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Sport organizations and environmental pressures: an institutional analysis
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Abstract Capitalism plays a significant role in the process of commercialization of sport. The bureaucratization, professionalization, politics and policy change legitimate organizational activities (Oliver 1992). The external process of bureaucratization, which is "the organizational manifestation of the ra... view more
Capitalism plays a significant role in the process of commercialization of sport. The bureaucratization, professionalization, politics and policy change legitimate organizational activities (Oliver 1992). The external process of bureaucratization, which is "the organizational manifestation of the rationalization of social life" (Slack & Hinings 1994: 806) transforms sport organizations. The new environment of sport organizations moves them from voluntary organization to formal organizations with professional staff. This work identifies impact of external processes such as bureaucratization, professionalization and commercialization on sport organization. The focus is on the environmental pressures which change practices (procedures) in sport organizations. The article shows the changes in the field of sport and the processes of excluding voluntary, non-profit sport organization from competitions in elite sport. The last section of the article presents an alternative point of view on volunteers in sport industry.... view less
Keywords
sports; sports club; organizations; neoinstitutionalism; bureaucracy; voluntariness; commercialization; sociology of sports
Classification
Leisure Research
Organizational Sociology
Free Keywords
sport organizations; environmental pressures; institutional analysis; voluntary
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 155-170
Journal
Society Register, 2 (2018) 1
ISSN
2544-5502
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed