Professor Michael Sam

2026

Edited Book - Research

Lindsey, I., Strittmatter, A.-M., Sam, M., & Rich, K. (Eds.). (2026). Routledge handbook of sports development (2nd ed.). London, UK: Routledge, 584p. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Chapter in Book - Research

Lindsey, I., & Sam, M. (2026). An amalgamation of methodological advances and intractable evaluation changes [Introduction, Section 8: Evaluation and evidence in sports development. In I. Lindsey, A.-M. Strittmatter, M. Sam & K. Rich (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sports development. (2nd ed.) (pp. 491-494). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Sam, M., & Strittmatter, A.-M. (2026). Understanding context to navigate complexity [Introduction, Section 7: Issues in the practice of sports development]. In I. Lindsey, A.-M. Strittmatter, M. Sam & K. Rich (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sports development. (2nd ed.) (pp. 417-420). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Sam, M., & Strittmatter, A.-M. (2026). Elite sports development: Challenges and transformations [Introduction, Section 4: Sports development and elite athletes]. In I. Lindsey, A.-M. Strittmatter, M. Sam & K. Rich (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sports development. (2nd ed.) (pp. 221-224). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Sam, M., & Rich, K. (2026). Sports development in context: Historical, institutional, and cultural contingencies [Introduction, Section 1: Contemporary contexts of sports developments]. In I. Lindsey, A.-M. Strittmatter, M. Sam & K. Rich (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sports development. (2nd ed.) (pp. 5-10). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Chapter in Book - Other

Lindsey, I., Strittmatter, A.-M., Sam, M., & Rich, K. (2026). Introduction. In I. Lindsey, A.-M. Strittmatter, M. Sam & K. Rich (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sports development. (2nd ed.) (pp. 1-3). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003503910

Journal - Research Article

Moreno, D., Sam, M. P., Jackson, S. J., & Stenling, C. (2026). Disrupting the state: Mega-events, bureaucratic displacement and institutional change in Chilean sport. Third World Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/01436597.2026.2723698

Moreno, D., Sam, M. P., Jackson, S. J., & Stenling, C. (2026). The work of a two-headed monster: Street-level bureaucrats and the politics of Chilean sport networks. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2026.2738574

Macris, L. I., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2026). Performance management in a collaborative context: The conundrum of hard accountability and sector partnership. Public Management Review, 28(1), 207-226. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2462983

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. (2025). New Zealand/Aotearoa. In J. Grix, P. M. Brannagan & B. Houlihan (Eds.), Comparative elite sport development: Systems, structures and public policy. (2nd ed.) (pp. 241-255). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003213529-17

Journal - Research Article

Dawbin, T. M., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2025). The political economy of youth sports: Can youth athletes be conceptualised as a common pool resource? European Sport Management Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2025.2578520

Park, H., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2025). The nature and limits of policy design against athlete maltreatment. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2025.2583983

Stenling, C., Fahlén, J., Sam, M., & Tak, M. (2025). (Re)Asserting organization as a lens in sport sociology: The meaning, workings, and consequences of rational design efforts. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 60(1), 64-81. doi: 10.1177/10126902241262620

Skille, E. Å., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2025). The contested terrain of sport, media & indigenous representation: A case study of Sámi sport organisation in Norway. European Journal for Sport & Society, 22(2), 125-142. doi: 10.1080/16138171.2024.2382951

Park, H., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2025). Entrenched maltreatment in sport: Unintended consequences of the mix of practices and narratives. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 60(1), 101-123. doi: 10.1177/10126902241264032

Tak, M., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2025). Traces of (dis)organised crime in sports gambling: A case study of the 2011 K-League match-fixing scandal. Trends in Organized Crime, 28, 131-149. doi: 10.1007/s12117-023-09518-w

Journal - Research Other

Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2025). The contested terrain of sport: Sociological, political and policy perspectives. Social Sciences, 14, 239. doi: 10.3390/ socsci14040239

