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Dr. Nite joined the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University as an Associate Professor in 2020. Dr. Nite was previously at Texas Tech University and the University of North Texas. Dr. Nite has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses on topics such as organizational theory, management of recreation and sport organizations, and event management. Dr. Nite's research focuses on understanding how sport institutions are established and maintained. He is also interested in understanding how institutional structures impact organizational activities and decision-making. He has served on the editorial board of four journals and is currently the Book Review Editor for Journal of Sport Management. Dr. Nite is a North American Society for Sport Management Research Fellow.
COURSES TAUGHT
SPMT333. SPORT MANAGEMENT
2020C
SPMT340. SPORT GOVERNANCE
2020C
SPMT682. SEMINAR IN...
2020C
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Nite, C., & Edwards, J. R. (accepted). From isomorphism to institutional work: Advancing institutional theory in sport management research. Sport Management Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1896845
Nite, C., McLeod, C. M., Beldon, Z., & Nauright, J. (2020). Establishing a professional rugby union league in the USA: Managing institutional pluralism in sport entrepreneurship. Sport Management Review, 23(5), 883-897. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.02.004 **graduate student collaboration**
Cunningham, G. B., & Nite, C. (2020). LGBT diversity and inclusion, community characteristics, and success. Journal of Sport Management, 34(6), 533-541. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0338
Nite. C., & Nauright, J. (2020). Examining institutional work that perpetuates abuse in sport organizations. Sport Management Review, 23(1), 117-129. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.06.002
Li, H., Nite, C., Weiller-Abels, K., & Nauright, J. (2020). The development of women’s professional ice hockey China: Leveraging international competition to change institutionalized gender norms. Sport in Society, 23(3), 523-538. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1696538 **graduate student collaboration**
Huml, M. R., & Nite, C. (2019). Are athletes addicted to their identity? The development and validation of the Athletic Identity Addiction (AIA) scale. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience. 1(3), 98-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25035/jade.01.03.01
Nite, C., Hutchinson, M., & Bouchet, A. (2019). Toward an institutional theory of escalation of commitment within sport management: A review and future directions. Sport Management Review, 22(5), 571-583. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.01.006
Cohen, A., & Nite, C. (2019). Assessing experiential learning with a critical lens. Sport Management Education Journal. 13(1), 1-10. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/smej.2018-0010
McLeod, C. M., & Nite, C. (2019). Human capital ecosystem construction in an emerging rugby market. Journal of Sport Management. 33(4), 261-274. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-0265
Nite, C., Ige, A., & Washington, M. (2019). The evolving institutional work of the National Collegiate Athletic Association to maintain dominance in a fragmented field. Sport Management Review, 22(3), 379-394. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2018.05.002
Nite, C., & Hagan, B. (2018). Institutional leadership that disrupts: A case of the National Football League. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 10(4), 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2018-V10-I4-8922
Huml, M. R., Hambrick, M. E., Hums, M. A., & Nite, C. (2018). It’s powerful, legitimate, and urgent, but is it equitable? Stakeholder claims within the attributes of stakeholder salience in sport. Journal of Sport Management, 32(3), 243-256. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2017-0192
Nite, C., & Hutchinson, M. (2018). The pursuit of legitimacy: Expanding conceptions of escalation of commitment within sport. International Journal of Sport Management. 19(1), 1-26.
Nite. C., & Washington, M. (2017). Institutional adaptation to technological innovation: Lessons from the NCAA’s regulation of football television broadcasts (1938-1984). Journal of Sport Management, 31(6), 575-590. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2017-0159
Nite, C. (2017). Sustained dominance in sport and entertainment: Changing to maintain. Sport and Entertainment Review, 3(3), 49-53.
Nite, C., & Bernard, N. (2017). Understanding the interdisciplinary discipline: An introduction to sport management. International Journal of Exercise Science, 10(6), 818-822. Available at:https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/vol10/iss6/1 **graduate student collaboration**
Nite, C. (2017). Message Framing as Institutional Maintenance: The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Institutional Work of Addressing Legitimate Threats. Sport Management Review, 20(4), 338-351. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2016.10.005
Nite, C., & Bopp, T. (2017). Conflicting prescriptions for ‘ethical’ leadership in complex institutions: Perspectives from U.S. collegiate athletic administrators. Leadership, 13(3), 368-387. DOI:
Nite, C., Hutchinson, M., Melton, E. N., & Bouchet, A. (2015). Locating universities within the phases of escalation of commitment to intercollegiate athletics. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 7(1), 87-107. Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm/vol7/iss1/15
Hutchinson, M., Nite, C., & Bouchet, A. (2015). Escalation of commitment in United States collegiate athletic departments: An investigation of social and structural determinants of commitment. Journal of Sport Management, 29(1), 57-75. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/JSM.2013-0315
Nite, C. & Singer, J.N. (2014). ‘We want to develop Christian athletes’: Creating a climate for spiritual development in athletics. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 8(1), 1-18.
Nite, C., Singer, J.N., & Cunningham, G. B. (2013). Addressing competing logics between the mission of a religious university and the demands of intercollegiate athletics. Sport Management Review, 16, 465-476. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2013.03.002
Nite, C. & Underwood, S. J. (2013). Integrating geographic information systems (GIS) into sport business practice and research. International Journal of Revenue Management, 7(2), 95-104. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRM.2013.055682
Nite, C., & Singer, J.N. (2013). An examination of sport management doctoral programme research requirements. Educate, 13(2), 24-35.
