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Linked(In)g sport management education with the sport industry: A preliminary study

Samuel López-carrilMiguel VillamónMaría Huertas González-serrano

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Higher educationsocial mediaGestió de projectesGeography Planning and DevelopmentApplied psychologylcsh:TJ807-830LinkedInlcsh:Renewable energy sourcesManagement Monitoring Policy and LawEmployabilityExperiential learningcareer developmentXarxes socialsOcupaciósport managementMercat de treball0502 economics and businessComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONSocial mediaemployabilitylcsh:Environmental sciencesentrepreneurship educationlcsh:GE1-350professional skillsRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryCiències de l'esportlcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants05 social sciences050301 educationVariance (accounting)labour marketlcsh:TD194-195Scale (social sciences)higher educationbusinessPsychologySport management0503 education050203 business & managementCareer development

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Social media are one of the most valuable management tools used by sport managers in the fulfilment of their daily tasks. However, the studies that share and analyse the impact of educational experiences that incorporate social media into sport management education for professional purposes are scarce to date. Thus, this study presents an educational innovation piloted in a sport management course where LinkedIn—the social media most associated with the professional sphere—is introduced through an experiential learning methodology, as a driver of students’ career development and as a tool to keep up to date and interact with the sport industry. To assess the learning outcomes, a new scale was developed and tested. A total of 90 Spanish undergraduate sport management students (M = 22.71

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-02-19
10.3390/su13042275https://hdl.handle.net/10550/78596