Other Research Output

Sam, M. (2025, October). Sport policy's levers and instruments. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2024

Chapter in Book - Research

Skille, E. Å., & Sam, M. (2024). Reindeer sports among the Sámi people in Norway: The symbolism of Indigenous sport disciplines. In M. Vaczi & A. Bairner (Eds.), Indigenous, traditional, and folk sports: Contesting modernities. (pp. 213-226). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003317685-18

Chapter in Book - Other

Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., Dawson, M. C., & Porter, D. (2024). The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda. In W. Rössler (Ed.), Insights in public mental health: 2022. (pp. 24-31). Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-8325-4490-7

Journal - Research Article

Park, H., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2024). Athlete maltreatment as a wicked problem and contested terrain. Social Sciences, 13(7), 376. doi: 10.3390/socsci13070376

Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., & Dawson, M. C. (2024). The contested terrain of sport and well-being: Health and wellness or wellbeing washing? Social Sciences, 13, 366. doi: 10.3390/socsci13070366

Park, H., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2024). The policy instrument mix in South Korea: Precursor to maltreatment in sport. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 16(4), 641-657. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2024.2342393

Moreno, D., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2024). Sport policy reforms in Chile: The tension between ‘doers’ and ‘thinkers’. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 16(1), 21-38. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2024.2304856

Bezuidenhoudt, T., & Sam, M. P. (2024). The politics of Sport NZ’s financial bailouts. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 16(1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2253268

2023

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. P. (2023). Sport, policy, & politics. In L. A. Wenner (Ed.), Oxford handbook of sport and society. (pp. 67-85). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519011.013.4

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M., Stenling, C., & Tak, M. (2023). Integrity governance: A new reform agenda for sport? International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58(5), 829-849. doi: 10.1177/10126902221125600

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Jackson, S., Sam, M., Porter, D., & Dawson, M. (2023). The well-being pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and research agenda. Proceedings of the International Sociological Association (ISA) XX World Congress of Sociology. (pp. 343). Madrid, Spain: International Sociological Association. Retrieved from https://www.isa-sociology.org/en

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. P. (2022). Stakeholders in public administration and policy research: The case of safeguarding sport's 'integrity'. In A.-M. Strittmatter, J. Fahlén & B. Houlihan (Eds.), Stakeholder analysis and sport organisations. (pp. 111-126). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003111917-9

Sam, M. P., & Dawbin, T. M. (2022). Policy, modernisation and the politics of sport integrity. In D. Sturm & R. Kerr (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand: Contested terrain. (pp. 69-80). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003034445-7

Journal - Research Article

Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., Dawson, M. C., & Porter, D. (2022). The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 950557. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.950557

Wilson, O. W. A., Whatman, C., Walters, S., Keung, S., Enari, D., Chiet, A., … Hapeta, J., Sam, M., & Richards, J. (2022). "Balance Is Better": The wellbeing benefits of participating in a breadth of sports across a variety of settings during adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(14), 8597. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148597

Wilson, O. W. A., Whatman, C., Walters, S., Keung, S., Enari, D., Rogers, A., … Hapeta, J., Sam, M., & Richards, J. (2022). The value of sport: Wellbeing benefits of sport participation during adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(14), 8579. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148579

Tak, M., Choi, C.-H., & Sam, M. P. (2022). Odds-wise view: Whose ideas prevail in the global integrity campaigns against match-fixing? International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(7), 1001-1020. doi: 10.1177/10126902211045681

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Richards, J., Whatman, C., Walters, S., Keung, S., Enari, D., Chiet, A., … Hapeta, J., Sam, M., & Wilson, O. (2022). "Variety is the spice of life": Wellbeing benefits of sport participation during adolescence and stronger associations with a balanced approach. Proceedings of the Sports Medicine New Zealand Annual Conference. (pp. 20). Dunedin, New Zealand: Sports Medicine New Zealand. [Abstract]

