2026 David Shilbury: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	37	1976	1854	116	116	171	5656

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Business and Management

1976

1854

116

171

5656

Overview

David Shilbury is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and is active in research primarily within the Social Sciences.

Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Social Psychology. The main research topics covered in their publications emphasize Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society, Sports Analytics and Performance, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Sport Psychology and Performance, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, and Physical Education and Pedagogy.

Shilbury has contributed to academic journals with recent papers including:

"An Institutional Framework for Governance Convergence in Sport: The Case of India" (2020) published in Journal of Sport Management
"Examining collective board leadership and collaborative sport governance" (2020) published in Managing Sport and Leisure
"Board composition in national sport federations: a cross-country comparative analysis of diversity and board size" (2021) published in Managing Sport and Leisure
"Leadership in and out of the sport boardroom: new empirical insights" (2020) published in European Sport Management Quarterly
"Power and rent-seeking on boards: a case study of national sport federations in India" (2021) published in Sport Management Review

They have frequently published in the following venues:

Managing Sport and Leisure
Sport Management Review
Journal of Sport Management
European Sport Management Quarterly
Leisure Sciences

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as:

Joshua McLeod
Géraldine Zeimers
Ian O'Boyle
Lesley Ferkins
Shaun Star

Best Publications

Strategic Sport Marketing

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

612
Citations
The role of the board in building strategic capability : towards an integrated model of sport governance research

Lesley Ferkins;David Shilbury;Gael McDonald

268
Citations
The attraction, retention/transition, and nurturing process of sport development: Some Australian evidence

Kalliopi (Popi) Sotiriadou;David Shilbury;Shayne P. Quick

267
Citations
A study of organizational effectiveness for national olympic sporting organizations

David Shilbury;Kathleen A. Moore

248
Citations
Board involvement in strategy : advancing the governance of sport organizations

Lesley Ferkins;David Shilbury;Gael McDonald

242
Citations
Professionalisation, sport governance and strategic capability

David Shilbury;Lesley Ferkins

239
Citations
Australian Elite Athlete Development: An Organisational Perspective

Kalliopi (Popi) Sotiriadou;David Shilbury

193
Citations
Good Boards Are Strategic: What Does That Mean for Sport Governance?

Lesley Ferkins;David Shilbury

179
Citations
Developing board strategic capability in sport organisations: The national–regional governing relationship

Lesley Ferkins;David Shilbury

170
Citations
Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

David Shilbury;Lesley Ferkins;Liz Smythe

150
Citations
Sport development, systems, policies and pathways : an introduction to the special issue

David Shilbury;Kalliopi Popi Sotiriadou;B. Christine Green

147
Citations
A Conceptual Model for Sport Services Marketing Research: Integrating Quality, Value and Satisfaction

Hans M. Westerbeek;David Shilbury

146
Citations
Increasing the Focus on “Place” in the Marketing Mix for Facility Dependent Sport Services

Hans M. Westerbeek;David Shilbury

143
Citations
Corporate social responsibility in professional team sport organisations: towards a theory of decision-making

Christos Anagnostopoulos;Terri Byers;David Shilbury

141
Citations
Implementing corporate social responsibility in English football : Towards multi-theoretical integration

Christos Anagnostopoulos;David Shilbury

126
Citations
Examining board member roles, functions and influence: a study of Victorian sporting organizations

David Shilbury

125
Citations
The Stakeholder Dilemma in Sport Governance: Toward the Notion of ‘Stakeowner’

Lesley Ferkins;David Shilbury

120
Citations
Sport development and physical activity promotion: An integrated model to enhance collaboration and understanding

Katherine Rowe;David Shilbury;Lesley Ferkins;Erica Hinckson

114
Citations
Mapping Cultural Dimensions in Australian Sporting Organisations

Aaron C.T. Smith;David Shilbury

109
Citations
Umpire Participation: Is Abuse Really the Issue?

Pamm Kellett;David Shilbury

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Carl Funk Temple University

External Links

Personal website of David Shilbury Google Scholar page

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