The Social Phenomenon of Football: The transformation of the public sports policy: politics, grassroots management and social capital of the Orlik programme in Poland

Włoch, Renata; Gołdys, Aleksandra

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“…Adams, 2014; Behrens et al, 2016), the evaluation of state programmes in the context of creating social capital (e.g. Włoch and Gołdys, 2015) and, in general, on governance in sports (e.g. Groeneveld et al, 2010; Numerato, 2008; Numerato and Baglioni, 2012).…”

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Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman’s conception

Grodecki

2017

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The purpose of the presented study is to understand and describe the mechanisms for generating social capital in the groups of devoted football supporters in Poland, by: (a) exploring those features of football supporters’ social structures that are essential for creating social capital and enabling them to maintain it within those groups; and (b) trying to identify the historical processes which foster emergence of these features in supporters’ social structures. The presented analysis is part of a wider research project on Polish football supporters’ social capital. It draws on a qualitative approach based on the triangulation of a variety of methods: on-going ethnography, participant observation, individual interviews and content analysis (internet forums, book biographies, magazines, zines and qualitative research materials from previous research). Drawing on Coleman’s concept, this study identifies the presence of specific forms of social capital ( appropriate social organization, obligations and expectations, norms and effective sanctions and information channels) and internal factors ( ideology, closure and stability) facilitating maintenance of this ‘source’ in the structures of devoted supporters’ groups in Poland. The results show also that social capital is created on the stands and then transferred to the other areas of social life. Furthermore, the social capital used in areas other than where it was first created can strengthen efficiency and trust in the original organization. Further, external factors like the co-production process and ‘war’ with the state are considered as variables fostering the emergence of social capital in the analysed structures. However, these same external factors also made those structures very exclusive.

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Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman’s conception

Grodecki

2017

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Euro 2012, the ‘civilizational leap’ and the ‘supporters United’ programme: a football mega-event and the evolution of fan culture in Poland

Kossakowski

2019

Soccer & Society

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Organizational policies as a means of sharing sports values among athletes: the role of social capital

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Cunha²,

Colagrai

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PurposeSome sports organizations have a strategic objective of promoting human and social development through sports. However, it can be challenging to ensure that these objectives, conveyed by the board, are fully internalized by the athletes. From the perspective of inter-organizational networks, this dissemination can occur through strategic alignment and diffusion of social capital. Therefore, the authors wanted to analyze if organizational policies from sports organizations are related to athletes' perception of social capital and strategic alignment.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a sequential mixed-method research. Firstly, a pilot study was conducted with two exploratory interviews with key informants from a sports organization, supported by documentary data from this organization. A thematic content analysis was carried out to identify relevant categories and subcategories to prepare a quantitative research instrument. In the second phase, a questionnaire was applied to 159 student-athletes from this organization. The collected data were analyzed by multiple linear regression.FindingsFrom the pilot study, a set of five elements of strategic alignment, and three elements of social capital in the sports organization context were provided. In the quantitative phase, the authors identified that social capital is related to athletes' perception of shared values internalization in a sports organization, but strategic systems were not.Practical implicationsSports managers could better promote internal policies if there is social capital among athletes rather than implementing top-down deployed communications.Social implicationsPolicymakers could better predict the effectiveness of a foment request by sports organizations considering not only strategic systems communication deployment but also the existence of social capital in a sports organization. It is a broader mechanism to understand the capacity of a sports organization in disseminating good values among their members.Originality/valueDifferent from traditional companies, in sports organizations, only social capital is related to the internalization of organizational policy by athletes rather than strategic alignment initiatives.

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The Social Phenomenon of Football: The transformation of the public sports policy: politics, grassroots management and social capital of the Orlik programme in Poland

Cited by 4 publications

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Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman’s conception

Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman’s conception

Euro 2012, the ‘civilizational leap’ and the ‘supporters United’ programme: a football mega-event and the evolution of fan culture in Poland

Organizational policies as a means of sharing sports values among athletes: the role of social capital

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