TY - JOUR
T1 - Using a dual-sited organizational ethnography to examine change within and between community sport organizations
AU - Kitchin, P J
PY - 2018/1/5
Y1 - 2018/1/5
N2 - An increasingly diverse range of theories have been used to examine organizational change in sport. The methodological techniques used have revealed much, but are increasingly routine. Here, a novel use of organizational ethnography is used to examine change, both within and between two partners within an inter-organizational partnership. A longitudinal, dual-sited, organizational ethnography was performed between 2008 and 2012. This internal perspective gathered data on the structures, practices and relationships impacted by a common external stimulus (national sport initiative). One organization's values moderated their responses to the implantation of quality control systems and their attitudes to program expansion. This resistance created tensions between the partners, resulting in the deterioration of organizational relationships. This paper provides both a case of organizational change in sport management, while demonstrating some opportunities and challenges for using this dual approach. Both theoretical and methodological implications for practice are discussed and further research opportunities presented.
AB - An increasingly diverse range of theories have been used to examine organizational change in sport. The methodological techniques used have revealed much, but are increasingly routine. Here, a novel use of organizational ethnography is used to examine change, both within and between two partners within an inter-organizational partnership. A longitudinal, dual-sited, organizational ethnography was performed between 2008 and 2012. This internal perspective gathered data on the structures, practices and relationships impacted by a common external stimulus (national sport initiative). One organization's values moderated their responses to the implantation of quality control systems and their attitudes to program expansion. This resistance created tensions between the partners, resulting in the deterioration of organizational relationships. This paper provides both a case of organizational change in sport management, while demonstrating some opportunities and challenges for using this dual approach. Both theoretical and methodological implications for practice are discussed and further research opportunities presented.
KW - Organizational ethnography
KW - organizational change
KW - inter-organizational partnership
KW - community sport
KW - qualitative methodology
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/searchAll/index/?search=11648293&pageSize=25&showAdvanced=false&allConcepts=true&inferConcepts=true&searchBy=PartOfNameOrTitle
U2 - 10.1080/23750472.2017.1417739
DO - 10.1080/23750472.2017.1417739
M3 - Article
SN - 2375-0480
VL - 22
SP - 181
EP - 196
JO - Managing Sport and Leisure
JF - Managing Sport and Leisure
IS - 3
ER -