The conflict between Tradition and Modernization in a Sport Organization

A Sociological Study of Issues Surrounding the Organizational Reformation of the all Japan Judo Federation

Bibliographic Data

ID2379352
AuthorsToshio Saeki (University of Tsukuba, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume29
Issue3
Pages301-315
Publication date1994-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/101269029402900305
OpenAlexW2066418062
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

This study examines the conflict between tradition and the movement towards modernization in sport organizations. Specifically the paper focuses on the issues surrounding the structural reformations of the All Japan Judo Federation(AJJF). In con junction with the widespread development of international competition modern-day sports organizations are under increasing social pressures to produce higher standards of performance. As a result, the need for modernization arises and conflicts with the traditional values of the organization. This study attempts to cast some light on the internal dissention of the AJJF during the period 1983-89. The paper demonstrates that the crisis was in essence a conflict between some members of the AJJF trying to maintain the traditions of the iemoto system with members of The All Japan Student Judo Federation sought to modernize the organization

Modernization theory · Organizational structure · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Regional science · Russian federation · Social organization · Social science · Sociology · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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