Amateurism to Professionalism: Modelling Organisational Change in Sporting Organisations

Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument: An Application of the Korean Version

“…As indicated by Slack and Parent (2006), sport organizations operating with stable cultures seek internal support rather than adapting to the external environment. Furthermore, Skinner, Stewart, and Edwards (1999) reported that sport organizations tend to enforce traditional roots including vision, story, myth, and symbol rather than being adaptable to changing circumstances. However, because of the growth of professionalism and increased commercialization in the sport industry, understanding organizational culture may provide sport organizations with a way to successfully deal with that culture.…”

Examining social media adoption and change to the stakeholder communication paradigm in not-for-profit sport organizations

“…In the context of sport management, scholarship has focused primarily on radical change (e.g., Amis, Slack, Hinings, 2004b;Legg et al, 2016), though both types of change are difficult for organizations to manage (cf. Skinner et al, 1999).…”

“…Specifically, this study illuminates the overall impetus for change, the type of change undertaken (i.e., radical or convergent, evolutionary or revolutionary), and any (if at all) resistance to the change (given change is often difficult to achieve, as per Skinner, Stewart, & Edwards, 1999). Although a collection of scholarship exists pertaining to change and sport organizations (e.g., Legg, Snelgrove, & Wood, 2016;O'Brien & Slack, 2004;Welty Peachey & Bruening, 2011), there remains a dearth of understanding reflecting and relating to contemporary technological advancements in online communication (e.g., social media) and change to sport organizations.…”

International Business Research, Vol.1, No.2, April 2008

“…Organisational change has received a great deal of attention in the field of organisational design and management and structure (Kikiluis, Slack & Hinings 1995, Skinner, Stewart & Edwards, 1999and Rowley, 2004. It is essential to understand why organisations might change with in this sector of the industry, and possibly what specific areas they might need to change?…”

“…One constantly evolving sector is the provision of sport in the changing dimensions of how it is managed and developed. Sport because of its unique environment has encountered a number of disturbances because of this process (Skinner, Stewart & Edwards, 1999), especially in the United Kingdom. Sport and there National Governing Bodies (NSO's) have and are still going through systematic and environmental change because of having to take a more business type approach and generate their own funding.…”