Heath McDonald

2.4k total citations
78 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Heath McDonald is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heath McDonald has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 37 papers in Gender Studies and 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Heath McDonald's work include Sports, Gender, and Society (37 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (31 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (25 papers). Heath McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Sports, Gender, and Society (37 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (31 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (25 papers). Heath McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Heath McDonald's co-authors include Daniel C. Funk, Adam Karg, Jason P. Doyle, Civilai Leckie, Daniel Lock, Stewart Adam, Yuhei Inoue, Kevin Filo, Kostas Alexandris and Lisa McQuilken and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management and European Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Heath McDonald

69 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heath McDonald Australia	26	1.2k	784	644	470	413	78	1.8k
Kevin K. Byon United States	24	1.3k 1.1×	466 0.6×	596 0.9×	159 0.3×	377 0.9×	90	1.7k
Kevin Filo Australia	25	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	412 0.6×	290 0.6×	196 0.5×	64	2.2k
Tony Meenaghan Ireland	19	1.2k 1.1×	737 0.9×	1.6k 2.5×	160 0.3×	358 0.9×	25	2.1k
Rodoula H. Tsiotsou Greece	23	1.1k 1.0×	290 0.4×	986 1.5×	123 0.3×	511 1.2×	55	1.8k
Brad D. Carlson United States	14	1.3k 1.1×	309 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	116 0.2×	591 1.4×	27	1.9k
Michael Busler United States	14	946 0.8×	412 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	143 0.3×	192 0.5×	42	1.8k
Frank Pons Canada	26	855 0.7×	196 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	135 0.3×	561 1.4×	54	1.9k
Christos Anagnostopoulos Norway	23	957 0.8×	586 0.7×	294 0.5×	245 0.5×	172 0.4×	79	1.4k
Heetae Cho Singapore	25	1.1k 1.0×	480 0.6×	563 0.9×	123 0.3×	254 0.6×	105	1.9k
Christina Kwai Choi Lee Malaysia	20	541 0.5×	170 0.2×	712 1.1×	141 0.3×	253 0.6×	51	1.4k

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Heckel, Leila, Adam Karg, Rochelle Eime, Heath McDonald, & Ian O’Boyle. (2025). Physical activity and perceived wellbeing benefits in users of aquatic leisure and recreation centres. Leisure Studies. 1–16.

Karg, Adam, et al.. (2023). Exploring the interplay between attitudinal and behavioural determinants of fitness centre member retention. Managing Sport and Leisure. 31(2). 316–335. 1 indexed citations

McDonald, Heath, Jason Pallant, Daniel C. Funk, & Thilo Kunkel. (2023). Who doesn’t like sport? A taxonomy of non-fans. Sport Management Review. 27(1). 67–89. 6 indexed citations

Kunkel, Thilo, Adam Karg, & Heath McDonald. (2022). The Utility of a Single-Item Self-Perception Fandom Measure for Sport Consumer Segmentation and Predicting Behavior. Sport Marketing Quarterly. 31(2). 141–156. 9 indexed citations

Nguyen, Jeremy, Adam Karg, Abbas Valadkhani, & Heath McDonald. (2021). Predicting individual event attendance with machine learning: a ‘step-forward’ approach. Applied Economics. 54(27). 3138–3153. 12 indexed citations

Karg, Adam, Ali Tamaddoni, Heath McDonald, & Michael T. Ewing. (2021). Predicting Season Ticket Holder Retention Using Rich Behavioral Data. Journal of Sport Management. 35(5). 426–439. 10 indexed citations

Kunkel, Thilo, et al.. (2019). Built to last: relationship quality management for season ticket holders. European Sport Management Quarterly. 20(3). 364–384. 26 indexed citations

Karg, Adam, Heath McDonald, & Civilai Leckie. (2019). Channel Preferences Among Sport Consumers: Profiling Media-Dominant Consumers. Journal of Sport Management. 33(4). 303–316. 19 indexed citations

Foroughi, Behzad, et al.. (2018). Does national culture influence the turnover frequency of national football coaches? A macro-level analysis. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 13(6). 902–911. 4 indexed citations

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Funk, Daniel C., Kostas Alexandris, & Heath McDonald. (2016). Sport Consumer Behaviour. 41 indexed citations

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Baker, Bradley J., Heath McDonald, & Daniel C. Funk. (2016). The uniqueness of sport: Testing against marketing's empirical laws. Sport Management Review. 19(4). 378–390. 28 indexed citations

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Doyle, Jason P., Daniel Lock, Daniel C. Funk, Kevin Filo, & Heath McDonald. (2016). ‘I was there from the start’: The identity-maintenance strategies used by fans to combat the threat of losing. Sport Management Review. 20(2). 184–197. 55 indexed citations

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McDonald, Heath, Adam Karg, & Civilai Leckie. (2014). Predicting which season ticket holders will renew and which will not. European Sport Management Quarterly. 14(5). 503–520. 45 indexed citations

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McDonald, Heath. (2013). Living in a fantasy world. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology).

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Doyle, Jason P., Kevin Filo, Heath McDonald, & Daniel C. Funk. (2012). Exploring sport brand double jeopardy: The link between team market share and attitudinal loyalty. Sport Management Review. 16(3). 285–297. 40 indexed citations

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Karg, Adam & Heath McDonald. (2009). Understanding experiences of fantasy sport participation. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Heath & Constantino Stavros. (2007). A Defection Analysis of Lapsed Season Ticket Holders: A Consumer and Organizational Study. Sport Marketing Quarterly. 16(4). 218–229. 51 indexed citations

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McDonald, Heath, Larry Neale, & Daniel C. Funk. (2006). Investigating the influences on attendance and intention to rejoin with inaugural members of a new football team. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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McDonald, Heath & Robin N. Shaw. (2005). Satisfaction as a predictor of football club members' intentions. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship. 7(1). 75–81. 27 indexed citations

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Shaw, Robin M., Stewart Adam, & Heath McDonald. (2002). ANZMAC 2002 : conference proceedings. 2 indexed citations

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