Table 2.

Dimensions and items of the role fit scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree; n = 792).

“Academics in sport management/economics/sociology should have the following attributes:”	Mean	Cronbach's α
Leadership style
Authoritarian	2.69	0.704
Power-seeking	2.04
Cooperativea	4.57
Solution-oriented in conflict situationsa	4.50
Quantitative methods
Analytical	4.27	0.834
Statistically competent	4.05
Good with numbers	3.82
Able to handle large data sets	3.83
Research topics
Knowledgeable in the field of professional sport leagues	3.86	0.861
Knowledgeable in the field of community sport	3.93
Knowledgeable in the field of sport performance and competition	3.89
Knowledgeable in the field of inclusion and diversity in sport	3.98
Media visibility
Visible in the media	2.77	0.819
Visible on social media platforms by sharing scientific content	2.78
Visible in scientific journals	3.54
Visible as experts on television	2.58
All items		0.755

^aReverse-coded items.