(Re)Asserting organization as a lens in sport sociology
The meaning, workings, and consequences of rational design efforts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2378876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cecilia Stenling (0000-0002-9619-801X, Umeå University, Sweden; Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway, corresponding author), Josef Fahlén (0000-0002-2745-4841, Umeå University, Sweden; The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway), Michael P Sam (0000-0002-2625-4426, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand), Minhyeok Tak (0000-0002-1020-7342, Loughborough University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-81 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10126902241262620 |
| OpenAlex | W4400869270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 52 |
The purpose of this article is to (re)assert the importance of an organizational lens in the socio-cultural study of sport. Specifically, we aim to demonstrate the often self-perpetuating and always value-infused nature of rational design, and the organizational processes through which problems, objectives, structures, roles, identities, and knowledges are (re)constituted and privileged in the context of sport. Drawing on an institutional understanding of organizational life, we examine Swedish sports' adoption of a new integrity platform as a case of rational design. Analyzing documentary and interview data, we demonstrate how positing organization as the object of knowledge allows us to unpack how, why, and with what effects, social issues and domains become subsumed into processes of rationalization and rational organizational design
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Through-the-lens metering · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |