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Daniel Carl Funk

Daniel Carl Funk

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
19058
World Ranking
554
National Ranking
261

Overview

Daniel Carl Funk is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and specializes in research within the social sciences and psychology. Their work includes significant contributions to the fields of sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, marketing, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics related to sport and mega-event impacts, sports, gender, and society, as well as digital marketing and social media. They have also explored digital games and media, consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, sports analytics and performance, and educational games and gamification.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and the Journal of Business Research. Additional publications have appeared in Sport Marketing Quarterly and the Swinburne Research Bank associated with Swinburne University of Technology.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel Carl Funk are:

  • To be or not to be: negotiating leisure constraints with technology and data analytics amid the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Leisure Studies)
  • Sport Experience Design: Wearable Fitness Technology in the Health and Fitness Industry (2020, Journal of Sport Management)
  • The strategic advantage of mature-stage firms: Digitalization and the diversification of professional sport into esports (2021, Journal of Business Research)
  • Sensemaking of novelty: the dynamic nature of integrating esports within a traditional sport organization (2021, Sport Management Review)
  • Psychological processes connecting team identification and social well-being for middle-aged and older adults: moderated mediation of subjective and objective on-field performance (2021, Sport Management Review)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a range of co-authors including Thilo Kunkel, Bradley J. Baker, Anthony D. Pizzo, Gareth J. Jones, and Heather Kennedy. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary approaches within sport management, marketing, and social sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Psychological Continuum Model: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding an Individual's Psychological Connection to Sport

    Daniel Carl Funk;Jeff James

  • Developing an Understanding of Brand Associations in Team Sport: Empirical Evidence from Consumers of Professional Sport

    James M. Gladden;Daniel C. Funk

  • Consumer loyalty: the meaning of attachment in the development of sport team allegiance.

    Daniel Carl Funk;Jeffery D. James

  • Understanding Brand Loyalty in Professional Sport: Examining the Link Between Brand Associations and Brand Loyalty

    James M. Gladden;Daniel Carl Funk

  • Strategic Sport Marketing

    David Shilbury;Hans Westerbeek;Shayne Quick;Daniel Carl Funk

  • Exploring Origins of Involvement: Understanding the Relationship Between Consumer Motives and Involvement with Professional Sport Teams

    Daniel Carl Funk;Lynn L. Ridinger;Anita M. Moorman

  • Characterizing Consumer Motivation as Individual Difference Factors: Augmenting the Sport Interest Inventory (SII) to Explain Level of Spectator Support.

    Daniel Carl Funk;Daniel F Mahony;Lynn L. Ridinger

  • eSport management: Embracing eSport education and research opportunities

    Daniel C. Funk;Anthony D. Pizzo;Bradley J. Baker

  • Measuring the Motives of Sport Event Attendance: Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide to Understanding Behavior

    Daniel Carl Funk;Kevin Filo;Anthony Allan Beaton;Mark Prtichard

  • Motivational Factors Influencing the Behaviour of J. League Spectators

    Daniel F. Mahony;Makoto Nakazawa;Daniel C. Funk;Jeffrey D. James

  • Sport involvement: A conceptual and empirical analysis

    Anthony Allan Beaton;Daniel Carl Funk;Lynn Ridinger;Jeremy Jordan

  • Consumer Behaviour in Sport and Events

    Daniel Funk;Kostas Alexandris;Heath McDonald

  • Development of the Sport Interest Inventory (SII): Implications for Measuring Unique Consumer Motives at Team Sporting Events

    Daniel Carl Funk;Daniel F Mahony;Makoto Nakazawa;Sumiko Hirakawa

  • Impact of prior exercise on hamstring flexibility: a comparison of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and static stretching.

    Daniel C. Funk;Ann M. Swank;Benjamin M. Mikla;Todd A. Fagan

  • The role of socio-psychological and culture-education motives in marketing international sport tourism: a cross-cultural perspective.

    Daniel Carl Funk;Tennille Bruun

  • Understanding Consumer Support: Extending the Sport Interest Inventory (SII) to Examine Individual Differences among Women’s Professional Sport Consumers

    Daniel Carl Funk;Lynn L. Ridinger;Anita M. Moorman

  • Equating attitudes to allegiance: The usefulness of selected attitudinal information in segmenting loyalty to professional sports teams.

    Daniel Carl Funk;Donna Pastore

  • Exploring Destination Image, Experience and Revisit Intention: A Comparison of Sport and Non-Sport Tourist Perceptions

    Nan Chen;Daniel Carl Funk

  • International Sport Event Participation: Prior Sport Involvement; Destination Image; and Travel Motives

    Daniel Carl Funk;Kristine Margaret Toohey;Tennille Bruun

  • Recurring sport events and destination image perceptions: impact on active sport tourist behavioral intentions and place attachment.

    Kyriaki Kaplanidou;Jeremy S. Jordan;Daniel Carl Funk;Lynn L. Ridinger

  • Understanding Brand Loyalty in Professional Sport: Examining the Link between Brand Associations and Brand Loyalty. (Research Paper)

    James M. Gladden;Daniel C. Funk

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. James
Jeffrey D. James Florida State University
Daniel L. Wann
Daniel L. Wann Murray State University
Ramon Spaaij
Ramon Spaaij Victoria University

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