Nite, C. & Singer, J. N. (2012) Qualitative Inquiry: Quality Research for Connecting with and Affecting Change in Sport Populations. Qualitative Research Journal, 12(1), 88-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14439881211222750
Nite, C. (2012). Challenges for supporting student-athlete development: Perspectives from an NCAA Division II athletic department. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 5, 1-14.
Nite, C. & Bouchet, A. (2011) Trust: The foundation of effective teams. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 26, 278-284.
Nite, C., McLeod, C. M., Beldon, Z., & Nauright, J. (2020). Establishing a professional rugby union league in the USA: Managing institutional pluralism in sport entrepreneurship. Sport Management Review, 23(5), 883-897. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.02.004 **graduate student collaboration**
Cunningham, G. B., & Nite, C. (2020). LGBT diversity and inclusion, community characteristics, and success. Journal of Sport Management, 34(6), 533-541. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0338
Nite. C., & Nauright, J. (2020). Examining institutional work that perpetuates abuse in sport organizations. Sport Management Review, 23(1), 117-129. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.06.002
Li, H., Nite, C., Weiller-Abels, K., & Nauright, J. (2020). The development of women’s professional ice hockey China: Leveraging international competition to change institutionalized gender norms. Sport in Society, 23(3), 523-538. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1696538 **graduate student collaboration**
Huml, M. R., & Nite, C. (2019). Are athletes addicted to their identity? The development and validation of the Athletic Identity Addiction (AIA) scale. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience. 1(3), 98-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25035/jade.01.03.01
Nite, C., Hutchinson, M., & Bouchet, A. (2019). Toward an institutional theory of escalation of commitment within sport management: A review and future directions. Sport Management Review, 22(5), 571-583. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.01.006
Cohen, A., & Nite, C. (2019). Assessing experiential learning with a critical lens. Sport Management Education Journal. 13(1), 1-10. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/smej.2018-0010
McLeod, C. M., & Nite, C. (2019). Human capital ecosystem construction in an emerging rugby market. Journal of Sport Management. 33(4), 261-274. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-0265
Nite, C., Ige, A., & Washington, M. (2019). The evolving institutional work of the National Collegiate Athletic Association to maintain dominance in a fragmented field. Sport Management Review, 22(3), 379-394. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2018.05.002
Nite, C., & Hagan, B. (2018). Institutional leadership that disrupts: A case of the National Football League. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 10(4), 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2018-V10-I4-8922
Huml, M. R., Hambrick, M. E., Hums, M. A., & Nite, C. (2018). It’s powerful, legitimate, and urgent, but is it equitable? Stakeholder claims within the attributes of stakeholder salience in sport. Journal of Sport Management, 32(3), 243-256. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2017-0192
Nite, C., & Hutchinson, M. (2018). The pursuit of legitimacy: Expanding conceptions of escalation of commitment within sport. International Journal of Sport Management. 19(1), 1-26.
Nite. C., & Washington, M. (2017). Institutional adaptation to technological innovation: Lessons from the NCAA’s regulation of football television broadcasts (1938-1984). Journal of Sport Management, 31(6), 575-590. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2017-0159
Nite, C. (2017). Sustained dominance in sport and entertainment: Changing to maintain. Sport and Entertainment Review, 3(3), 49-53.
Nite, C., & Bernard, N. (2017). Understanding the interdisciplinary discipline: An introduction to sport management. International Journal of Exercise Science, 10(6), 818-822. Available at:https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/vol10/iss6/1 **graduate student collaboration**
Nite, C. (2017). Message Framing as Institutional Maintenance: The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Institutional Work of Addressing Legitimate Threats. Sport Management Review, 20(4), 338-351. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2016.10.005
Nite, C., & Bopp, T. (2017). Conflicting prescriptions for ‘ethical’ leadership in complex institutions: Perspectives from U.S. collegiate athletic administrators. Leadership, 13(3), 368-387. DOI:
Nite, C., Hutchinson, M., Melton, E. N., & Bouchet, A. (2015). Locating universities within the phases of escalation of commitment to intercollegiate athletics. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 7(1), 87-107. Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm/vol7/iss1/15
Hutchinson, M., Nite, C., & Bouchet, A. (2015). Escalation of commitment in United States collegiate athletic departments: An investigation of social and structural determinants of commitment. Journal of Sport Management, 29(1), 57-75. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/JSM.2013-0315
Nite, C. & Singer, J.N. (2014). ‘We want to develop Christian athletes’: Creating a climate for spiritual development in athletics. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 8(1), 1-18.
Nite, C., Singer, J.N., & Cunningham, G. B. (2013). Addressing competing logics between the mission of a religious university and the demands of intercollegiate athletics. Sport Management Review, 16, 465-476. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2013.03.002
Nite, C. & Underwood, S. J. (2013). Integrating geographic information systems (GIS) into sport business practice and research. International Journal of Revenue Management, 7(2), 95-104. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRM.2013.055682
Nite, C., & Singer, J.N. (2013). An examination of sport management doctoral programme research requirements. Educate, 13(2), 24-35.
Nite, C. & Singer, J. N. (2012) Qualitative Inquiry: Quality Research for Connecting with and Affecting Change in Sport Populations. Qualitative Research Journal, 12(1), 88-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14439881211222750
Nite, C. (2012). Challenges for supporting student-athlete development: Perspectives from an NCAA Division II athletic department. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 5, 1-14.
Nite, C. & Bouchet, A. (2011) Trust: The foundation of effective teams. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 26, 278-284.