Building and Sustaining Organizational Capacity in Voluntary Sports Clubs: Findings From a Longitudinal Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Karsten Elmose-Østerlund ◽  
Graham Cuskelly ◽  
Jens Høyer-Kruse ◽  
Christian Røj Voldby
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Human Resource Capacity ◽  
Development Capacity ◽  
Resource Capacity Planning ◽  
Group Interviews

Despite a rich literature on organizational capacity (OC) in voluntary sports clubs (VSCs), few studies have examined OC building and its long-term sustainability. Against this background, the authors identified changes in OC among VSCs that participated in a club development program and examined the sustainability of these changes. The authors collected survey data 9 months after participation comparing the participating VSCs (n = 62) with similar nonparticipating VSCs (n = 64). A selection of the participating VSCs was then contacted 3–4 years later for a follow-up survey (n = 48) and focus group interviews (n = 5). The results show that (a) significant differences in human resource capacity, planning and development capacity, and infrastructure and process capacity were visible between the participating and nonparticipating VSCs, and that (b) certain changes in OC remain in the clubs 3–4 years after participation. A sustainable change was that core volunteers related differently to the work in their respective VSCs.

scholarly journals Unpacking differences in psychological contracts of organizational and self-initiated expatriates

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Yue Zhang ◽  
Bart Rienties
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Cultural Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Global staffing has remained a main focus within the field of international human resource management (IHRM) since the 1970s. However, research in the psychological contract (PC) of expatriates is limited. The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in PC breach and violation for organisational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach A survey questionnaire was developed covering 52 organisational expatriates and 119 SIEs from 35 countries/regions working in China. Four follow-up focus group interviews including four organisational expatriates and 12 SIEs were conducted to further explain the findings of the survey. Findings The findings indicate that organisational expatriates experience significantly lower levels of PC breach and violation than SIEs. Three broad thematic areas arose from the triangulation of focus group interviews, including uncertainties in functioning of contracts, differences in job securities and career development opportunities, and cultural differences. Practical implications Employers should give a comprehensive orientation and cultural training to meet the needs of SIEs. Moreover, long-term career advancement paths should also be provided to SIEs to alleviate their vulnerability and insecurities working abroad. Originality/value The study contributes to the scholarship of self-initiated expatriation and PCs and give implications to IHRM strategies.

scholarly journals P476 Effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in ulcerative colitis: Real-world evidence from the ENEIDA registry

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S465-S466
Author(s):  
M Chaparro ◽  
A Garre ◽  
M Iborra ◽  
M Sierra ◽  
M Barreiro-de Acosta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Elevated Serum ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Clinical Activity ◽  
Mayo Score

Abstract Background The development program (UNIFI) has shown promising results of ustekinumab in ulcerative colitis (UC) treatment that should be confirmed in clinical practice. Aims Primary: to evaluate the durability of ustekinumab treatment in UC patients in clinical practice. Secondary: to assess the short-term response (at week 16) and the long-term effectiveness (at maximum follow-up) and to assess the safety of ustekinumab in clinical practice. Methods Patients included in the prospectively maintained ENEIDA registry who received at least one intravenous dose of ustekinumab due to active UC [Partial Mayo Score (PMS) >2] were included. Clinical activity and effectiveness were defined based on PMS. Results 95 patients were included (table 1). At week 16, 53% of patients had clinical response (including 35% of patients in remission) (figure 1). In the multivariate analysis, elevated serum C-reactive protein was the only variable significantly associated with clinical remission. Long-term remission is represented in figure 2. 36% of patients discontinued the treatment with ustekinumab during a median follow-up of 31 weeks. The probability of maintaining ustekinumab treatment was 87% at week 16, 63% at week 56, and 59% at week 72 (figure 3); primary failure was the main reason for ustekinumab discontinuation. No variable was associated with risk of discontinuation. Three patients reported adverse events; one of them had a fatal severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Conclusion Ustekinumab is effective both in the short and the long-term in real-life, even in a highly refractory cohort. Higher inflammatory burden at baseline correlated with lower probability of achieving remission. Safety was consistent with the known profile of ustekinumab.

