Analyzing governance in Brazilian sports confederations

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ID22189166
AutoresGustavo Bavaresco (0000-0003-0436-4779, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Thiago Santos (0000-0002-4191-7064, Universidade Europeia), Fernando Marinho Mezzadri (0000-0001-8601-5227, Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Año2024
Volumen8
Número6
Páginas4695
Fecha de publicación2024-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Infrastructure Policy and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2572-7923 • E-ISSN: 2572-7931
EditorialEnPress Publisher (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24294/jipd.v8i6.4695
OpenAlexW4399445849
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas10

The application of governance in recent years appears as a tool of entities that organize sport. Considering this aspect, it was observed that many sports entities present problems in following mechanisms to improve management, both in national and international contexts. Governance materializes with principles of transparency, accountability, equity, institutional integrity, and modernity, in order to aid sports entities. Thus, the development of sports entities could improve management, professionalization, and innovation. Based on the aforementioned, this article aims to demonstrate whether the principles of governance found in the literature are contemplated in Brazilian sports confederations, pointing to the possibility of finding distinct characteristics among the confederations, and the confederation with the highest index for Brazilian sports. The methodology is a longitudinal discursive analysis. The results use data from 2015 to 2022 from the Sou do Esporte Governance Awards and the analysis is based on five governance principles; transparency, equity, accountability, institutional integrity, and modernity. The confederations were found to have adopted the principles of governance to improve, professionalize, and optimize their sports management. The results suggest that the use of governance can enhance the confederations and improve the management, legitimacy, and development of sports in Brazil. The authors consider the nuances reported in the study as imperative to improve the progress of Brazilian sports, and the contribution made could generate other discussions in different contexts and countries

Accountability · Corporate governance · Economics · Legitimacy · Management · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Public relations · Sociology · Business and Management Studies · Law · Physical Education and Sports Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts