Utilizing a theory of racialized organizations within sport management research and practice

Howe, Jonathan E.; Keaton, Ajhanai C.I.; Rockhill, Carter

doi:10.1080/16184742.2023.2237024

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“…We cannot separate these actions from the current socio-political context that is rife with anti-Black sentiments (e.g. legislation banning critical race theory, see Howe et al ., 2023; Ray and Gibbons, 2021) and the normalcy of dehumanizing Black people in the USA (Singer et al ., 2022). Continuing to perceive and study organizations as racially neutral entities obscures the influence of broader sociopolitical issues on organizational decisions (Keaton, 2021).…”

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“…Further research is needed on when and under what circumstances organizational leadership disrupts racialized norms. As sports organizations worldwide commit to disrupting oppressive systems (Howe et al ., 2023; Keaton and Cooper, 2022), their decision-making must be interpreted as maintaining or dismantling oppressive practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Institutional theorists neglect how race and a society with a racialized hierarchy inform the enforcement and maintenance of organizational rules (Ray, 2019). Contemporary sport management scholarship has drawn upon racialized organizations theory to explain how sports organizations are racialized entities (Foster et al ., 2022; Howe et al ., 2023; Keaton and Cooper, 2022). Our work invokes the theory to highlight intentional actions or work strategies by sports organizations that maintain racialized organizations.…”

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Racialized organizations, strategies, and structures: a case study

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Keaton

2024

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PurposeThis paper explores organization-level racialized work strategies for maintaining racialized organizations (Ray, 2019). It focuses on intentional actions to maintain dominant racial norms, demonstrating how work strategies are informed by dominant racial structures that maintain racial inequities.Design/methodology/approachWe compiled a chronological case study (Yin, 2012) based on 168 news media articles and various organizational documents to examine responses to athlete protests at the University of Texas at Austin following the death of George Floyd. Gioia et al.’s (2013) method uncovered how dominant racial norms inform organizational behaviors.FindingsThe paper challenges institutional theory neutrality and identifies several racialized work strategies that organizations employ to maintain racialized norms and practices. The findings provide a framework for organizations to interrogate their strategies and their role in reproducing dominant racial norms and inequities.Originality/valueIn 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was reinvigorated within sporting and corporate domains. However, many organizations engaged in performativity, sparking criticism about meaningful change in organizational contexts. Our case study examines how one organization responded to athlete activists’ BLM-fueled demands, revealing specific racialized work strategies that maintain structures of racism. As organizations worldwide disrupt and discuss oppressive structures such as racism, we demonstrate how organizational leadership, while aware of policies and practices of racism, may choose not to act and actively maintain such structures.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%