On the condition of the research on human resources management in sports organizations and the construction of the discipline

With the rising of research on human resources management in Western countries, China is also faced with the mission of strengthening the research in this area. By literature and logic analysis, this paper reviews and analyses the themes, the hot spots and the trends of the research in the field of HRM in sports organizations. The study points out that China needs to take out some actions to develop the discipline through clarifying the objectives, expanding research areas, deepening study contents, improving research methods, establishing a system of academic methodology, carrying out local researches and building a human resource management model adaptable to Chinese sports organizations.

I. Introduction

With the economic globalization and the growing competition between organizations in 21st century, organizations have to take full advantage of all their resources to ensure their survival and development. Among them, human resource, as one of the most important resources, has become a key factor to success or failure, and also human resources management has become an area of common concern by academicians and organizations at all levels.