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2. "Seven Weeks Is Not a Lot of Time": Temporal Work and Institutional Change in Australian Football.
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McLeod, Joshua, Zeimers, Géraldine, Robertson, Jonathan, Ordway, Catherine, McGowan, Lee, and Shilbury, David
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AUSTRALIAN football , *GENDER inequality , *COINCIDENCE - Abstract
Recognizing the importance of timing in efforts to drive institutional change, this study examined how actors engage in "temporal institutional work" in their attempts to disrupt inequitable institutions in sport. A qualitative case study was conducted on football (soccer) in Australia wherein significant gender equity reforms have been enacted. The findings revealed how the temporal activities of entraining (e.g., capitalizing on external interventions), constructing urgency (e.g., through advocacy), and enacting momentum (e.g., through consensus-based leadership) allowed actors to exploit a time-sensitive window of opportunity for change, quickly foster a perception of irreversibility that structural change would occur, and generate synchronicity with broader reforms. Inspired by the breakthroughs in Australian football, this research highlights temporal-based strategies for combating gender inequity in sport. Theoretically, this study extends research on institutional work in sport by illuminating the key role that timing norms play during institutional change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. “It's not just a job, it's a passion”: passions and motivations of sport entrepreneurs
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Winand, Mathieu, Bell, Euan, and Zeimers, Géraldine
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- 2023
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4. Non-profit sport collaboration effectiveness: how do the partner selection factors and the collaboration process matter?
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Lefebvre, Arthur, Zeimers, Géraldine, and Zintz, Thierry
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- 2023
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5. Sport federations' organizational innovativeness: an empirical comparison of characteristics and attitudes
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Corthouts, Joris, Zeimers, Géraldine, Helsen, Kobe, Demeulemeester, Camille, Könecke, Thomas, Zintz, Thierry, and Scheerder, Jeroen
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- 2022
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6. An Integrity System Framework for the FIFA World Cups
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary and Constandt, Bram, additional
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- 2022
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7. Better Governance and Sport Innovation within Sport Organizations
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Lefebvre, Arthur, primary, Zeimers, Géraldine, additional, Helsen, Kobe, additional, Corthouts, Joris, additional, Scheerder, Jeroen, additional, and Zintz, Thierry, additional
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- 2023
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8. The interconnected roles of the chair
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary and Shilbury, David, additional
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- 2019
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9. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in football
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, additional, Zintz, Thierry, additional, and Willem, Annick, additional
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- 2018
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10. Local sport club presidents' perceptions of collaboration with sport federations.
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Lefebvre, Arthur, Zeimers, Géraldine, and Zintz, Thierry
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ATHLETIC clubs ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,TRUST ,SPORTS - Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the collaboration between sport federations and their sport clubs by examining club presidents' perceptions of the relationship between the process and the effectiveness of this collaboration. An online survey was administered to representatives of sport clubs in Wallonia, Belgium (n = 666). Multiple regression analysis was conducted. The independent variables were the five dimensions of the collaboration process and the dependent variables were the club presidents' perceptions of the effectiveness of the collaboration. Results indicate that, according to club presidents' perceptions, the process of collaboration is closely linked to collaboration effectiveness. Moreover, the research highlights that specific process dimensions such as mutuality and trust are closely related to club presidents' perceptions of the effectiveness of the collaboration. This research highlights that sport federations and sport clubs should strengthen their interorganisational interdependence and trust in order to collaborate more effectively. This study contributes to the literature by providing strong empirical evidence that the process of collaboration is closely related to the effectiveness of collaboration between federations and their clubs. Mutuality and trust are particularly crucial for effective collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. A Qualitative Study Examining How Passion Impacts Sport Board Functioning
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Shilbury, David, additional, and McLeod, Joshua, additional
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- 2022
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12. An Institutional Framework for Governance Convergence in Sport: The Case of India.
