Football clubs and philanthropy: An empirical analysis of volunteering, match quality, and donations

Using data collected by means of an online questionnaire of German football-club volunteers, we studied whether match quality helps to predict philanthropy as measured in terms of donations. Match quality is defined as the congruence of a volunteer’s motives for volunteering with his or her utility experiences and can thus be expected to foster the production of volunteer satisfaction and eventually social capital. Social capital has a bonding and a bridging component. The former should predict donations to a volunteer’s own football club, while the latter should predict donations to other charitable and non-profit organizations. Our empirical results lend some support to the hypothesis that a high match quality makes it more likely for a volunteer to donate to his or her own football club. The propensity of donations to other organizations decreases when match quality increases. We use social identity theory and the economics of identity to sketch elements of a theory that links match quality, social identity, social capital, and donations.

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Social identity and family business: exploring family social capital

Journal of Family Business Management ◽

10.1108/jfbm-04-2015-0018 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 157-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Torsten Schmidts ◽

Deborah Shepherd

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Identity ◽

Family Business ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Family Members ◽

Content Type ◽

Family Social Capital ◽

The Family ◽

The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use social identity theory to explore factors that contribute to the development of family social capital. Effects are investigated both for the family and the business. Design/methodology/approach – A single in-depth case study focussing on the family unit was coducted within a fourth-generation family business involved in the arts retailing. Findings – The findings suggest that social identity theory is a useful lens to explore the development of family social capital. The six themes identified highlight that there is a normative and an affective dimension, leading to family members’ desire to uphold the status of the business. Evidence suggests that the normative factors may be both positively and negatively related to the development of family social capital, due to their potentially restrictive nature. Originality/value – The paper’s findings imply that social identity can contribute to understanding family dynamics. Evidence highlights various factors for family members that are not involved in the family business to uphold its status. This is attributed to the emotional significance of the business to the family’s identity. Furthermore, this paper suggests that the strong focus on norms and values, which developed gradually, may have adverse effects on the identification with the business and the willingness to uphold its status. Propositions are offered to provide guidance for future research to investigate this controversial evidence regarding the impact of value orientation on family social capital.

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Positive Externalities from Professional Football Clubs in the Metropolitan Rhine-Ruhr, Germany: Trickle-Down Effects Associated with Promotion and Relegation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12208638 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (20) ◽

pp. 8638

Author(s):

Hyunwoong Pyun ◽

Jeeyoon Kim ◽

Torsten Schlesinger ◽

Luca Matto

Keyword(s):

Positive Impact ◽

Professional Football ◽

Non Profit ◽

Football Club ◽

Positive Externalities ◽

Football Clubs ◽

Club Membership ◽

Sport Events ◽

The Impact ◽

Trickle Down

Hosting sport events is costly, but the positive impact of hosting sport events has not been studied well. We consider the promotion of physical activity, known as the trickle-down effect, to be a new dimension of this kind of impact. Using exogenous variations in promotion and relegation in the Bundesliga 1, we test the effect of the presence of a Bundesliga 1 club on local non-profit football club membership. Using German city-level annual non-profit sport club membership data from the metropolitan Rhine-Ruhr, we group cities with experience of either promotion or relegation as treatment cities and other cities as the comparison group. Difference-in-difference analyses show that promotion (using a strict definition of promotion) of local professional football clubs increases non-profit football club membership by 14% while relegation does not affect membership. The presence of Bundesliga 1 clubs in a city increases non-profit football club membership by 11%. Falsification tests support the idea that the impact of promotion on membership results in a net increase in membership.

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Football Players’ Popularity on Twitter Explained: Performance on the Pitch or Performance on Twitter?

International Journal of Sport Communication ◽

10.1123/ijsc.2018-0171 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 376-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maurice Vergeer ◽

Leon Mulder

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Network Theory ◽

Multilevel Models ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Football Players ◽

Premier League ◽

Twitter Account ◽

Using Data

This study tested football players’ performance on the pitch against their performance on Twitter as explanations for Twitter popularity. Guided by network theory, social-identity theory, and basking in reflective glory and using data of all players of all teams in the Dutch premier league (“Eredivisie”), the multilevel models show that players with a Twitter account were more popular when they scored more goals, were non-Dutch, were on loan at another club, and were networkers actively following others on Twitter. The findings also show that context matters. Players under contract with a successful club receive an automatic bonus: Irrespective of their performance on the pitch or on Twitter, they automatically acquire more followers on Twitter. Players in general do not need to put a lot of effort into communicating on Twitter because sending tweets is unrelated to having more followers. Advertisers’ best options to reach larger and homogeneous audiences through football players are to choose attackers, scoring players, those out on loan, and foreign players, as well as players from successful teams in general. The study also identified which player characteristics do not add to a larger audience reach, such as tweeting behavior and experience on Twitter.

