Organizational Structures of Swedish Elite Ice Hockey Clubs / Organisationsstrukturen von Schwedischen Spitzenclubs im Eishockey

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21182543
AutoresJosef Fahlén (0000-0002-2745-4841, Umeå University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen3
Número1
Páginas57-80
Fecha de publicación2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSport und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1610-3181 • E-ISSN: 2366-0465
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sug-2006-0105
OpenAlexW2306970803
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas10

This paper reports on an analysis of organizational structures in Swedish elite ice hockey and is concerned with the organization at club level, its similarities and differences with regard to the clubs’ structural dimensions: specialization, standardization and centralization. Findings are based on structured interviews with the general managers of 11 clubs represented in the Swedish elite league (the first division) and on official and unofficial documents. The results, categorizing the clubs for each of these three structural dimensions into Law, Medium, and High, reveal some smaller variations in structural features, but mainly similarities, explained using the concept of adaptive isomorphism

Club · Crystal structure · Elite · Ice hockey · League · Organizational structure · Political science · Standardization · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society