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McLeod, Joshua, Shilbury, David, and Zeimers, Géraldine
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SPORTS ,INSTITUTIONAL theory (Sociology) ,ORGANIZATIONAL transparency ,GLOBALIZATION - Abstract
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 principles of good governance that are common in Western sport contexts—transparency, accountability, democracy, and social responsibility. To achieve the aim, a theoretical framework consisting of three interconnected levels—(a) the historically grown national institutional framework, (b) organizational field, and (c) organizational actors—was proposed, drawing primarily on institutional theory. A qualitative approach was used to empirically test the framework in the Indian sport context, where governance has been of key concern. The findings show that the framework is an effective tool for understanding the drivers and barriers of convergence with the defined principles of good governance. The development of this framework is important, given the link between the principles and positive organizational outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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13. “It's not just a job, it's a passion”: passions and motivations of sport entrepreneurs
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Winand, Mathieu, primary, Bell, Euan, additional, and Zeimers, Géraldine, additional
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- 2022
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14. Implementing corporate social responsibility through charitable foundations in professional football: the role of trustworthiness
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Anagnostopoulos, Christos, primary, Winand, Mathieu, additional, Papadimitriou, Dimitra, additional, and Zeimers, Géraldine, additional
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- 2022
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15. Are sport organisations environmentally sustainable? – A website analysis of sport federations in Belgium
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Hugaerts, Ine, primary, Scheerder, Jeroen, additional, Zeimers, Géraldine, additional, Corthouts, Joris, additional, Van de Sype, Chloé, additional, and Könecke, Thomas, additional
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- 2022
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16. Organizational Resources and Collaboration between Sport Clubs: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
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Lefebvre, Arthur, Zeimers, Géraldine, Rihoux, Benoît, Zintz, Thierry, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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QCA ,Non-profit Sport Organization ,Organizational Capacity ,Partnership - Abstract
This study aims to identify resource-based profiles of sport clubs related to collaboration and non-collaboration with other sport clubs. Organizational capacity is used to frame this study theoretically. A qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) (n = 427) was carried out. Results identified five collaboration profiles and three related to non-collaboration between sport clubs. This study makes three main contributions to the sport collaboration literature. First, it contributes to the non-profit sport collaboration literature by identifying profiles of collaborating and non-collaborating sport clubs. Second, our research provides new insights about non-collaborating sport organizations and introduces the notion of asymmetry. Finally, this study demonstrates the relevancy of adopting configurational thinking in sport management. Practically, our research offers implications for managers of sport clubs.
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- 2022
17. Are sport organisations environmentally sustainable? – A website analysis of sport federations in Belgium.
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Hugaerts, Ine, Scheerder, Jeroen, Zeimers, Géraldine, Corthouts, Joris, Van de Sype, Chloé, and Könecke, Thomas
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RESEARCH questions ,SUSTAINABILITY ,SPORTS ,CONTENT analysis - Abstract
Research question: Sport is recognised as a significant contributor to a sustainable future. Sport federations (SFs) in particular can play an important role in this regard. However, literature that focuses on environmental sustainability (ES) in the sector is limited. To this end, the purpose of this study is to examine the institutionalised behaviour of SFs by analysing their environmental initiatives, environmental strategy and to detect and discuss opportunities for further development. Research methods: For the study, all available websites of the SFs in Belgium were examined by means of a content analysis. To assess the current behaviour of SFs and determine their progress in terms of ES, an extended version of the environmental wave typology created by McCullough and colleagues (2016) is empirically applied. Results and Findings: The results reveal a low commitment to ES, indicating that not dealing with the environment is still institutionalised in their natural behaviour. Only 37 of the 141 included SFs, communicated environmental initiatives or strategical considerations. The majority of the identified actions were low-intensity initiatives and only four federations provided a comprehensive strategic approach. Implications: This study contributes to the emerging research on ES in sport by examining the underresearched SF sector and applying the institutional theory to understand which factors influences their environmental behaviour. Opportunities that can initiate a positive change in the sector are described and due to its methodological approach, the study can serve as a blueprint for future research on the environmental performance of sport and other organisations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Sport federations' organizational innovativeness: an empirical comparison of characteristics and attitudes
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Corthouts, Joris, primary, Zeimers, Géraldine, additional, Helsen, Kobe, additional, Demeulemeester, Camille, additional, Könecke, Thomas, additional, Zintz, Thierry, additional, and Scheerder, Jeroen, additional
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- 2021
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19. Local sport club presidents’ perceptions of collaboration with sport federations
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Lefebvre, Arthur, primary, Zeimers, Géraldine, additional, and Zintz, Thierry, additional
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- 2021
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20. Power and rent-seeking on boards: a case study of national sport federations in India
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McLeod, Joshua, primary, Shilbury, David, additional, and Zeimers, Géraldine, additional
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- 2021
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21. Efficacité perçue de la collaboration entre les fédérations sportives et leurs clubs : rôle du processus de collaboration
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Lefebvre, Arthur, Zeimers, Géraldine, Zintz, Thierry, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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Dans la plupart des pays occidentaux, les fédérations sportives s’appuient sur la collaboration avec leurs clubs pour accomplir la mission centrale de développement de leur sport. Alors que de nombreuses études se sont intéressées aux collaborations dans le domaine sportif, on en sait moins sur cette collaboration singulière et particulièrement sur son évaluation (Babiak et al., 2018). Pourtant, cette évaluation est cruciale pour comprendre l’efficacité de ces collaborations, notamment, sur l’atteintes des buts organisationnels des clubs et par extension le développement du sport. Misener et Doherty (2013) soutiennent qu’en tenant compte du lien entre le processus et les résultats des collaborations, leur évaluation offrirait de nouvelles perspectives et permettrait d’en améliorer la gestion. Par conséquent, cette étude a pour objectif d’évaluer les collaborations entre les fédérations sportives et leurs clubs en examinant la relation entre le processus de la collaboration et son efficacité perçue dans l’atteinte des buts organisationnels des clubs. Cette recherche répond à la question suivante : « Quelles dimensions du processus de collaboration entre une fédération sportive et ses clubs sont associées à l’efficacité perçue de cette collaboration dans l’atteinte des buts organisationnels des clubs ? ». Les données ont été collectées au moyen d’une enquête en ligne. Cette enquête a été envoyée aux présidents des clubs sportifs belges francophones via leur fédération ou leur municipalité. En raison du RGPD, le nombre exact de clubs ayant reçus l’enquête n’est pas connu. Au total, 1992 clubs ont répondu à l’enquête. Après suppression des données incomplètes ou aberrantes, n = 666 clubs ont été inclus dans l’analyse. Cinq régressions linéaires multiples ont été menées à l’aide du logiciel IBM SPSS 25. Sur base de l’étude de Nagel (2008), cinq principaux buts organisationnels des clubs sportifs ont été identifiés. Les cinq variables dépendantes sont l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte de chacun de ces buts organisationnels (i.e., but lié à l’organisation [1] ; but lié aux membres [2] ; buts de sport pour tous [3] ; buts de compétition [4] ; but social [5]). Les cinq variables indépendantes sont les cinq dimensions du processus de collaboration (i.e., Gouvernance, Administration, Autonomie, Réciprocité et Confiance) issues de l’échelle de mesure de collaboration développée par Thomson et al. (2007). Toutes les variables ont été mesurées à l’aide d’une échelle de Likert. Les résultats indiquent que la dimension « Réciprocité » est significativement associée à l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte de l’ensemble des buts organisationnels des clubs ([1] : .355*** ; [2] : .382*** ; [3] : .372*** ; [4] : .276*** ; [5] : .238***). La dimension « Confiance » est significativement associée à l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte de quatre buts organisationnels ([1] : .214*** ; [2] : .137* ; [4] : .150* ; [5] : .117*). La dimension « Administration » est significativement associée à l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte de deux buts organisationnels ([4] : .127* ; [5] : .186**). La dimension « Gouvernance » est significativement associée à l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte d’un seul but organisationnel ([3] : .116*). Enfin, la dimension « Autonomie » n’est significativement pas associé à l’efficacité perçue de la collaboration dans l’atteinte des buts organisationnels des clubs. La contribution théorique de cette recherche est double. Premièrement, les résultats mettent en évidence que la réciprocité ainsi que la confiance entre les fédérations et les clubs sont des facteurs cruciaux de l’efficacité perçue de cette collaboration dans l’atteinte des buts organisationnels des clubs. De ce fait, cette recherche soutient empiriquement les résultats d’autres chercheurs tels que O'Boyle et Shilbury (2016) qui ont mis en évidence le rôle déterminant de ces deux dimensions, conceptuellement proches, dans l’efficacité des collaborations au sein du système sportif à but non lucratif. Deuxièmement, cette étude offre de nouvelles perspectives sur l’évaluation des collaborations entre organisations sportives à but non lucratif et répond à la demande de certains chercheurs de ne pas se limiter aux résultats de la collaboration lors de l’évaluation de celle-ci mais d’également tenir compte de son processus (Misener & Doherty, 2013). Pratiquement, cette étude encourage les fédérations et les clubs à repenser leur processus de collaboration. Une attention particulière devrait être portée à la création de confiance ainsi qu’à l’échange de ressources et d’informations entre les fédérations et les clubs. La réciprocité entre ces acteurs du système sportif non lucratif pourrait notamment être renforcée en incitant une communication « bottom-up », par exemple avec l’organisation de réunions de brainstorming ou l’utilisation de plateformes digitales.
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- 2020
22. Research Handbook on Sport Governance
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Winand, Mathieu, additional, and Anagnostopoulos, Christos, additional
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- 2020
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23. Organisational factors for corporate social responsibility implementation in sport federations: a qualitative comparative analysis
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Lefebvre, Arthur, additional, Winand, Mathieu, additional, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, additional, Zintz, Thierry, additional, and Willem, Annick, additional
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- 2020
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24. Corporate social responsibility implementation in non-profit sport organisations
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Zeimers, Géraldine, UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations, UCL - Faculté des sciences de la motricité, Zintz, Thierry, Willem, Annick, Swaen, Valérie, Francaux, Marc, Girginov, Vassil, Fassin, Yves, and Walzel, Stefan
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Sport federations ,QCA ,Corporate Social Responsibility ,Non-profit sport organisations ,Professionalisation ,Organisational learning ,Collaboration - Abstract
Sport is believed to create positive economic, cultural, health and social values. At the same time, it faces ethical, social and environmental challenges. Through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes, sport organisations may stimulate sport’s positive social side and counter and/or prevent its negative side. The scholarly debate about CSR within the sport management field focuses almost exclusively on for-profit sport organisations. Yet, traditional non-profit sport organisations are increasingly addressing such issues under the scope of CSR or any related notion. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the implementation of CSR programmes by non-profit sport organisations. This dissertation provides important insights on three main elements of CSR implementation, namely organisational determinants, collaborations as means of implementation and organisational learning. The focus of this study is on sport federations – those sport governing bodies in charge of the organisation of specific sporting codes and the representatives of their sport. The study investigates how sport federations build on their sport-federated network, internal and external stakeholders (e.g., sport clubs, state and national bodies, public authorities, non-profit partners) to develop, implement and institutionalise CSR programmes within their organisational settings. Theoretical and practical implications are formulated for sport federations to implement CSR sustainably. (MOTR - Sciences de la motricité) -- UCL, 2019
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- 2019
25. Hybridity in Non-profit Sport Organisations: Organisational Challenges
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Shilbury, David, Willem, Annick, Zintz, Thierry, 2019 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM 2019), and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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Hybrity ,Non-profit ,Sport organisations ,Mission drift ,CSR - Abstract
This study examines the concept of organisational hybridity and its applicability in non-profit sport organisations (NPSOs). In the non-profit sector, hybridity refers to “the complex organizational forms that arise as voluntary, charitable, and community organizations confront differentiated task, legitimacy, or resource environments” (Skelcher & Smith, 2015, p. 433). For instance, hybridity is illustrated by corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices increasingly implemented by NPSOs, that might eventually create a diversion of time, energy and money away from their core mission (Jones, 2007) potentially lead to mission drift. Understanding what hybridity means for non-profits and its impact on governance and management is timely as the hybridization process encapsulates important issues and paradoxes this study examined.
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- 2019
26. Organisational factors for corporate social responsibility implementation in sport federations: a qualitative comparative analysis.
