Laila Ottesen
Biographic Data
| ID | 354790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laila Ottesen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laila |
| FAMILY NAME | Ottesen |
| SIGNATURE | OTTESEN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5086-9968 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mind the gap: Building bridges between public sector exercise programmes and civil society sports associations. An integrative review of the literature
Governance regimes in sport are changing globally, and welfare states are experiencing the increased pressure of political issues, including the health of their citizens. As seen in the increase in collaborations between public sector exercise, health, and rehabilitation programmes (EHRPs) and voluntary sports associations (VSAs), civil society aids in supporting states with innovative solutions to bridge the gap between the two. A bridge can be …
Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women
The aim of the present study was to illuminate how middle-aged women in Denmark manage, practically and emotionally, exercise in personal leisure time within the constraints of an ongoing time bind related to the societal obligations of work and family. The study was inspired by the micro sociological perspective of Arlie Hochschild, and findings are based on empirical material from focus groups of middle-aged Danish women who completed a three m…
Football Fitness - a figurational study of a new type of leisure football as a meaningful activity for men
This article offers a nuanced exploration of Football Fitness (FF), a newer 'sport for all' concept carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The aim of the study was to examine FF as a meaningful leisure activity for men. Seven focus group interviews were conducted with 26 heterogeneous male FF players aged 24 to 76. Data were analysed by means of thematic network analysis within the interpretive tradition. Drawing on figurational socio…
Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players
The aim of the article is to understand the potential of football in health initiatives for women – a topic relatively underrepresented in research. Specifically, this article examines the case of ‘Football Fitness’, a new ‘sport for all’ programme carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The article is based on six focus group interviews with white, middle-class female participants (N = 32, aged 27–56). The study shows that while healt…
Football is/as medicine: The Growth of a Health Promotion Movement and a Challenge for Sociologists
The organization of club football in Denmark – a contemporary profile
This article provides an understanding of the organization of Danish club football, including both grassroots and professional activities. We do this by analysing how it has developed and how it relates to four basic social orders viewed as ideal types; civil society, market, state and associations. Our study is grounded in document analysis, a questionnaire survey and existing knowledge of sports clubs and, in particular, football clubs. Our fin…
Caught between passion for the game and the need for education: A study of elite-level female football players in Denmark
This article focuses on the passion of Danish elite-level female football players for the game and the challenges they face. How do they manage to combine the tough demands of a football life with the need for education? A quantitative survey (2010) was sent out to female players in the Danish 3F Ligaen and Danish national team players. The findings indicate challenges faced by players in pursuing their passion, as they struggle to combine everyd…
No Structure without Culture? A Survey Study of 15–19 Year Olds’ Practices, Preferences and Perceptions of Physical Activity in a Danish Upper Secondary School
This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in a Danish upper secondary school where alternative options of physical activity have been provided to the students. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge about the perspectives of the students concerning physical education (PE), sport and exercise. The study illustrates young people’s practices, preferences and perceptions when physical activity is a gender-integrated…
How does interorganisational implementation behaviour challenge the success of Football Fitness
This article explores the role of the interorganisational implementation behaviour of the relevant actors in the implementation of Football Fitness, a Danish football-based, health-related activity. Football Fitness was designed by the Danish Football Association in 2010 and introduced in several volunteer football clubs in 2011. Today, around 200 of ∼1,600 potential clubs are involved. The analysis deployed a qualitative approach, including docu…
Football Fitness: Constraining and Enabling Possibilities for the Management of Leisure Time for Women
The aim of the article is to identify constraining and enabling aspects for the management of leisure time for women participating in 'Football Fitness', a new 'sport for all programme' carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The article is based on six focus group interviews with white, middle-class female participants (N = 32, aged 27-56). An analysis combining Hochschild's conceptualization of the second and third shift [1989. The S…
Are young people caught in the time bind? A sociological analysis of how young people in an upper secondary school view the issue of finding time to do sports or exercise in their spare time
New research shows that even young people, who are still undertaking an education, have difficulties with getting school, work, and family and leisure life to form a synthesis. The article reveals that young people's relationship to sport and physical activity in leisure time is related to the young people's experience of time pressure in the everyday life. Based on 12 group interviews with secondary school students (N = 120; taken over four year…
Young people's perspectives on health, risks and physical activity in a Danish secondary school
In this article, we examine how risk discourses related to health and physical activity are used and understood by the young people in a Danish school setting. We aim to give a detailed account of students’ experiences and to present their views on how they understand and comprehend matters concerning their own health. The study on which this article is based was designed to form the basis of an intervention through action research in the school …
