n = 226) of a sport child camp. A confirmatory factor analysis analysed the psychometric properties of the constructs, and a subsequent structural equation model...
Purpose – This study aims to assess service quality in sport child camps among both participants and parents and its effects on satisfaction and behavioural intentions. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from participants (n5258) and parents (n5226) of a sport child camp. A confirmatory factor analysis analysed the psychometric properties of the constructs, and a subsequent structural equation mo...
A adesão ao desporto pode decorrer por várias razões. Neste sentido, parece fundamental que a prática desportiva esteja de acordo com as necessidades e desejos dos praticantes, para que a oferta da modalidade corresponda às suas expectativas. A compreensão do consumidor em conjunto com a análise do serviço, prática de atletismo, com foco no público-alvo, pode ajudar a identificar determinantes que promovam maio...
A conclusão mais evidente que se verifica é o papel do contexto em que o gestor se encontra, sendo essencial para a compreensão das competências fundamentais para determinada função. Na ótica dos investigadores devem-se destacar as competências interpessoais, a liderança, a comunicação e as que estão diretamente relacionadas com a gestão de recursos humanos, uma vez que são vistas como capitais para o setor des...
Currently, the use of technological devices for monitoring physical activity and in other mobile applications is widespread among sports users and is continuously growing. The aim of this study was the validation of the reliability of the use of Wearable Fitness Technology (WFT) in the context of fitness through quantitative analysis. Data collection was conducted online during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The...
O Fitness é um mercado em evolução e modificação, sendo que, atualmente, os Centros de Fitness são uma das principais escolhas para a prática desportiva e de atividade física. O Diretor Técnico (DT) é importante na gestão e organização destes espaços, bem como o seu bom funcionamento cumprindo as suas funções. Deste modo, é relevante e pertinente conhecer melhor o DT. Assim, tem-se como objetivo principal perce...
Em ambos os sexos, muito pouca associação e, por tanto, nem o supor te social nem o bullying predizem a autoestima.