A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Finland (2024)
Heikkinen, S., Särkivuori, J., & Vehmas, H. (2024). Finland. In K. Hallmann, S. Heikkinen, & H. Vehmas (Eds.), Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability : Perceptions, Practices, and Prospects Around the World (pp. 73-83). Springer. Sports Economics, Management and Policy, 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9_7(external link)
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Heikkinen, Suvi; Särkivuori, Joakim; Vehmas, Hanna
Parent publication: Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability : Perceptions, Practices, and Prospects Around the World
Parent publication editors: Hallmann, Kirstin; Heikkinen, Suvi; Vehmas, Hanna
ISBN: 978-3-031-52488-2
eISBN: 978-3-031-52489-9
Journal or series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy
ISSN: 2191-298X
eISSN: 2191-2998
Publication year: 2024
Number in series: 25
Pages range: 73-83
Number of pages in the book: 196
Publisher: Springer
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9_7(external link)
Publication open access: Not open
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Abstract
In this chapter, we study the management of responsibility and sustainability in for-profit, public, and non-profit Finnish sports organizations. To better understand the perceptions and current cases on responsibility and sustainability in sports organizations, we collected interview data from managers. The results revealed that responsibility and sustainability are understood as ambiguous, interrelated, and often problem-oriented concepts. Responsibility is most often realized in practices and experiences of social interaction within Finnish sports organizations. Yet, responsibility and sustainability may raise conflicting tensions when social and environmental aspects of responsibility are optimized. In addition, the measurability and evaluation of the responsibility goals should be enhanced, especially from the point of view that the proactivity of measures and operating culture would be emphasized instead of reacting to further problems and grievances. We conclude that in Finnish sports organizations, we need more understanding of different organizational logics that are prevailing within the sports interlinked with responsibility and sustainability and what motivates sports organizations to work toward responsibility on a continuous basis.
Keywords: sports organisations; responsibility (properties)
Free keywords: responsibility; Finland; sports organizations
Contributing organizations
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2024
Preliminary JUFO rating: 2
Parent publication with JYU authors:
- Hallmann, K., Heikkinen, S., & Vehmas, H. (Eds.). (2024). Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability : Perceptions, Practices, and Prospects Around the World. Springer. Sports Economics, Management and Policy, 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9(external link)