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Lefebvre, Arthur, Winand, Mathieu, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, Zintz, Thierry, and Willem, Annick
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SOCIAL responsibility of business ,SPORTS administration ,CORPORATE autonomy ,PROFESSIONALIZATION ,INNOVATIONS in business - Abstract
Research question: Understanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation requires identifying factors that contribute to the ability of a sport organisation to develop CSR. This paper examines the complex combination of organisational factors associated with CSR implementation in a sport federation (SF) setting. Thus, this study identifies organisational factors of professionalisation for CSR implementation and different configurations associated with CSR implementation. Research methods: The study adopted a comparative approach combining a survey, interviews, and organisational documents in a sample of 19 Belgian SFs. A crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) was carried out to identify the combination of organisational factors associated with CSR implementation. Results and Findings: This study identifies four configurations associated with high CSR implementation and three configurations with low CSR implementation. Innovation capacity is a necessary organisational factor for CSR implementation that should be combined with financial autonomy, knowledge and human resources. The study reveals that organisational size is not a key condition associated with CSR implementation. The latter does not necessarily require a significant number of professional staff as long as the organisation is innovative and financially autonomous. Implications: This study contributes to the emergent research in the sport management literature and CSR literature on factors shaping CSR implementation by highlighting that it requires a combination of key organisational factors. The multiple configurations that emerged reveal the complex nature of CSR implementation, and reinforce the view that there is no 'one size fits all' solution to implement CSR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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27. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Football: Expoloring Modes of CSR Implementation
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, Zintz, Thierry, Willem, Annick, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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- 2018
28. Examining Collaboration Among Nonprofit Organizations for Social Responsibility Programs
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, additional, Zintz, Thierry, additional, and Willem, Annick, additional
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- 2019
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29. Organisational learning for corporate social responsibility in sport organisations
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Zeimers, Géraldine, primary, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, additional, Zintz, Thierry, additional, and Willem, Annick, additional
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- 2018
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30. 'The Process of Organisational Learning in Sport Organisations: The Case of Social Responsibility Programmes'
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, Zintz, Thierry, Willem, Annick, 25th European Association for Sport Management Conference, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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- 2017
31. Teaming-up for Social Responsibility Programs: the Case of Belgian Nonprofit Sport Organizations
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, Zintz, Thierry, Willem, Annick, NASSM 2017 Conference, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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Corporate Social Responsibility ,Interorganizational Relationships ,Sport Federations - Abstract
Background/Purpose. Sport organizations are continually pressured to adapt, embrace new approaches, and refine their practices in order to survive (Misener & Doherty, 2012). Much emphasis of such practices is increasingly given towards addressing their social responsibilities in an impactful way (Kihl, Babiak, & Tainsky, 2014; Walker, Hills, & Heere, 2015). Over the recent years a proliferation of studies has managed to capture these practices by drawing on the ‘umbrella’ notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Breitbarth et al., 2015; Chelladurai, 2016). Indeed, empirical insights have now shed light on a number of issues. These include, but are not limited to, the strategic implementation of CSR (e.g., Babiak & Wolfe, 2009; Heinze, Soderstrom, & Zdroik, 2014); the financial benefits derived from implementing CSR (e.g., Inoue, Kent, & Lee, 2011); or the charitable foundation model of delivering community programs (e.g., Anagnostopoulos, Byers, & Shilbury, 2014; Anagnost opoulos & Shilbury, 2013; Walters & Chadwick, 2009). Much of this literature draws on the context of professional teams to examine the determinants, processes and outputs of such social involvement (Anagnostopoulos, Inoue, Kihl, & Babiak, 2016). An overlooked area in the extant CSR in sport literature, however, is the interaction between the sport federations and sport clubs for the practice of socially responsible programs. