One of the current dominant theories in the management literature is institutional theory.
Scholars within the institutional theory tradition have examined the creation and evolution of …

Institutional theory has generated considerable insight into fundamental issues within sport.
This study seeks to advance Washington and Patterson's review by providing an empirical …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework surrounding the typology of
environmental sustainability efforts made within the sport industry. We draw from multiple …

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 …

While most sport administrators acknowledge the advantages of managing sport
organisations as businesses, or at least the need to use good management practices, they …

The organizational field that constitutes English rugby union has undergone substantial
change since 1995. This paper builds on earlier work by O'Brien and Slack (2003a) that …

The aim of this paper is to gain conceptual understanding of changes in leisure-time sports
participation (LTSP) as an issue of institutional change. The study is elaborated in the LTSP …

This article builds on prior theory and research on institutional logics and shows how a
multisports club changes during its organizational life from an all amateur or voluntary logic …

The way the Australian sport system arrested its unrelenting decline in the 1970s to become
a model of best practice perplexes many countries. This essay aims to give an insight into …

The growth of professionalism in sport in Australia has had a significant impact on players
and administrators in many sporting organisations. This changing environment has caused …