2021

Journal - Research Article

Dawbin, T. M., Sam, M. P., & Stenling, C. (2021). National sport organisation responses to independent reviews. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 13(1), 29-43. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2021.1877168

2020

Journal - Research Article

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2020). Sport advocacy: The art of persuasion and its by-products. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37, 319-327. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2019-0047

Tak, M., Sam, M. P., & Choi, C.-H. (2020). Too much at stake to uphold sport integrity? High-performance athletes' involvement in match-fixing. Crime, Law & Social Change, 74, 27-44. doi: 10.1007/s10611-020-09887-1

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2020). Professionalization and its consequences: How active advocacy may undermine democracy. European Sport Management Quarterly, 20(5), 577-597. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2019.1637915

Kellison, T., Sam, M. P., Hong, S., Swart, K., & Mondello, M. J. (2020). Global perspectives on democracy and public stadium finance. Journal of Global Sport Management, 5(4), 321-348. doi: 10.1080/24704067.2018.1531680

Journal - Research Other

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2020). Can sport clubs be represented? Pre-packed policy advocacy and the trade-offs for democratic responsiveness. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 12(4), 583-598. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2020.1821079

2019

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P., & Scherer, J. (2019). Big stadium, small city: A catalyst for turbulence and governance reforms. Urban Policy & Research, 37(3), 310-323. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2019.1610869

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2019). From ‘passive custodian’ to ‘active advocate’: Tracing the emergence and sport-internal transformative effects of sport policy advocacy. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 11(3), 447-463. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2019.1581648

Kobayashi, K., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2019). Globalization, creative alliance and self-Orientalism: Negotiating Japanese identity within Asics global advertising production. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(1), 157-174. doi: 10.1177/1367877917733812

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dawbin, T., & Sam, M. (2019). National sport organisation responses to independent reviews. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 33). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/issa-2019

Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings

Jackson, S., Sam, M., & Tak, M. (Eds.). (2019). Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. 87p. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/issa-2019

2018

Journal - Research Article

Tak, M., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2018). The problems and causes of match-fixing: Are legal sports betting regimes to blame? Journal of Criminological Research, Policy & Practice, 4(1), 73-87. doi: 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2018-0006

Sam, M. P., Andrew, J. C., & Gee, S. (2018). The modernisation of umpire development: Netball New Zealand's reforms and impacts. European Sport Management Quarterly, 18(3), 263-286. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2017.1377272

Kobayashi, K., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2018). Multiple dimensions of mediation within transnational advertising production: Cultural intermediaries as shapers of emerging cultural capital. Consumption Markets & Culture, 28(2), 129-146. doi: 10.1080/10253866.2017.1345421

Tak, M., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2018). The politics of countermeasures against match-fixing in sport: A political sociology approach to policy instruments. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(1), 30-48. doi: 10.1177/1012690216639748

Sam, M. P., & Ronglan, L. T. (2018). Building sport policy's legitimacy in Norway and New Zealand. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(5), 550-571. doi: 10.1177/1012690216671515

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2018). From reaction to proaction: Tracing the emergence of sport policy advocacy in a neoliberalized policy context. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 70). Retrieved from http://issa2018.org/

Chang, I. Y., Gu, N. H., & Sam, M. (2018). Institutional illusions: Parenting in children's involvement in football. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 38). Retrieved from http://issa2018.org/

Sam, M., & Stenling, C. (2018). Sport policy advocacy: Best of times and the age of foolishness. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 3). Retrieved from http://issa2018.org/

2017

Edited Book - Research

Esherick, C., Baker, R., Jackson, S., & Sam, M. (Eds.). (2017). Case studies in sport diplomacy. Morgantown, WV: FiT Publishing, 232p.

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (Eds.). (2017). Sport policy in small states. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 142p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. P. (2017). Sports development. In R. Hoye & M. M. Parent (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of sport management. (pp. 227-240). London, UK: Sage.

