Examining alcohol management practices in community sports clubs: a systems approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly M. Thompson ◽  
Josephine Previte ◽  
Sarah Kelly ◽  
Adrian.B. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
Community Sports

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of macro-level regulatory systems on alcohol management for community sport organisations (CSOs). It examines how alcohol regulations translate into meso-level management actions and interactions that impact alcohol consumption in community sport clubs. Design/methodology/approachManagement of alcohol was explored through the holistic lens of macro, meso, and micro-levels of influence. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with Australian club administrators from community sports clubs. FindingsThematic analysis revealed macro-level influences on alcohol management in CSOs, with government regulations and the state sport associations being the most influential. Challenges arise in alcohol policy implementation when sport administrators do not prioritise alcohol consumption as a problem to be addressed, or where a conflict of interest arises between alcohol revenue generation and clubs positioning as health promoting environments. Practical implicationsTargeting club administrators’ attitudes towards alcohol as a benign influence and revising alcohol management practices are recommended as priority strategies to enhance the implementation and promotion of responsible alcohol management in sport clubs. Affiliate state sport associations were also identified as influential settings to provide administrative or strategic direction to CSOs, which would reduce the resources required by volunteers and standardise alcohol management practices across sports clubs. Originality/valueThe prevailing alcohol research focuses on the consumption behaviour of individual members and sports players. The study findings are novel and important as they explore the macro-level influences that administrators experience when enacting and policing alcohol management strategies in sports clubs. To-date, administrators of CSOs have not been included in many studies about alcohol consumption regulation; therefore, the findings provide an original perspective on alcohol regulation and demonstrate how CSOs operationalise alcohol management in club settings. The original insights from this study informed the conceptualisation of a multilevel sport system framework, which can be applied to guide future governance of alcohol consumption in sport settings.

scholarly journals Sustaining alcohol management practices in community sports clubs: A 3 year follow-up

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Small ◽  
M Kingsland ◽  
L Wolfenden ◽  
J Tindall ◽  
B Rowland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Community Sports

scholarly journals Is alcohol and community sport a good mix? Alcohol management, consumption and social capital in community sports clubs

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bosco C. Rowland ◽  
Luke Wolfenden ◽  
Karen Gillham ◽  
Melanie Kingsland ◽  
Ben Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Community Sports

scholarly journals Diversity work in community sport organizations: Commitment, resistance and institutional change

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramón Spaaij ◽  
Jonathan Magee ◽  
Karen Farquharson ◽  
Sean Gorman ◽  
Ruth Jeanes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Institution ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Strategic Response ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
Institutional Goals ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Community Sports

Diversity is a key term used in a range of public and private organizations to describe institutional goals, values and practices. Sport is a prominent social institution where the language of diversity is frequently and positively used; yet, this rhetoric does not necessarily translate into actual practice within sport organizations. This paper critically examines diversity work in community sports clubs. Drawing upon qualitative research at 31 amateur sports clubs in Australia, the findings show that diversity work in community sport organizations is often haphazard and accidental, rather than a strategic response or adaptation to policy. This paper concludes that while individual champions are critical to the promotion of diversity, persistent tensions and resistance arise when they seek to translate the language of diversity into institutional practice and culture change.

The neglected fond in university archives

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Garaba
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
University Archives ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to focus on the need to ascertain harmony in records and archives management practices between the university archives, sports union and the various sport clubs at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in an endeavor to establish whether these fugitive records are being captured. Design/methodology/approach Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to investigate records and archives management practices in sport clubs on the Pietermaritzburg (PMB) campus, UKZN. Data are thus obtained through a questionnaire, interviews, observation and email correspondence. This triangulation of methods of data collection is designed to increase the validity and reliability of the results. Findings This study has established that there was much dissonance with regard to records and archives management practices and recommendations inter alia included their need for overhaul and the need for pro-activeness on the part of archivists to collect this heritage for future reference. Research limitations/implications This study is only confined to the UKZN, PMB campus and not the entire university that constitutes a limitation. The findings may assist university authorities as decision and policymakers to ensure that records and archives management practices in universities are overhauled to prevent further loss of records. The study has focused on one genre of records, namely, leisure records, and there is a need for a comprehensive study on the entire university’s record-keeping system. Practical implications This paper highlights the plight of university archives and reiterates the need for an urgent review by university authorities with regard to their management. Originality/value This paper has used a number of data collection techniques to ensure reliability and validity of the data gathered. Physically checking the collections in the university repository to establish gaps corroborated with the research findings in an effort to establish the underlying cause of poor archival development.

scholarly journals Sustaining the implementation of alcohol management practices by community sports clubs: a randomised control trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tameka McFadyen ◽  
Luke Wolfenden ◽  
Melanie Kingsland ◽  
Jennifer Tindall ◽  
Shauna Sherker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Trial Registration ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Program Support ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Risky Alcohol ◽  
Community Sports

Abstract Background Risky alcohol consumption is responsible for a variety of chronic and acute harms. Individuals involved in organised sport have been identified as one population group who consume risky amounts of alcohol both at the elite and the non-elite level. ‘Good Sports’, an alcohol management intervention focused on the community sports setting has been successful in addressing risky alcohol use and alcohol-related harm amongst players and sports fans. Sustaining such implementation effects is a common challenge across a variety of community settings. The primary aim of this trial was to assess the effectiveness of a web-based program in sustaining the implementation of best-practice alcohol management practices by community football clubs, relative to usual program care (i.e. control clubs). Methods Non-elite, community football clubs in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, that were participating in an alcohol management program (Good Sports) were recruited for the study. Consenting clubs were randomised into intervention (N = 92) or control (N = 96) groups. A web-based sustainability intervention was delivered to intervention clubs over three consecutive Australian winter sports seasons (April–September 2015–2017). The intervention was designed to support continued (sustained) implementation of alcohol management practices at clubs consistent with the program. Control group clubs received usual support from the national Good Sports Program. Primary outcome data was collected through observational audits of club venues and grounds. Results A total of 92 intervention clubs (574 members) and 96 control clubs (612 members) were included in the final analysis. At follow-up, sustained implementation of alcohol management practices was high in both groups and there was no significant difference between intervention or control clubs at follow-up for both the proportion of clubs implementing 10 or more practices (OR 0.53, 95%CI 0.04–7.2; p = 0.63) or for the mean number of practices being implemented (mean difference 0.10, 95%CI -0.23-0.42; p = 0.55). There were also no significant differences between groups on measures of alcohol consumption by club members. Conclusions The findings suggest that sustained implementation of alcohol management practices was high, and similar, between clubs receiving web-based implementation support or usual program support. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000746639. Prospectively registered 14/7/2014.

The implementation process of alcohol policies in eight Swedish football clubs

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Geidne ◽  
Mikael Quennerstedt ◽  
Charli Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Alcohol Policies ◽  
Football Clubs

PurposeAlcohol stands in an ambiguous relationship to sports, and there is a common belief that participation in sports prevents alcohol consumption. Although this is not always the case, sports clubs can be important settings for health promoting alcohol policy interventions .The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of implementing alcohol policies in eight football clubs in Sweden and, in particular, how the implementation process is conveyed in the clubs’ alcohol policy projects, the similarities and differences between this case study and Durlak and DuPre's implementation model and the recommendations for successful alcohol policy implementation in relation to the result.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 15 semi‐structured interviews on the subject of sports’ club alcohol policies were conducted with project leaders and board members from eight sports clubs. The interviews were analysed using Durlak and DuPre's model of factors affecting implementation processes.FindingsThe results show that almost all the factors in Durlak and DuPre's model were comprehensively manifested in the football clubs’ alcohol policy projects, although with slightly different significance and emphases.Practical implicationsThe results are discussed in relation to recommendations for successful alcohol policy implementation in sports clubs. Recommendations are presented in six areas: an explicit message; fit; internal policy dissemination; alcohol policy as a part of overall policy; support; and actors.Originality/valueMany sports clubs do an excellent job of implementing alcohol policies successfully and it is imperative to incorporate their “good” practices into research and provide assistance to those whose policies and practice are less developed.

Research-based knowledge utilization in a community sport evaluation: a case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Laura Hills ◽  
Alison Maitland
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Knowledge Utilization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Community Sports ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Use Of Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore key determinants of knowledge utilization in a community sport initiative, with particular attention to key facets of social-organizational approaches including: organizational context including perceived user needs, characteristics of the researcher-user relationship, and adaption of dissemination materials. Design/methodology/approach – The case study applies established theoretical and conceptual understandings of knowledge utilization to a research evaluation of a national initiative to increase young women's participation in sport. Findings – This case study illustrates that academics engaging in evaluation work with sports organizations are well-placed to develop relationships with organizations that will be conducive to the use of research. Qualities that facilitate the use of research include an organizational context that is positively disposed towards using research. This can entail developing a researcher-practitioner relationship that involves shared learning and appreciating each other's aims, values and priorities. Research limitations/implications – The research initiates a discussion on the knowledge utilization in community sport evaluation; however, it is limited to a particular case which may not be representative of the spectrum of sports development initiatives. Practical implications – This case study highlights some useful features of how researchers and practitioners can work together effectively and use research to improve delivery. Originality/value – This case study contributes to new understandings of the immediate as well as long-term value of research in the evaluation of community sports initiatives.

scholarly journals The impact of an alcohol consumption intervention in community sports clubs on safety and participation: an RCT

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bosco Rowland ◽  
Melanie Kingsland ◽  
Luke Wolfenden ◽  
Alan Murphy ◽  
Karen E. Gillham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Community Sports ◽  
The Impact
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