A1 Journal article (refereed)
Virtuousness in Sports Organizations : Examination of Ethical Organizational Culture and Its Virtues (2022)
Riivari, E., & Heikkinen, S. (2022). Virtuousness in Sports Organizations : Examination of Ethical Organizational Culture and Its Virtues. Journal of Global Sport Management, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2066556
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Riivari, Elina; Heikkinen, Suvi
Journal or series: Journal of Global Sport Management
ISSN: 2470-4067
eISSN: 2470-4075
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 04/05/2022
Volume: Early online
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2066556
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/80934
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the ethical organizational culture of top sports organizations in Finland. We were especially interested in how employees of sports organizations evaluate perceptions of ethical organizational culture and perceive specific ethical organizational virtues. We applied a mixed methods approach. We gathered the empirical material through questionnaires and interviews with representatives from Finland’s top sports organizations. The findings show that the questionnaire participants evaluated the perceptions of ethical organizational culture of the Finnish top sports organizations as being quite ethical. The findings also show that the ethical organizational virtues of transparency, discussability, congruency of management, and supportability have a special role in maintaining and developing but also challenging organizational ethics in sports organizations. This study contributes to the discussion on ethical organizational virtues and deepens the understanding of the virtuousness of organizations in the field of sports management research.
Keywords: organisations (systems); organisational culture; sports organisations; leadership (activity); sports leaders; ethicality; virtues; values (conceptions); experiences (knowledge)
Free keywords: corporate ethical virtues; CEV mode; ethical culture; sports management; mixed method
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Reporting Year: 2022
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