Sam, M. P. (2017). New Zealand. In E. Kristiansen, M. M. Parent & B. Houlihan (Eds.), Elite youth sport policy and management: A comparative analysis. (pp. 263-277). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Sam, M. P. (2017). Sport policy and transformation in small states: New Zealand's struggle between vulnerability and resilience. In M. P. Sam & S. J. Jackson (Eds.), Sport policy in small states. (pp. 89-102). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2017). Sport and small states: The myths, limits and contradictions of the legend of David and Goliath. In M. P. Sam & S. J. Jackson (Eds.), Sport policy in small states. (pp. 1-10). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Chang, I. Y., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2017). Risk society, anxiety and exit: A case study of South Korean migration decision-making. Asian & Pacific Migration Journal, 26(3), 328-351. doi: 10.1177/0117196817727800

Gee, S., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2017). Content analyses of alcohol-related images during television broadcasts of major sports events in New Zealand. International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship, 18(3), 230-245. doi: 10.1108/IJSMS-08-2017-094

Stenling, C., & Sam, M. (2017). Tensions and contradictions in sport’s quest for legitimacy as a political actor: The politics of Swedish public sport policy hearings. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 9(4), 691-705. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2017.1348382

Chang, I. Y., Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2017). Transnationalism, return visits and identity negotiation: South Korean-New Zealanders and the Korean national sports festival. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(3), 314-335. doi: 10.1177/1012690215589723

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. (2016). Youth sport policy in small nations. In K. Green & A. Smith (Eds.), Routledge handbook of youth sport. (pp. 535-542). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2016). Sport policy development in New Zealand: Paradoxes of an integrative paradigm [Reprint of Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2004). Sport policy development in New Zealand. Paradoxes of an integrative paradigm. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39(2), 205-222]. In J. Grix (Ed.), Sport politics. (pp. 105-124). London, UK: SAGE.

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P., & Chang, I. Y. (2016). The importance of policy analysis in sport sociology. Korean Journal of Sociology of Sport, 29(2), 23-40.

Gee, S., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. (2016). Carnivalesque culture and alcohol promotion and consumption at an annual international sports event in New Zealand. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(3), 265-283. doi: 10.1177/1012690214522461

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. P. (2015). 'Big brother' and caring sister: Performance management and the athlete's entourage. In S. S. Andersen, B. Houlihan & L. Tore Ronglan (Eds.), Managing elite sport systems: Research and practice. (pp. 16-30). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P. (2015). Sport policy and transformation in small states: New Zealand's struggle between vulnerability and resilience. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 7(3), 407-420. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2015.1060715

Journal - Research Other

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2015). Sport and small states: The myths, limits and contradictions of the legend of David and Goliath. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 7(3), 319-327. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2015.1031814

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. (2015, June). Sport in small states: The importance of being unimportant. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) Congress, Paris, France.

Chang, I. Y., Sam, M., & Jackson, S. J. (2015, June). Transnationalism, return visits and identity negotiation: South Korean-New Zealanders and the Korean National Sports Festival. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) Congress, Paris, France.

2014

Chapter in Book - Research

Scherer, J., Sam, M., & Jackson, S. J. (2014). Millennium blues: The politics of media policy, televised sport, and cultural citizenship in New Zealand. In J. Scherer & D. Rowe (Eds.), Sport, public broadcasting, and cultural citizenship: Signal lost? (pp. 188-208). New York: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P., & Macris, L. I. (2014). Performance regimes in sport policy: Exploring consequences, vulnerabilities and politics. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 6(3), 513-532. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2013.851103

Macris, L. I., & Sam, M. P. (2014). Belief, doubt, and legitimacy in a performance system: National sport organization perspectives. Journal of Sport Management, 28(5), 529-550. doi: 10.1123/jsm.2012-0290

2013

Journal - Research Article

Porter, D. R., & Sam, M. P. (2013). Playing the shell game: The Faustian bargain for Dunedin's stadium. Sport in Society, 16(7), 931-942. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2013.791160

Keat, R. A., & Sam, M. P. (2013). Regional implementation of New Zealand sport policy: New instrument, new challenges. International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, 5(1), 39-54. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2012.656684

Commissioned Report for External Body

Gee, S., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. (2013). The culture of alcohol promotion and consumption at major sports events in New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Promotion Agency. Wellington, New Zealand: Health Promotion Agency. 39p.

2012

Chapter in Book - Research

Jackson, S. J., Sam, M., Gee, S., Scherer, J., & Beissel, A. (2012). Megaeventos deportivos entre lo global y lo local: Lecciones de la Copa del Mundo de Rugby de 2011 [The Rugby World Cup as a sport mega-event]. In R. Llopis Goig (Ed.), Megaeventos deportivos: perspectivas científias y estudios de caso [Mega sporting events: Scientific perspectives and case studies]. (pp. 209-225). Barcelona: Editorial UOC.

Journal - Research Article

Scherer, J., & Sam, M. P. (2012). Public broadcasting, sport and cultural citizenship: Sky's the limit in New Zealand? Media, Culture & Society, 34(1), 101-111. doi: 10.1177/0163443711429234

Sam, M. (2012). Targeted investments in elite sport funding: Wiser, more innovative and strategic? Managing Leisure, 17(2-3), 207-220. doi: 10.1080/13606719.2012.674395

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sumida, K., Wooliscroft, B., & Sam, M. (2012). Sports fans' collective psychological ownership: A Japanese professional soccer case study. Journal of Macromarketing, 32(4), (pp. 460). doi: 10.1177/0276146712466773

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M., & Jackson, S. (2012, November). Sport in small nations: Between and beyond culture, politics and policy. Verbal presentation at the Future of Sport in Small Nations Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2011

Edited Book - Other

Sam, M. P., & Hughson, J. E. (Eds.). (2011). Sport in the city: Cultural connections. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 158p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. (2011). New Zealand. In M. Nicholson, R. Hoye & B. Houlihan (Eds.), Participation in sport: International policy perspectives. (pp. 238-253). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Scherer, J., & Sam, M. P. (2011). Policing the cyber agenda: New media technologies and recycled claims in a local stadium debate. In M. P. Sam & J. E. Hughson (Eds.), Sport in the city: Cultural connections. (pp. 53-69). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Sam, M. P., & Scherer, J. (2011). Fitting a square stadium into a round hole: A case of deliberation and procrastination politcs. In M. P. Sam & J. E. Hughson (Eds.), Sport in the city: Cultural connections. (pp. 42-52). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Sam, M. P., & Hughson, J. E. (2011). Sport in the city: Cultural and political connections. In M. P. Sam & J. E. Hughson (Eds.), Sport in the city: Cultural connections. (pp. 1-6). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P. (2011). Building legitimacy at Sport Canada: Pitfalls of public value creation? International Review of Administrative Sciences, 77(4), 757-778. doi: 10.1177/0020852311419389

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gee, S., Sam, M., & Jackson, S. J. (2011, February). Frequency and nature of alcohol promotion in the televised 2010 NZI Wellington Rugby Sevens tournament. Verbal presentation at the Conference on Sport & Alcohol: Finding the Balance, Auckland, New Zealand.

2010

Journal - Research Article

Scherer, J., & Sam, M. P. (2010). Policing the cyber agenda: New media technologies and recycled claims in a local stadium debate. Sport in Society, 13(10), 1469-1485. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2010.520937

Sam, M. P., & Scherer, J. (2010). Fitting a square stadium into a round hole: A case of deliberation and procrastination politics. Sport in Society, 13(10), 1458-1468. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2010.520936

Journal - Research Other

Sam, M. P., & Hughson, J. (2010). Sport in the city: Cultural and political connections. Sport in Society, 13(10), 1417-1422. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2010.520933

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sam, M., Scherer, J., & Jackson, S. J. (2010). Broadcasting New Zealand: State, indigenous and private visions of national identity. Proceedings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) 31st Annual Conference: Producing Knowledge, Producing Bodies: Cross-currents in Sociologies of Sport and Physical Culture. (pp. 62). Retrieved from http://www.nasss.org/2010Abstracts.pdf

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

Scherer, J., Sam, M., & Batty, R. (2009). Sporting sign wars: Advertising and the contested terrain of sporting events and venues. In J. Nauright & S. Pope (Eds.), The new sport management reader. (pp. 133-153). West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P. (2009). The public management of sport: Wicked problems, challenges and dilemmas. Public Management Review, 11(4), 499-514. doi: 10.1080/14719030902989565

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. (2009, December). Sport policy in New Zealand: Stubborn problems and governance dilemmas. Verbal presentation at the Sport Policy & Governance International Symposium: Sport and Sustainable Social Development: Public Policy Perspectives and Issues, Seoul, South Korea.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Scherer, J., & Sam, M. P. (2008). Public consultation and stadium developments: Coercion and the polarization of debate. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25(4), 443-461.

Sam, M. P., & Scherer, J. (2008). Stand up and be counted: Numerical storylines in a stadium debate. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 43(1), 53-73.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. P. (2008, July). Sport governance paradoxes in Canada and New Zealand: From "case building" to targeting. Verbal presentation at the 5th World Congress of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), Kyoto, Japan.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Sam, M. (2007). Sport policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society. (2nd ed.) (pp. 230-245). Melbourne, Australia: Thomson.

Journal - Research Other

Shaw, S., & Sam, M. (2007). Editorial. International Journal of Sport Management & Marketing, 2(4), 317-321.

Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2007). ″Yes, Prime Minister″ and the dilemmas of sport policy. Sport Management Review, 10(3), 307-323.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. (2007, November-December). The inconvenient wickedness of governing sport. Verbal presentation at the Sport Management Association of Australia & New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Other - Edited Journal

Shaw, S., & Sam, M. (Eds.). (2007). International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2(4): Special Issue: Managing Policy and Politics in Sport. [Guest Editors].

2006

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P., & Scherer, J. (2006). The steering group as policy advice instrument: A case of ″consultocracy″ in stadium subsidy deliberations. Policy Sciences, 39, 169-181.

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2006). Developing national sport policy through consultation: The rules of engagement. Journal of Sport Management, 20, 365-384.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. (2006, November). Sport policy's ″wicked″ problems. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Scherer, J., & Sam, M. (2006, November). Rugby, rates and resistance: Contesting the state of Carisbrook. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

2005

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P. (2005). The makers of sport policy: A (task) force to be reckoned with. Sociology of Sport Journal, 21, 78-99.

Sam, M. P., Batty, R., & Dean, R. G. K. (2005). A transaction cost approach to sport sponsorship. Sport Management Review, 8(1), 1-17. doi: 10.1016/S1441-3523(05)70030-9

Scherer, J., Sam, M., & Batty, R. (2005). Sporting sign wars: Advertising and the contested terrain of sporting events and venues. International Journal of Sport Management & Marketing, 1(1-2), 17-36.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sam, M., & Scherer, J. (2005). Votes for nothing, stadium for free: The consultocracy in deliberative politics. Proceedings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sam, M. (2005, October). The future of sport management: Trends and continuing dilemmas. Verbal presentation at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association: A Brave New Sporting World, Sydney, Australia.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2004). Sport policy development in New Zealand: Paradoxes of an integrative paradigm. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39(2), 205-222. doi: 10.1177/1012690204043463

2003

Journal - Research Article

Sam, M. P. (2003). What's the big idea? Reading the rhetoric of a national sport policy process. Sociology of Sport Journal, 20, 189-213.

Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings

Sam, M. P. (Ed.). (2003). Proceedings of the 9th Annual Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference. Dunedin: SMAANZ. 67p.