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to ‘unpack’ the interorganizational relationship in this nonprofit sport setting and to examine the implementation process for socially responsible programs. Theoretical Background. Interorganizational relationships (IORs) exist in a variety of forms such as alliances, joint ventures, supply agreements, licensing, cobranding, franchising, cross-sector partnerships, networks, trade associations, and consortia (Parmigiani & Rivera-Santos, 2011). According to Babiak and Thibault (2008), IORs in the sport setting are “voluntary, close, long-term, planned strategic action between two or more organizations with the objective of serving mutually beneficial purposes in a problem domain” (p. 282). Scholars have currently investigated IORs in the sport sector in a range of different settings, such as elite sport policy (Babiak, 2007; Sotiriadou et al, 2016), sport tourism (Devine et al, 2011; Huxam and Vangen, 2005), sport participation (Dobbels et al., 2016; Vos et al., 2016), community development (Marlier et al., 2014; Misener & Doherty, 2013) or sport for development (Lindsey & Banda, 2011). The literature suggests that engagement in IORs is a critical dimension of overall organizational capacity in nonprofit sport organizations (Hall et al., 2003; Misener & Doherty, 2009). A widely used theoretical approach of studies drawing on IORs is the resource-based view (RVB) that postulates that organizations will form IORs to obtain access to complementary resources (Barney, 1991; Penrose, 1959) . In this respect, Misener and Doherty (2012) note that sport organizations at the community level are connected to multiple partners across different sectors such other sport clubs and national sports organizations. In the present case, beyond the institutional linkages prevailing in the Belgium sporting system between National and Regional Sport Organizations (NSOs-RSOs) and the Sports Clubs (SCs) to achieve their sports-delivery missions (Sotiriadou et al., 2016; Winand et al., 2014), we study IORs from the perspective of the extra-voluntarily interaction in which these actors have decided to work together for the delivery of socially responsible programs. In line with previous research (e.g., Austin & Seitanidi, 2010; Babiak, 2007, 2009; Dowling et al., 2013; Heinze et al., 2014; Kihl et al., 2014; Oliver, 1990; O’Toole, 1993; Parent & Harvey, 2009; Walters & Anagnostopoulos, 2012), we examine the three stages in the evolution and implementation of IORs by nonprofit sport orga nizations (Sotiriadou et al., 2016). The formation stage reflects to the contextual, shared and organizational determinants, motives and antecedents to enter a relationship. The management stage refers to the managerial factors, control mechanisms and challenges of the management of the interaction. Lastly, the evaluation stage outlines the outcomes and effectiveness of the relationship on the implemented program(s). Method. This study employs an interpretive approach though a single case study in the context of field hockey in the French speaking community of Belgium. Sport organizations from three different organizational levels were selected: the national federation, the regional federation, and seven clubs that were actively involved in community involvement programs (mostly diversity and environmental initiatives). Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews (n = 16) were conducted with key organizational actors from the federations and the clubs as well as with external sta keholders such as public sport governing bodies. Interviews centered on the motives for engaging in socially responsible programs through IOR; on the ways the relationships take place; on the role and responsibilities of the actors; and on the formalization of this social engagement. Each interview lasted between 0.45min-1.5h, it was recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data are complemented by documentation (official documents, strategy plans, websites and archival records). Employing an abductive approach (Koenig, 1993; Peirce, 1955) data were analyzed with the assistance of the NVivo content analysis software. Preliminary Results and Conclusions. This study is in progress, but preliminary findings indicate that hockey federation and clubs play a significant role in supporting and encouraging shared socially responsible practices, which reveal the collaborative value creation (Austin & Seitanidi, 2012) and the ‘collective impact’ (Kramer & Pfitzer, 2016) dynamics in th e implementation of social responsibility Through both formal and informal control mechanisms, the federations and the clubs are engaged in a top down and bottom up process via the resource availability and sharing. Individual level factors such as personal or network of contacts and strategic determinants have interestingly attracted our attention and will be investigated further. IORs remain one of the most challenging undertakings within the sport context. We contend that this organizational challenge is also evident within the context of ‘CSR’ in and through nonprofit sport organizations. We intend to elaborate a conceptual model which reveals the type of IOR, the motives and the management mechanisms driving the relationship and influencing the development of social responsibility within this nonprofit sport context.
