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Sub-theme 16:

Modern Sport Organizations: A Field for Upsetting Research

 

Convenors:

Trevor Slack
University of Alberta (Canada)
trevor.slack@ualberta.ca

Kari Steen-Johnsen
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (Norway)
kari.steen-johnsen@nih.no

Hallgeir Gammelsæter
Molde University College (Norway)
hallgeir.gammelsater@himolde.no


 

Session I: Thursday, July 10 – 11:00–12:30
Effectiveness in Sport Organizations

Chairs: Trevor Slack and Kari Steen-Johnsen

Convenors
Welcome and introduction

Anne-Line Balduck and Marc Buelens
A two-level competing values approach to measure non-profit organizational effectiveness
Discussant: Josef Fahlén

Michael E. Dobbs, J. Richard Harrison, Xia Zhao and James B. Wade
Niche characteristics and mortality of professional sports leagues
Discussant: Anne-Line Balduck
 

Session II: Thursday, July 10 – 14:00–15:30
Is Sport for All?

Chairs: Kari Steen-Johnsen and James B. Wade

Katherine Brady and David Knights
Upsetting organisations: The case of equestrian sports in Britain
Discussant: Berit Skirstad

Berit Skirstad
The impact of gender policy on organizational change
Discussant: Katherine Brady

Josef Fahlén, Eva Olofsson and Staffan Karp
Access denied: The new 'Sports for all' programme in Sweden and the reinforcement of the 'Sports for good' logic
Discussant: Eivind Å. Skille
 

Session III: Friday, July 11 – 9:00–10:30
Tension in Sport Organizations

Chairs: Hallgeir Gammelsæter and Berit Skirstad

Magnus Forslund
Organizational change in an Swedish amateur sport organization: How empowerment and transparency can upset organizational members
Discussant: Fabrizio Castellucci

Uwe Wilkesmann, Doris Blutner and Maximiliane Wilkesmann
Upsetting self-governance in a soccer league: Production and allocation of club goods as collective action in the German professional soccer league
Discussant: James B. Wade

Jon Helge Lesjø
Upsetting events and the case of the IOC: Reforms, hybrid structures & identities
Discussant: Doris Blutner
 

Session IV: Friday, July 11 – 14:00–15:30
Panel: Putting Things Right When Organisations Fail: What Can We Learn from
Professional Sport?

Chair: Bill Gerrard

Bill Gerrard
Introduction

Fabrizio Castellucci
Organizational change and individual experience: Inertia and learning in Formula One racing

Tom de Schryver, Rob Eisinga, Christine Teelken and Eric Poutsma
What upsets club owners and trainers in Dutch soccer clubs and what is their reaction?

Bill Gerrard
Effectiveness and efficiency in professional sport teams
Discussant: James B. Wade

Panel discussion
 

Session V: Friday, July 11 – 16:15–17:45
Sport Organizations and Local Communities

Chairs: Hallgeir Gammelsæter and Magnus Forslund

Francesco Bof and Fabrizio Montanari
The embededdness of a soccer club in its local context: A valuable resource or an upsetting constraint? The case of Barcelona FC, "Més que un club"
Discussant: Benoît Senaux

Benoît Senaux
Adapting organizational identity to radical institutional change. The case of professional football
Discussant: Francesco Bof
 

Session VI: Saturday, July 12 – 9:00–10:30
Organizing Sport Events

Chairs: Richard Harrison and Josef Fahlén

Petra Adolfsson
Marathon on TV as a guided tour of the city. An upsetting relation between sport and city management?
Discussant: Jon Helge Lesjø

Becca Leopkey, Olivier Mutter, Milena M. Parent and Jean-Loup Chappelet
Barriers and facilitators when hosting sporting events: Exploring the Canadian and Swiss sport event hosting policies
Discussant: Petra Adolfsson
 

Session VII: Saturday, July 12 – 11:15–12:45
Defining Sport Organizations

Chairs: Bill Gerrard and Trevor Slack

Eivind Å. Skille
Sports clubs as natural and open systems
Discussant: Tom de Schryver

Hallgeir Gammelsæter and Kari Steen-Johnsen
Constructing sport organizations: Complete or incomplete organizations?
Discussant: Magnus Forslund


Rounding Up Panel Discussion

 

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