Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

Shilbury, David; Ferkins, Lesley; Smythe, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.smr.2012.12.001

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“…(2) In a second step, and in contrast to previous studies we will consider a practical point of view by a so called second-order observation of experts to gain valuable insights into current thinking and acting towards professionalization in sport federations. In doing so, a hermeneutical approach is used, which is about understanding the meaning of contexts by grasping the everyday world, and draw insight and meaning from it (Shilbury et al, 2013). Accordance with hermeneutics, the explorative interpretive knowledge of expert interviews was used.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professionalisation of sport federations – a multi-level framework for analysing forms, causes and consequences

Nagel¹,

Schlesinger

Bayle

et al. 2015

European Sport Management Quarterly

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Introduction:Organisational changes in sports federations are often associated with a drift from a volunteer driven to an increasingly business-like phenomenon (Shilbury & Ferkins, 2011). This process of transformation is be called as "professionalization". Accordingly, professionalization seems to be an appropriate strategy for sport organisations in order to meet organizational pressure due to challenges of a more complex and dynamic changing environment adequately. Despite the increasing research interest and the attempts for systematization on the phenomenon of professionalization it still remains unclear what does the term professionalization exactly mean (Dowling et al., 2014). Thus, there is a lack of a consistent concept of professionalization that is needed in order to explore different facets and perspectives of this phenomenon more validly. Against this background following question emerged: What is the suitable concept of professionalization for analyzing the actual ongoing processes of change, adaption or transformation in sport federations? Methods:Dealing with this question, following two-step approach was choosen: (1) In a first step a scholar's perspective at professionalisation of sport organisations will be displayed in order to explore both the common ground as well as divergences and inconsistencies in previous approaches. Therefore, a literature review is indicated. (2) In a second step, and in contrast to previous studies we will consider a practical point of view by a so called second-order observation of experts to gain valuable insights into current thinking and acting towards professionalization in sport federations. In doing so, a hermeneutical approach is used, which is about understanding the meaning of contexts by grasping the everyday world, and draw insight and meaning from it (Shilbury et al., 2013). Accordance with hermeneutics, the explorative interpretive knowledge of expert interviews was used. The interviews were conducted with a sample of six selected experts, who have both dedicated insider knowledge and the overall view of all Swiss sport federations. Results and discussion:The summaries of literature review could be categorized into two research currents. The one defines professionalization as a structural process towards professional status of occupations. The other defines it in a broader sense as an organisational change towards a business-like approach. Whereas the first perspective there is a broad scientific consensus that second isn't that clear, however. Explorative analysis of interview data reveals different themes in relation to professionalization of sports federation. First theme deals with a changed philosophy as more strategic alignment towards for-profit, efficiency and quality orientation. Second theme refers to paid work associated with more competence orientation and balanced governance between paid and voluntary work. Third theme deals with acting shift towards more rationalization and efficiency by implementation of innovative management a...

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professionalisation of sport federations – a multi-level framework for analysing forms, causes and consequences

Nagel¹,

Schlesinger

Bayle

et al. 2015

European Sport Management Quarterly

115

112

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“…A. Smith, Lockstone-Binney, Holmes, & Baum, 2014). In particular, sport volunteering research has put much attention on sports clubs (e.g., Lee, Kim, & Koo, 2016), training (e.g., Minnaert, 2012), governance (e.g., Shilbury et al, 2013), and recruitment (e.g., Lockstone & Baum, 2010). There is also a range of literature that has looked at volunteering at sport mega-events (e.g., Dickson, Benson, & Terwiel, 2014;Edwards, Dickson, & Darcy, 2009;Giannoulakis, Wang, & Gray, 2007;Hallmann & Harms, 2012;Love, Hardin, Koo, & Morse, 2011).…”

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“…Previous research has encouraged academics to focus less on the structure of experiences (see, for example, Kaplanidou & Vogt, 2010;Morgan, 2007;Shilbury, Ferkins, & Smythe, 2013) and to address meanings that further consider lived experiences as they are produced by individuals. Because this article proposes a conceptual framework for researchers interested in volunteering at sport events, this article starts by discussing directions from these areas of study.…”

Section: Gellweiler Wise and Fletchermentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the "lived Experience" of Sport Event Volunteers: Using the Hermeneutic Circle as a Guiding Conceptual Framework

2018

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“…These latter two limitations have, in fact, been noted within the wider non-profit sport governance literature. For example, Shilbury et al (2013), among others, note the distinction between 'organisational' governance and 'systemic' governance and argue that research to date has focused too 'internally' on boards, without taking sufficient account of how board members are influenced by wider pressures within the governance system. Furthermore, they argue that understanding in this area has been 'limited by a research approach that does not engage enough with those whose life-world involves the governance of organisations, and indeed governance between organisations' (Shilbury et al 2013, p. 351).…”

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Modernisation and governance in UK national governing bodies of sport: how modernisation influences the way board members perceive and enact their roles

Tacon

Walters

2016

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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Modernisation has been a key objective of many national governments for at least the last two decades. A significant element of the modernisation agenda has been the focus on improving the governance of public sector and, more recently, voluntary sector organisations. In the UK voluntary sport sector, this has involved policy statements, governance monitoring systems linked to public funding and a number of 'good governance' guides, aimed primarily at the boards of national governing bodies of sport (NGBs). Previous research has critically analysed modernisation and explored its effects, most often at a macro level. Very little research, to date, however, has looked at the influence of modernisation on the boards of NGBs. This article seeks to do just that, drawing on the first national survey of board-level governance in the UK and an in-depth, longitudinal case study of one UK-based NGB. It empirically examines which board roles NGBs consider most important and statistically compares large and small NGBs. It then draws on direct observation of board and committee meetings, in-depth interviews and analysis of key organisational documents to examine how modernisation influences the way board members perceive and enact their roles. In so doing, this article draws together the political science research on modernisation and the sport governance research on board roles and seeks to promote closer integration between these complementary streams of research.

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Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

Cited by 71 publications

References 61 publications

Professionalisation of sport federations – a multi-level framework for analysing forms, causes and consequences

Professionalisation of sport federations – a multi-level framework for analysing forms, causes and consequences

Understanding the "lived Experience" of Sport Event Volunteers: Using the Hermeneutic Circle as a Guiding Conceptual Framework

Modernisation and governance in UK national governing bodies of sport: how modernisation influences the way board members perceive and enact their roles

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