ABSTRACT
One perspective on organizations would hold that the human resource at the disposal of the organization is the most important resource because it is the human resource that puts into use all the other resources of the organization. Given this level of significance, it is not surprising that every organization strives to increase the caliber of its employees and enhance their productivity. Concomitantly, scholars in human resource management and/or organizational behavior have been engaged in intensive research spanning a myriad of topics including, for example, individual differences in personality, perceptions, attitudes, motivation, commitment, and satisfaction; managerial practices aimed at the commitment and satisfaction of employees; and employee reactions to these practices. While this section on human resource management could cover any subset of human resource topics, we have confined ourselves to those topics that are more pertinent to sport organizations. Further, as is fitting for a book mapping the territory of sport management, we have focused on those topics that have not been given due attention in the sport management literature.