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- 2017
32. Réflexions sur le positionnement épistémologique d’un chercheur embarqué sur un terrain dans le management du sport
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Zintz, Thierry, Willem, Annick, Conférence Audencia \\'Research and Business in Sport\\' : Qu’est-ce que la recherche peut apporter au monde du sport ?, and UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
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Chercheurs en sciences sociales, nous sommes appelés à récolter des données empiriques par différentes méthodes pour expliquer des phénomènes spécifiques (Alvesson, 2003). Dans certains cas, la recherche peut donner lieu à des interventions de types recherches actions qui requièrent ab initio rigueur, réflexion et intégrité du chercheur (Misener & Doherty, 2009). Dans d’autres cas, de manière (peut-être) plus inattendue, des démarches moins participatives comme des interviews, peuvent également questionner le rôle du chercheur dans sa relation avec ses interviewés (Creswell, 2007; Labaree, 2002). Dans ces deux cas, les chercheurs doivent se positionner épistémologiquement et méthodologiquement. Le chercheur en management du sport, de la même manière qu’un sociologue associé à un programme d’innovation technologique, peut être engagé et embarqué (Thoreau, 2013) de diverses manières qui affectent son objet d’étude. Autrement dit, par son engagement sur un terrain de recherche, le chercheur influence et est influencé par les acteurs rencontrés (Parotte, 2017). En dehors des approches purement participatives (Chalip, 2015 ; Edwards, 1999; Edwards & Skinner, 2009 ; Frisby et al., 2005), la littérature en management du sport demeure relativement peu abondante sur ces questionnements. Par conséquent, cette communication emprunte la notion de réflexivité, qui décrit l’idée de porter attention à la recherche et aux pratiques engagées par un chercheur (Beck, Giddens, & Lash, 1994 ; Gouldner, 1970; Thoreau, 2013). Sous forme de retour d’expérience, nous proposons de questionner notre propre engagement sur le terrain. Dans notre cas, cette réflexion a lieu dans le cadre d’une thèse de doctorat durant laquelle plusieurs étapes de récolte de données sont réalisées auprès de différentes organisations sportives concernées par la mise en oeuvre de pratiques de responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE). Au cours de notre recherche, des processus diffus de prise de conscience de la RSE par les acteurs impliqués et d’embarquement du chercheur dans les organisations sont observés. Indiscutablement, cette implication appelle à saisir les ambiguïtés de notre engagement sur le terrain et notre dévoilement face aux participants. De cette manière, cette contribution entend esquisser des pistes de réflexion sur le besoin de positionnement épistémologique du chercheur, soit le dilemme entre la prise de distance du chercheur avec son terrain et la co-construction de la réalité et des organisations-mêmes.
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33. Organisational learning for corporate social responsibility in sport organisations.
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Zeimers, Géraldine, Anagnostopoulos, Christos, Zintz, Thierry, and Willem, Annick
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ORGANIZATIONAL learning ,SOCIAL responsibility of business ,ATHLETIC clubs ,SUSTAINABILITY ,STAKEHOLDERS - Abstract
Research question: Although the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) may require changes at the strategic, organisational, and operational levels, studies fall short of investigating the role of organisational learning (OL), which is key to grasp how CSR occurs in organisations. This study fills this gap by exploring the dynamic interaction between different levels of the learning process through which sport organisations implement CSR. Research methods: Drawing on Crossan et al.'s 4I Framework, we examine the learning sub-processes characterising CSR implementation in a sport federation. This study uses a single-case-study research design and analyses interviews (n = 18) and organisational documents (n = 20). Results and findings: This study reveals that OL for CSR is a critical multilevel and dynamic process that consists of learning subprocesses at the intra-organisational and inter-organisational levels. CSR requires both learning new ways of incorporating CSR practices, as well as embedding into the organisation what has already been learnt. Informal and formal groups were identified as strong repositories of learning, while external stakeholders are essential sources of learning intertwined within the organisation alongside the work of inter-organisational boundary spanners. Implications: Theoretically, this paper extends the discussion of CSR implementation by highlighting the critical role of. It does so by revealing patterns of learning institutionalisation for CSR in a particular European sport federated setting. These findings highlight that the level of institutionalisation of learning influences the integration and sustainability of the CSR strategy. Practically, managers should consider these learning subprocesses as appropriate platforms on which to instil the CSR construct within their organisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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