Alejandro Lara-Bocanegra

• University of Seville

In our increasingly digitalized society, social media have emerged prominently within the educational landscape, fostering the creation of online and blended teaching-learning environments. Among these platforms, TikTok, renowned for its short dynamic videos featuring effects and music, stands out. Despite its growing popularity among youth and ini...

The evaluation of services has become a common strategy in service management, and there is a wide variety of tools available. The objective was to evaluate user satisfaction at a sports center using the Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) techniques, comparing the information provided by each. To this end, this study...

Introduction Padel is currently an emerging sport that has experienced significant growth, enjoying popularity and widespread accessibility among the population. However, the padel context lacks a tool to assess the perceived quality of users in padel facilities and sports services. This study aims to adapt and validate an evaluation tool based on...

Intrapreneurs in sports organisations can detect early signs of new opportunities and threats and introduce early changes to adapt to the constant changes in the sports sector. In addition, intrapreneurs are considered a fundamental pillar in the growth and development of innovation in sports organisations. Thus, the objective of this work is to de...

The fitness industry in Spain is experiencing steady growth and is on the rise, relying on digitalization and social media as a basis for its continuous progression. The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of social media (web and social networks) in fitness centers in Spain during 2022, in order to understand how companies in the s...

El intraemprendimiento está creciendo en importancia a nivel profesional y científico. En este sentido, en el ámbito deportivo existen vacíos vinculados con los precursores o facilitadores (ej.: sexo, modalidad deportiva, etc.) de la generación de intenciones intraemprendedoras en organizaciones deportivas. Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar...

En una época postpandemia COVID-19, los usuarios deportivos prefieren consumir contenido online para ejercitarse frente los modelos tradicionales. Así, YouTube ha emergido como una herramienta tecnológica alternativa los medios de entrenamiento tradicionales para mantenerse en forma y practicar actividad física. El objetivo del estudio fue analizar...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the precursors of high and low intrapreneurial intentions among fitness center employees, considering various variables (gender, age, organization size and job satisfaction). Design/methodology/approach The study involved 166 fitness center employees of the Portuguese fitness center. The study used a two-part que...

Lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic forced fitness centers to quickly adapt their entire offering to an online format. The subsequent health situation facilitated the maintenance of the online offer and has been a paradigm shift for sports centers. Success in the nowadays situation requires a proper understanding of what factors influenc...

Anxiety is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide. It is prevalent throughout the life cycle and appears in multiple contexts, such as sports.In line with the idea of sport as a means of promoting integral health, the Andalusian Olympic Foundation promotes Olympic values through the “Olympism in School” programme. This program...

This study aims to analyze the backgrounds of the entrepreneurial behaviors of university students of the Degree of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (DPASS), taking into account the differences based on sex, the existence of an enterprising family member and the socioeconomic level. Data was collected using an online survey with 181 third and...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of the services of a Specialised Centre for Tennis Sport Technification (SCTST) through an Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) carried out by its internal and external customers. However, although there are studies related to sports centres in Spain, there is none that focuses on SCTST, an...

Intrapreneurship in sport has a positive effect on the performance and competitiveness of organisations. Intrapreneurs are able to discover new opportunities and exploit them by making use of innovation and risk-taking. However, studies on the antecedents of intrapreneurship intentions of employees in sports organisations are practically non-existe...

Purpose This study aims to identify the variables that could influence the intentions to use fitness apps based on the attractiveness of the fitness apps. Design/methodology/approach The technology acceptance model (TAM) was used in this study. For this purpose, an online questionnaire was sent to 200 sports consumers of a fitness center (117 wome...

This study aims to examine the relationship between social presence and academic self-efficacy of university sports management students in e-learning process during confinement by Covid-19. The participants were 461 students (227 females and 234 males), who were selected through convenience sampling participated in the study voluntarily. Social Pre...

Purpose The main aim of this study was to analyze and establish the state of the question about entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in sport, identify the role of innovation in both of them, as well as to determine the latest study trends and detect possible research niches. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review of the Web of Science,...

The objective of this study was to examine the role of spatial orientation in the performance of sport sailors. Participants were 30 elite male sailors from classes 420, Laser, Windsurfing RS:X and Windsurfing Techno, grouped into two categories: Monohull (18 sailors) and Windsurfing (12 sailors). Ages ranged between 13 and 18 years old (M = 15.7,...

Entrepreneurship training in the sports context is of vital importance for students of physical activity and sport sciences, increasing their employability and their ability to successfully adapt to a constantly changing business context. For this reason, this paper aims to analyze the influence of a Workshop on sports entrepreneurship on perceived...

El presente estudio analiza las diferencias en la intención emprendedora del alumnado de la rama de Educación Física en la primera y última semana de clases del MAES. Objetivos: El objetivo general de este trabajo es analizar la intención de emprendimiento en estudiantes universitarios del Máster Universitario de Profesorado de Educación Secundaria...

At present, the fitness industry is on a growth path. One of the most prominent services in fitness centres is trainer-guided group fitness activities, which have evolved into virtual fitness activities with the inclusion of technology. This research analyses perceived value and customer satisfaction in both activities, exploring the differences be...

Recensión de Libro "Tenis. Ejercicios progresivos para desarrollar tu juego".

En la actualidad es patente el aumento de la población mayor en los servicios deportivos, lo cual hace necesario la evaluación de la percepción de calidad debido a su repercusión sobre la fidelidad. Por esta razón, los objetivos de este trabajo fueron conocer la percepción de calidad y la fidelidad en clientes mayores de 55 años en centros de fitne...

Nowadays, there is an increasing number of elderly people attending sports centres leading to interest in the evaluation of perceived quality due to its impact on loyalty. Thus, the objectives of this study/survey were to determine perceived quality and customer loyalty among users older than 55 years old attending public fitness centres, to analyz...

Cada vez más los centros de fitness incorporan las nuevas tecnologías en sus servicios deportivos, encontrándonos con una nueva tendencia desarrollada a partir de la evolución natural de las actividades dirigidas con técnico (AADDT). Ésta son las actividades dirigidas virtuales (AADDV) en las que la inexistencia del técnico resulta ser uno de los a...