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A Crowd-Funder Value (CFV) Framework for Crowd-Investment

Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0568-6.ch016 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 288-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Payal Jain

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Economic Value ◽

Convergence Theory ◽

Social Entrepreneurs ◽

Social Constructs ◽

Social Environmental

Crowd-funding is used by business and social entrepreneurs to fund projects that impact society in many ways. Although crowd-funders fund and support entrepreneurial projects, stakeholders are less aware of crowd-funder motivations and behaviours towards products/services, which impact on the success of these projects. The purpose of this research, therefore, is two-fold: a) development of crowd-funder value framework for understanding crowd-funder motivations; and b) provision of robust theoretical basis to the construct of ‘crowd-funding'. Different social constructs, such as social identity, and symbolic, crowd and relational social capital related to crowd-funding are discussed based on symbolic convergence theory of communication and social identity theory. This framework will act as a roadmap to understand how crowd-funder motivations impact and create value for individuals, organisations and society, and inform how social, environmental and economic value and impact can be maximised through crowd-funding initiatives.

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A Crowd-Funder Value (CFV) Framework for Crowd-Investment

Socio-Economic Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7311-1.ch027 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 515-536

Author(s):

Payal Jain

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Economic Value ◽

Convergence Theory ◽

Social Entrepreneurs ◽

Social Constructs ◽

Social Environmental

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Interculturality as social capital at work: The case of disagreements in American-Japanese interaction

Language in Society ◽

10.1017/s0047404519000204 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 377-402 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephen J. Moody

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Identity ◽

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Social Ties ◽

Symbolic Capital ◽

Group Boundaries ◽

Group Solidarity ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

Using Data ◽

Japanese Companies

AbstractTheories of social capital hold that strong interpersonal relationships can be leveraged to facilitate information sharing, gain trust, and strengthen group solidarity. Thus, it is often predicted that international workers are disadvantaged in these areas because they lack established social ties. Using data from disagreements between American interns and their colleagues in Japanese companies, this study critically examines this prediction by illustrating some ways participants use socially constructed representations of intercultural ideologies in ways that facilitate similar outcomes and substitute for their lack of relational histories. Specifically, these representations temporarily reverse flows of information, resist restrictions stemming from perceived lack of trust, and create shared humor that helps redefine in-group boundaries. By using a formal social capital model to interpret these results, this study helps position socially constructed representations of interculturality within a broader theoretical account of the potentially many forms of symbolic ‘capital’ that enable action. (Social capital, interculturality, disagreements, workplace, social identity)*

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A Contextual Account of the Psychosocial Impacts of Social Identity in a Sample of Digital Gamers

10.31219/osf.io/rnvkj ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Linda Katherine Kaye ◽

Charlotte Carlisle ◽

Liam R. W. Griffiths

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Digital Gaming ◽

Differential Effects ◽

Psychosocial Impacts

Drawing on social identity theory (SIT), the current research explored the psychosocial impacts of digital gaming, through two studies. In Study 1, Football Manager players (N= 349) completed an online questionnaire measuring their social identity, quality of friendships, self-esteem, and psychological well-being. Study 2 utilised the equivalent methodology but in relation to FIFA players (N = 95), in which social identity was framed by their affiliation as online versus offline players. Study 1 found that social identity was positively related to well-being. Study 2 found differential effects of social identity as a result of the context of play. Specifically, positive associations were found for players who played in offline contexts in respect of support and depth of relationships. Overall, positive associations were found between social identity and self-esteem. This research highlights the application of SIT through a more nuanced contextual lens, to more fully understand its psychosocial impacts.

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Knowledge Contribution in Organizations via Social Media

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000169 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 12-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicole Behringer ◽

Kai Sassenberg ◽

Annika Scholl

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Expectancy Theory ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Abstract Knowledge ◽

The Social ◽

Willingness To Contribute ◽

Social Media Tool

Abstract. Knowledge exchange via social media is crucial for organizational success. Yet, many employees only read others’ contributions without actively contributing their knowledge. We thus examined predictors of the willingness to contribute knowledge. Applying social identity theory and expectancy theory to knowledge exchange, we investigated the interplay of users’ identification with their organization and perceived usefulness of a social media tool. In two studies, identification facilitated users’ willingness to contribute knowledge – provided that the social media tool seemed useful (vs. not-useful). Interestingly, identification also raised the importance of acquiring knowledge collectively, which could in turn compensate for low usefulness of the tool. Hence, considering both social and media factors is crucial to enhance employees’ willingness to share knowledge via social media.

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