Journal Articles

Cho, S, Malcolm, D, Dickerson, N, Tak, M (2025) Reconsidering anthropocentrism: local young people's perspectives on the 2018 Winter Olympics’ developmental and environmental impacts, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902251394018.

Pyun, DY, Tak, M, Xia, Y (2025) The perception of talent development environment in football: scale development and psychometric testing, International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 21(3), pp.1479-1492, ISSN: 1747-9541. DOI: 10.1177/17479541251373001.

Lee, S and Tak, M (2025) From back streets to Olympic stage: The development of breaking and skateboarding in South Korea, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 42(1), pp.62-82, ISSN: 0952-3367. DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2465694.

Guo, C, Giulianotti, R, Tak, M (2025) Navigating acculturation and identity reconstruction: the experiences of international football coaches in China, Sport in Society, 28(12), pp.1755-1779, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2025.2470146.

Tuakli-Wosornu, YA, Burrows, K, Fasting, K, Hartill, M, Hodge, K, Kaufman, K, Kavanagh, E, Kirby, SL, MacLeod, JG, Mountjoy, M, Parent, S, Tak, M, Vertommen, T, Rhind, DJA (2024) IOC consensus statement: interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sport, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(22), pp.1322-1344, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108766.

Tak, M, Kim, YJ, Rhind, D (2024) Rights-based policies for role-bearing people: are geo-cultural norms a hindrance to cultivating safer sport?, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 60(4), pp.591-610, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902241277225.

Xia, Y, Pyun, DY, Tak, M (2024) Nurturing football talent: A conceptual framework for talent development environment, Quest, 77(1), pp.20-37, ISSN: 0033-6297. DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2024.2387229.

Stenling, C, Fahlén, J, Sam, M, Tak, M (2024) (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), pp.64-81, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902241262620.

Kim, YJ and Tak, M (2024) Coaching transitions across borders: the pursuit of individuals advancing coaching careers in the competitive global landscape of Olympic sports, International Sport Coaching Journal, 12(1), ISSN: 2328-918X. DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2023-0058.

Tak, M, Kim, YJ, Rhind, D (2024) Good use, non-use and misuse: safe sport reporting systems in context, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 16(2), pp.255-270, ISSN: 1940-6940. DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2024.2323011.

Tak, M, Jackson, SJ, Sam, MP (2023) Traces of (dis)organised crime in sports gambling: a case study of the 2011 K-League match-fixing scandal, Trends in Organized Crime, 28(2), ISSN: 1084-4791. DOI: 10.1007/s12117-023-09518-w.

Guo, C, Giulianotti, R, Tak, M (2023) Career consolidation or reformulation? A careership theory approach to football coaches’ transnational migration and career development, Sport, Education and Society, pp.1-13, ISSN: 1357-3322. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2023.2238218.

Sam, M, Stenling, C, Tak, M (2022) Integrity governance: A new reform agenda for sport?, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58(5), pp.829-849, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902221125600.

Tak, M, Choi, C-H, Sam, MP (2021) Odds-wise view: Whose ideas prevail in the global integrity campaigns against match-fixing?, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, pp.101269022110456-101269022110456, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902211045681.

Kim, YJ and Tak, M (2021) PE teacher selection and employment examination: a reinventive institution within teacher education and socialisation, Sport, Education and Society, 28(1), pp.44-58, ISSN: 1357-3322. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1979953.

Tak, M, Sam, MP, Choi, C-H (2020) Too much at stake to uphold sport integrity? High-performance athletes’ involvement in match-fixing, Crime, Law and Social Change, ISSN: 0925-4994. DOI: 10.1007/s10611-020-09887-1.

Chang, IY, Jackson, S, Tak, M (2019) Globalization, Migration, Citizenship, and Sport Celebrity: Locating Lydia Ko between and beyond New Zealand and South Korea, International Journal of the History of Sport, 36(7-8), pp.643-659, ISSN: 0952-3367. DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1675644.

Tak, M (2018) Too big to jail: Match-fixing, institutional failure and the shifting of responsibility, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(7), pp.788-806, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/1012690216682950.

Tak, M, Sam, MP, Jackson, SJ (2018) The problems and causes of match-fixing: are legal sports betting regimes to blame?, Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 4(1), pp.73-87, ISSN: 2056-3841. DOI: 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2018-0006.

Tak, M, Sam, MP, Jackson, SJ (2016) 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), pp.30-48, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/1012690216639748.

Chapters

Tak, M and Kim, YJ (2026) Elite sports development in South Korea: characteristics and debates. In Lindsey, I, Strittmatter, A-M, Sam, M, Rich, KA (ed) Routledge Handbook of Sports Development [2nd edition], Routledge, pp.225-238, ISBN: 9781003503910. DOI: 10.4324/9781003503910-20.

Tak, M (2022) Sport, gambling, and match-fixing. In Wenner, LA (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, Oxford University Press, pp.1005-1024, ISBN: 9780197519042. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519011.013.51.

Tak, M (2021) Stakeholders around sports gambling governance: A comparison of the United Kingdom and South Korea. In Strittmatter, A-M, Fahlén, J, Houlihan, B (ed) Stakeholder Analysis and Sport organisations, Routledge, pp.127-148, ISBN: 9780367630164. DOI: 10.4324/9781003111917-10.

Datasets

Tak, M, Rhind, D, Vertommen, T, Parent, S, Mountjoy, M, G MacLeod, J, L Kirby, S, Kavanagh, E, Kaufman, K, Hodge, K, Hartill, M, Fasting, K, Burrows, K, Tuakli-Wosornu, YA (2024) Supplementary information files for "IOC consensus statement: interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sport", DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.28239998.