Ruoranen, Kaisa; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Schlesinger, Torsten (2023). The “dark side” of professionalisation in national sport federations: A case study of the Swiss Floorball Federation. International journal of sport management and marketing IJSMM, 23(5), pp. 442-464. Inderscience Enterprises Limited 10.1504/IJSMM.2023.133164
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National sport federations (NSF) are undertaking organisational adaptations towards professionalisation. To what extent they benefit from these adaptions is a matter of controversy. Furthermore, the negative effects of an NSF’s proactive professionalisation strategies have gained little attention. This paper explores the dark side of professionalisation in a Swiss NSF. The process and negative effects were investigated using a qualitative analysis of interviews, documents, and secondary studies. We found the dark side of professionalisation to be mainly present in the deteriorating inter-organisational relationships. The NSF was distracted from the needs of the sport community; the objectives of the professionalisation strategy did not reflect the member organisations’ values and visions. Furthermore, the NSF’s offensive marketing activities exceeded clubs’ capabilities. The evidence suggests that active involvement of clubs into strategy development and the professionalisation process could help it to avoid the negative effects and instead support an efficient use of resources.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Sport Sociology and Management |
UniBE Contributor: |
Nagel, Siegfried, Lang, Grazia, Klenk, Christoffer |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment |
ISSN: |
1475-8962 |
Publisher: |
Inderscience Enterprises Limited |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Franziska Krebs |
Date Deposited: |
15 Mar 2024 14:10 |
Last Modified: |
15 Mar 2024 14:10 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1504/IJSMM.2023.133164 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
professionalisation; professionalisation strategy; sport federations; national sport federations; sport clubs; sport management; sport marketing; floorball; sport Switzerland; case study; negative consequences |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/194282 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/194282 |
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