Understanding the concept of professionalisation in sport management research

M Dowling, J Edwards, M Washington - Sport management review, 2014 - Elsevier
It has been 80 years since the concept of professionalisation began to take root within the
sociology and management disciplines. Similarly, the study of the professionalisation of …

Corporate social responsibility and governance in sport:“Oh, the things you can find, if you don't stay behind!”

T Breitbarth, S Walzel, C Anagnostopoulos… - Corporate …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide practical and future research implications
for the field of governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in sports to strengthen …

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

S Nagel, T Schlesinger, E Bayle… - European sport …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Research question: International and national sport federations as well as their member
organisations are key actors within the sport system and have a wide range of relationships …

Professionalisation, sport governance and strategic capability

D Shilbury, L Ferkins - Managing leisure, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Sport governance research is growing in volume and routinely highlights the tension
between volunteers and paid professionals in relation to shared leadership, board …

Performance management and measurement in national-level non-profit sport organisations

I O'Boyle, D Hassan - European Sport Management Quarterly, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Research question: The purpose of this research was to examine the current field of
organisational performance management and measurement within non-profit sport …

Good boards are strategic: What does that mean for sport governance?

L Ferkins, D Shilbury - Journal of sport management, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
To learn more about the governance of sport organizations, this study explored what
meaning board members of national sport organizations (NSOs) attach to the concept of …

Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

D Shilbury, L Ferkins, L Smythe - Sport management review, 2013 - Elsevier
This study explored sport governance practice from the lived experience of one informant
spanning a 30-year period in the governance of two sport organisations (basketball and …

Leadership in governance: Exploring collective board leadership in sport governance systems

L Ferkins, D Shilbury, I O'Boyle - Sport Management Review, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and explore a working conceptualisation of
collective board leadership in a federal sport network. In this paper, the authors examine the …

An institutional framework for governance convergence in sport: The case of India

J McLeod, D Shilbury… - Journal of sport …, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this research was to examine the drivers and barriers of governance
convergence in Indian sport. Governance convergence is defined as the adoption of four …

Towards a research agenda in collaborative sport governance

D Shilbury, I O'Boyle, L Ferkins - Sport management review, 2016 - Elsevier
Collaborative governance has its origins in public administration and relates to cross-sector
collaboration between parties who, by working together, may achieve common goals and …