Omsorgskapital i idrætten
Ulla Habermann og Laila Ottesen: Care-capital in sports organisations During the 18th and 19th century, sport was invented by and for men. Although women’s participation in sport activities in Denmark has increased since then and approaches the level of men’s involvement, women’s presence on the executive and decision making bodies of sports organisations is still limited. In 2003, women filled only 1/3 of the decision-making positions in sports …
Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society
(2001). Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol. 4, Associative Democracy: The Real Third Way, pp. 105-130
Sport in Different Types of Life-Mode Biographies. An Alternative Analysis of Sports Habits
First there is a presentation of Jane and Anne, two young top-level handball players from Denmark. Despite this and the fact that their daily lives are very similar, sport plays different roles in their lives. Jane regards handball as her whole life and Anne regards it as a hobby. The analysis model and framework of 'the concept of life-modes' is then presented. The biographies are used to analyse the concepts specific to the life-modes which peo…
Football Fitness: Constraining and Enabling Possibilities for the Management of Leisure Time for Women
The aim of the article is to identify constraining and enabling aspects for the management of leisure time for women participating in 'Football Fitness', a new 'sport for all programme' carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The article is based on six focus group interviews with white, middle-class female participants (N = 32, aged 27-56). An analysis combining Hochschild's conceptualization of the second and third shift [1989. The S…
Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society
(2001). Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol. 4, Associative Democracy: The Real Third Way, pp. 105-130
Caught between passion for the game and the need for education: A study of elite-level female football players in Denmark
This article focuses on the passion of Danish elite-level female football players for the game and the challenges they face. How do they manage to combine the tough demands of a football life with the need for education? A quantitative survey (2010) was sent out to female players in the Danish 3F Ligaen and Danish national team players. The findings indicate challenges faced by players in pursuing their passion, as they struggle to combine everyd…
No Structure without Culture? A Survey Study of 15–19 Year Olds’ Practices, Preferences and Perceptions of Physical Activity in a Danish Upper Secondary School
This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in a Danish upper secondary school where alternative options of physical activity have been provided to the students. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge about the perspectives of the students concerning physical education (PE), sport and exercise. The study illustrates young people’s practices, preferences and perceptions when physical activity is a gender-integrated…
Football is/as medicine: The Growth of a Health Promotion Movement and a Challenge for Sociologists
Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women
The aim of the present study was to illuminate how middle-aged women in Denmark manage, practically and emotionally, exercise in personal leisure time within the constraints of an ongoing time bind related to the societal obligations of work and family. The study was inspired by the micro sociological perspective of Arlie Hochschild, and findings are based on empirical material from focus groups of middle-aged Danish women who completed a three m…
How does interorganisational implementation behaviour challenge the success of Football Fitness
This article explores the role of the interorganisational implementation behaviour of the relevant actors in the implementation of Football Fitness, a Danish football-based, health-related activity. Football Fitness was designed by the Danish Football Association in 2010 and introduced in several volunteer football clubs in 2011. Today, around 200 of ∼1,600 potential clubs are involved. The analysis deployed a qualitative approach, including docu…
Are young people caught in the time bind? A sociological analysis of how young people in an upper secondary school view the issue of finding time to do sports or exercise in their spare time
New research shows that even young people, who are still undertaking an education, have difficulties with getting school, work, and family and leisure life to form a synthesis. The article reveals that young people's relationship to sport and physical activity in leisure time is related to the young people's experience of time pressure in the everyday life. Based on 12 group interviews with secondary school students (N = 120; taken over four year…
Football Fitness - a figurational study of a new type of leisure football as a meaningful activity for men
This article offers a nuanced exploration of Football Fitness (FF), a newer 'sport for all' concept carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The aim of the study was to examine FF as a meaningful leisure activity for men. Seven focus group interviews were conducted with 26 heterogeneous male FF players aged 24 to 76. Data were analysed by means of thematic network analysis within the interpretive tradition. Drawing on figurational socio…
Sport in Different Types of Life-Mode Biographies. An Alternative Analysis of Sports Habits
First there is a presentation of Jane and Anne, two young top-level handball players from Denmark. Despite this and the fact that their daily lives are very similar, sport plays different roles in their lives. Jane regards handball as her whole life and Anne regards it as a hobby. The analysis model and framework of 'the concept of life-modes' is then presented. The biographies are used to analyse the concepts specific to the life-modes which peo…
Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society
(2001). Associationalism for 150 years and still alive and kicking: Some reflections on Danish civil society. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol. 4, Associative Democracy: The Real Third Way, pp. 105-130
Omsorgskapital i idrætten
Ulla Habermann og Laila Ottesen: Care-capital in sports organisations During the 18th and 19th century, sport was invented by and for men. Although women’s participation in sport activities in Denmark has increased since then and approaches the level of men’s involvement, women’s presence on the executive and decision making bodies of sports organisations is still limited. In 2003, women filled only 1/3 of the decision-making positions in sports …
Young people's perspectives on health, risks and physical activity in a Danish secondary school
In this article, we examine how risk discourses related to health and physical activity are used and understood by the young people in a Danish school setting. We aim to give a detailed account of students’ experiences and to present their views on how they understand and comprehend matters concerning their own health. The study on which this article is based was designed to form the basis of an intervention through action research in the school …
Are young people caught in the time bind? A sociological analysis of how young people in an upper secondary school view the issue of finding time to do sports or exercise in their spare time
New research shows that even young people, who are still undertaking an education, have difficulties with getting school, work, and family and leisure life to form a synthesis. The article reveals that young people's relationship to sport and physical activity in leisure time is related to the young people's experience of time pressure in the everyday life. Based on 12 group interviews with secondary school students (N = 120; taken over four year…
How does interorganisational implementation behaviour challenge the success of Football Fitness
This article explores the role of the interorganisational implementation behaviour of the relevant actors in the implementation of Football Fitness, a Danish football-based, health-related activity. Football Fitness was designed by the Danish Football Association in 2010 and introduced in several volunteer football clubs in 2011. Today, around 200 of ∼1,600 potential clubs are involved. The analysis deployed a qualitative approach, including docu…
Football Fitness: Constraining and Enabling Possibilities for the Management of Leisure Time for Women
The aim of the article is to identify constraining and enabling aspects for the management of leisure time for women participating in 'Football Fitness', a new 'sport for all programme' carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The article is based on six focus group interviews with white, middle-class female participants (N = 32, aged 27-56). An analysis combining Hochschild's conceptualization of the second and third shift [1989. The S…
Caught between passion for the game and the need for education: A study of elite-level female football players in Denmark
This article focuses on the passion of Danish elite-level female football players for the game and the challenges they face. How do they manage to combine the tough demands of a football life with the need for education? A quantitative survey (2010) was sent out to female players in the Danish 3F Ligaen and Danish national team players. The findings indicate challenges faced by players in pursuing their passion, as they struggle to combine everyd…
No Structure without Culture? A Survey Study of 15–19 Year Olds’ Practices, Preferences and Perceptions of Physical Activity in a Danish Upper Secondary School
This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in a Danish upper secondary school where alternative options of physical activity have been provided to the students. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge about the perspectives of the students concerning physical education (PE), sport and exercise. The study illustrates young people’s practices, preferences and perceptions when physical activity is a gender-integrated…
The organization of club football in Denmark – a contemporary profile
This article provides an understanding of the organization of Danish club football, including both grassroots and professional activities. We do this by analysing how it has developed and how it relates to four basic social orders viewed as ideal types; civil society, market, state and associations. Our study is grounded in document analysis, a questionnaire survey and existing knowledge of sports clubs and, in particular, football clubs. Our fin…
Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players
The aim of the article is to understand the potential of football in health initiatives for women – a topic relatively underrepresented in research. Specifically, this article examines the case of ‘Football Fitness’, a new ‘sport for all’ programme carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The article is based on six focus group interviews with white, middle-class female participants (N = 32, aged 27–56). The study shows that while healt…
Football is/as medicine: The Growth of a Health Promotion Movement and a Challenge for Sociologists
Mind the gap: Building bridges between public sector exercise programmes and civil society sports associations. An integrative review of the literature
Governance regimes in sport are changing globally, and welfare states are experiencing the increased pressure of political issues, including the health of their citizens. As seen in the increase in collaborations between public sector exercise, health, and rehabilitation programmes (EHRPs) and voluntary sports associations (VSAs), civil society aids in supporting states with innovative solutions to bridge the gap between the two. A bridge can be …
Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women
The aim of the present study was to illuminate how middle-aged women in Denmark manage, practically and emotionally, exercise in personal leisure time within the constraints of an ongoing time bind related to the societal obligations of work and family. The study was inspired by the micro sociological perspective of Arlie Hochschild, and findings are based on empirical material from focus groups of middle-aged Danish women who completed a three m…
Football Fitness - a figurational study of a new type of leisure football as a meaningful activity for men
This article offers a nuanced exploration of Football Fitness (FF), a newer 'sport for all' concept carried out in associative sport clubs in Denmark. The aim of the study was to examine FF as a meaningful leisure activity for men. Seven focus group interviews were conducted with 26 heterogeneous male FF players aged 24 to 76. Data were analysed by means of thematic network analysis within the interpretive tradition. Drawing on figurational socio…
Sociology (11 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Danish (6 works) · Football (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public relations (5 works)