Processes That Shaped Sports in Israel during the 20th Century

Kaufman, Haim; Bar‐Eli, Michael

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“…For historical reasons, a unique organizational pattern has developed in Israeli sports. While in most of the world professional sports organizations have functioned on a local or regional-geographic basis, in Israel, prior to the establishment of the state in 1948, political movements and parties founded their own sports organizations and owned the teams (Ben-Porat, 2002;Kaufman and Bar-Eli, 2005), and this system continued until the 1990s. In 1993, at the height of the privatization process of the Israeli market, sports centres began privatizing teams.…”

Section: Sports Policy and Funding In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the teams were part and parcel of the political, municipal or neighborhood community and the local community intensely identified with the teams and the players, who for the most part were locals as well. Leagues in the different branches of sports were managed in cooperation with the local population, and thus the environment and the community generated interest in sports, giving its spectators a sense of belonging and enjoyment (Kaufman and Bar-Eli, 2005;Galily, 2007).…”

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Municipal subsidiary policy toward professional sports teams

Galily

Yuval

Bar‐Eli

2012

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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Purpose -Local authorities around the world provide different forms and different amounts of direct and/or indirect assistance to professional sport teams, which in most cases are owned by private business entrepreneurs. Findings from various studies indicate that professional sports teams do not make a significant contribution to a city in terms of its economy, tourism or even image. The purpose of this paper is to explore and question, from a local public policy standpoint, the justification for financial assistance from the local authority to privately owned professional sports teams that provide a public service or a public good. Design/methodology/approach -In order to shed light on the process, a two-staged study was used: an examination of the financial subsidies of ten cities in Israel, focusing in particular on Herzliya, an affluent community north of Tel Aviv. In the second stage, a representative sample of Herzliya's adult residents (18 years old and above) was surveyed with regard to the city's current policy on sports and the policy they would like to see enacted. Findings -The findings show that both public officials and professional sports officials place subsidizing popular sports rather than professional sports higher on their priorities. The study concludes that the combination of a number of processes has brought about a democratic deficit. Originality/value -Lack of transparency and the exclusion of the public in decision making processes has led to a democratic deficit in the local authorities. Once it was armed with empirical information and included in the decision making process, the public was able to reallocate the budget to meet its needs.

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Section: Sports Policy and Funding In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sports Policy and Funding In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Municipal subsidiary policy toward professional sports teams

Galily

Yuval

Bar‐Eli

2012

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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“…Regardless of country, the development of sport is not a standalone process, but rather a reflection of social, historical, political, economic, and ideological processes that constantly shape the character of that country (Kaufman & Bar-Eli, 2005). The extent of influence of certain events that took place during the 20 th century on Israeli sport in its present state is examined by Kaufman and Galily (2009) and summarised below.…”

Section: The Environment Of Sport In Israelmentioning

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Examining athletes' leadership skills development and transfer experiences from sport into business

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This thesis examines the role of sport in offering experiences that enable the development and subsequent application of leadership skills in business focusing on former professional basketball players and business managers in Israel. Transferable skills are general skills that are context and content free (Wiant, 1977). Within the context of sport, transferable skills are those acquired through sport which can be applied in non-sport domains. In recent years, the demand and interest regarding performance excellence principles has grown significantly. Likewise, the demand in the business world for transferring those principles from elite sport has increased. Thus, business organisations are becoming aware of the power of “learning through metaphor” as well as the fact that life skills are universal, regardless of culture and domain (Fletcher, 2011). Some studies have examined this aspect in the context of high school sport (Carson & Gould, 2010; Voelker, Gould, & Crawford, 2011). However, such findings appear limited as participants have only recently left high school and have not had enough time to implement the skills acquired (Kendellen & Camire, 2017). Thus, there is a gap in the literature here for a study such as this one that focuses on participants that have had longer experiences in business and leadership settings post their sporting careers. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 male participants (Mage = 65.0). Participants were engaged in professional basketball careers on both national and international levels. Upon their retirement participants have worked in business and/or are pursuing business careers. This research utilises a six-step deductive thematic analysis using the conceptual model for life skills interventions developed by (Hodge, Danish, & Martin, 2013). Participants discussed how they believe they developed leadership skills during their professional basketball career and subsequently applied in business many of the leadership skills theorised to be associated with the basic psychological needs. Three higher-order themes of autonomy (e.g., self-control), competence (e.g., coping with stress), and relatedness (e.g., consideration of other’s feelings) comprising 14 lower-order themes were generated from the data. The findings advance the understanding of sports as a development setting by offering concrete examples of both development and application of specific leadership skills provided by the same participants. Linking development in sports and application in business in such a manner demonstrates substantial influence sports experiences can have in the lives of business managers long after their playing days are over. The results proved that athletes could learn leadership skills which they can apply throughout their professional business careers. Those skills can play a significant role in their professional success.

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Sport, Palestine, and Israel

Sorek¹

2013

A Companion to Sport

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Processes That Shaped Sports in Israel during the 20th Century

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Municipal subsidiary policy toward professional sports teams

Municipal subsidiary policy toward professional sports teams

Examining athletes' leadership skills development and transfer experiences from sport into business

Sport, Palestine, and Israel

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