Tennis aan zee tijdens de belle époque : een vergeten geschiedenis?

This article charts the development of tennis at Belgium's seaside before the First World War (1894-1914). It explores the history of tennis in seaside resorts such as Bredene, Ostend, Middelkerke and Westende, showing that the Flemish coast was the epicentre of Belgium's early tennis culture. The article is not intended to be exhaustive, it provides a useful starting-point for further research. The authors are focusing on infrastructure investment in the abovementioned seaside resorts and the impact of investors on Belgium's seaside tourism industry. Visual materials are scarce, but the authors did include them, going from portrait photography to souvenir photos and postcards

Does it really matter? A study on soccer fans’ perceptions of ethical leadership and their role as 'stakeowners'

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Badminton players’ moral intentions : a factorial survey study into personal and contextual determinants

Improving and maintaining high ethical standards among athletes is a major challenge in sports, which requires sufficient knowledge on athletes’ moral intentions. This study advances our knowledge on athletes’ moral intentions by examining the personal and contextual determinants (factors) that influence moral intentions of badminton players. In a factorial survey study, a total of 171 participants were asked to respond to scenarios describing moral dilemmas in the context of badminton. This approach allows combining advantages from both classical experiments and survey methods, enabling the determination of the underlying principles of the judgments and intentions of respondents. Multilevel analysis indicated that intention to engage in the described behaviour was impacted by both the act and the gender of the subject. This study complements previous research on athletes’ moral intentions by the advanced method of factorial survey, while supporting the development of more specific approaches in the promotion of ethical behaviour in sports

Match-fixing : moral challenges for those involved

Match-fixing is a major ethical issue in sports. Although research interest in match-fixing has increased in recent years, we remain largely in the dark regarding how both betting- and non-betting-related match-fixing relate to the moral decision-making of those involved. Drawing on Rest’s theory of morality and on the perceptions of a large sample (n = 567) of participants in Flemish sports, this study indicates that most match-fixing incidents are non-betting-related, while moral motivation and associated challenges clearly differ according to the type of match-fixing. Therefore, each type of match-fixing requires different preventive measures