Doing it together. The dynamics of volunteer work in football clubs for children, the Swedish case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12675608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Kassman (0000-0001-6158-3279, Department of Social Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Sköndal, Sweden, corresponding author), Åsa Kneck (0000-0002-2135-2684, Marie Cederschiöld University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 583-596 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Soccer and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14660970.2021.1953478 |
| OpenAlex | W3182302969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Football is one of the most popular organized leisure activities, and sports clubs organize many volunteers. But participation is stratified, volunteering among parents is class based and especially immigrant girls participate less. The aim of this study is to explore volunteering for children’s football as a social activity from a relational perspective. We analyse the dynamics in the clubs to understand how structures are shaped in interaction between individuals and organizations. The study has a mixed-methods approach with interviews among club employees and a survey to volunteers. Our analysis reveal that the dynamics of the recruitment process results in a homogenic group of volunteers from a more affluent area and that flexible working hours is a key mechanism in the stratification process. Even so the playing children seems to be a more heterogenic group and especially boys seem to be recruited from a wider community
Club · Dynamics (music · Football · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Gender Studies · Medicine · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |