The relationship between community sport clubs and social capital in Japan: A comparative study between the comprehensive community sport clubs and the traditional community sports clubs

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Okayasu ◽  
Yukio Kawahara ◽  
Haruo Nogawa
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
Community Sports ◽  
The Relationship

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

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 Social capital and health among participants in the cachibol league in Israel

2020 ◽  
pp. 101269022096811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orna Baron-Epel ◽  
Deborah Kadish ◽  
Yuval Paldi ◽  
Daniel S Moran ◽  
Riki Tesler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Involvement ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Community Sports ◽  
Over Time

The Israeli cachibol league, Mamanet, is a grass roots non-professional community sports club for mothers. Our aim was to assess if participants in the Mamanet League have higher levels of social capital and if social capital and wellbeing improve with time. Two groups were interviewed: a control group not participating in the league and a group of Mamanet participants. The women were interviewed within 3 months of joining (T1) and 13–15 months later (T2). The questionnaire included questions on sociodemographic characteristics, social capital (social support, social involvement, trust) and wellbeing (self-reported health (SRH), psychosomatic symptoms, depressive symptoms). At T1 the participants had higher social capital and SRH scores than the control group and lower psychosomatic and depressive symptoms compared with the control group. Participation in the Mamanet League seems to improve two of the three social capital measures: social support and social involvement, showing an increase among the Mamanet group over time and no change in the control group. Participation in the league had no significant effect on wellbeing during this period. Women that participate in sports clubs may initially have higher social capital; in addition, participation may increase levels of social capital over time.

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.

scholarly journals Sponsor networks and business relations orchestrated by team sports clubs

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrik Wagner ◽  
H. Thomas R. Persson ◽  
Marie Overbye
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
Autumn And Winter

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate firms’ reasons and motives for becoming sponsors and how they benefit from this networking engagement by exploring sponsorship networks associated with two Danish team sport clubs – a Premier League football club and a second-division handball club. Design/methodology/approach Two online surveys were conducted with firms associated with the networks during the Autumn and Winter of 2013/2014 (n=116). The questionnaire was theoretically anchored in the existing sponsorship literature, business network research, and social capital theory. Findings The results show that business logics were the dominating reasons for joining the network. A large proportion of the respondents reported having increased their number of business (32 percent) and social (26 percent) relations with other network members after joining the network. Furthermore, 37 percent of the respondents reported having made business agreements with companies external to the network via network contacts, which supports ideas of bridging social capital. More than half the respondents (59 percent) preferred doing business with network members rather than with non-members. Originality/value By investigating a local and regional sport club context, the paper adds to our knowledge about sponsorship networks. It emphasizes the potential importance of team sport clubs for the business landscape, thus maintaining that sport clubs fulfill an important role for local communities beyond being mere entertainment industries.

‘Hockey becomes like a family in itself’: Re-examining social capital through women’s experiences of a sport club undergoing quasi-professionalisation

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsty Forsdike ◽  
Timothy Marjoribanks ◽  
Anne-Maree Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Competitive Growth ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Club Women ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Hockey Players ◽  
Intergenerational Ties ◽  
Community Sports

The community-based sports club is often recognised as a key site for the development of social capital. Intergenerational ties and connections to place can generate a strong sense of identity and can foster practices of psychological and material support. In this sense, community sports clubs can also be seen as an extension of the family. We examine social capital and Ray Pahl’s ‘personal communities’ through an ethnographic study of women hockey players’ discussions about their intimate connections and engagement in family-like practices in an Australian metropolitan field hockey club. Women hockey players’ experiences of family-like bonds are threatened by the drive towards competitive growth and increasing professionalisation as local sporting bodies strive for survival and success. Their narratives reveal experiences of loss and conflicted relationships in the context of these broader structural changes in the club’s organisation and operations. Ultimately, the strength of a local sports club as a site for the development of social capital is called into question as traditional networks are eroded in the drive for growth, professionalisation and economic survival.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document