Autistic Children Grow Up: An Eight to Twenty-Four Year Follow-Up Study

1986 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 550-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wolf ◽  
B. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Seizure Activity ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Program Involvement

Eighty questionnaires were sent to parents and/or caregivers of autistic persons diagnosed between 1960–73 at CPRI, a regional assessment and treatment centre. The objective was to determine their present place of residence, functioning ability, language development, program involvement, and seizure activity. The results of this study support evidence that more than 50 percent require long-term institutional care; almost one-third suffer epileptic seizures; there is a persistence of symptoms and difficulty in gaining useful speech; few live independently or are capable of employment.

scholarly journals Forsøgs- og udviklingsprogrammer i dansk idrætspolitik

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarne Ibsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
New Public ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
New Type ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Danish sports policy is primarily aimed to support sports clubs and organizations economically and making sports facilities available to associations. Over the past three decades, however, this policy has been supplemented by state experimental and development programs. In the first wave of experimental programs in the 1980s the purpose of the programs was to stimulate experimental and innovative thinking, and the long term goal of a program was to change legislation and administration in accordance with experience of the program. Therefore, the programs were also thoroughly evaluated. Experimental and development programs were part of a decentralization ideal that can be described as communitarian. This first wave of experimental programs in the 1990s was gradually replaced by more targeted and government-controlled programs, which are more aimed at improving performance in specific areas and providing political posturing. This new type of development program is better characterized by liberal and economically oriented management ideals (New Public Management). A number of evaluations of these programs and projects show that they rarely live up to their own goals and expectations. At the same time, the evaluations are often insufficient to become wiser on the projects positive and negative experiences. At the end of the article the author suggests, that experimental and development programs to a greater extent are aimed to test – and investigate – alternative solutions to society’s diverse problems.

Long-Term Follow-Up of a Dental Faculty Development Program

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 716-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen McAndrew ◽  
Suzanne Motwaly ◽  
Tracy Ellen Kamens
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Faculty Development Program ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

scholarly journals Long-term follow-up of a longitudinal faculty development program in teaching skills

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 721-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy M. Knight ◽  
Karan A. Cole ◽  
David E. Kern ◽  
L. Randol Barker ◽  
Ken Kolodner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Faculty Development Program ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

scholarly journals Short-and Long-Term Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Intervention with Coordinated Action between the Health Care Sector and Local Sports Clubs. A Pragmatic Trial in Austrian Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2362
Author(s):  
Sylvia Titze ◽  
Wolfgang Schebesch-Ruf ◽  
Christian Lackinger ◽  
Lena Großschädl ◽  
Albert Strehn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Pragmatic Trial ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Health Resort ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Over Time

(1) Background: Collaboration between the health care sector and the sports sector to increase physical activity (PA) behaviour among inactive adults is still rare. The objective of the study was to evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of a mixed PA intervention on the PA behaviour in an adult population. (2) Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with two follow-up measurements (four and 12 months), adults were contacted by post before their stay in a health resort. During the health resort stay, the intervention group (IG) received PA counselling and a coupon for 12 standardised free-of-charge sessions in a sports club. The participants in the comparator group (CG) received PA counselling and written material. PA was measured with an accelerometer (GENEActive). Linear mixed-effects models were applied to examine the change in PA behaviour, both within and between groups in moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA over time. (3) Results: We obtained at least one follow-up measurement from 217 participants (IG = 167, CG = 50), who were 50% female, with an average age of 53 (±6) years. PA significantly increased from the baseline to the four-month measurement by 58 min./wk (95% CI 36, 80) and to the 12-month measurement by 24 min./wk (95% CI 2, 46) within the IG. No change in PA occurred in the CG. We also found a short-term between-group (IG vs. CG) difference in change over time, but not a long-term difference. (4) Conclusions: The study confirms that a collaboration between the health care sector and local sports clubs is a feasible method of recruiting people into a standardised PA programme and to increase their PA over the long term.

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