Bridging the Divide focuses on sport and event projects as vehicles for intergroup development between disparate communities in divided societies. Investigating the social and socio-psychological utility of sport in war-torn Sri Lanka, Schulenkorf’s work highlights the potential of sport-for-development initiatives as catalysts for social capital, social change and local capacity building.
The social, cultural and economic significance of sport has never been more evident than it is today. Adopting a critical management perspective, this book examines the most important themes and challenges in global sport management. From match-fixing, doping, bribery and corruption to corporate social responsibility, governance, and new media, it helps students, researchers and practitioners to understand the changing face of the global sport industry. Written by leading international sport management experts, <i>Critical Issues in Global Sport Management </i>includes twenty chapters and real-life case studies from around the world. It examines contemporary governance and management issues as well as the ethical challenges faced by the global sport industry, including questions of integrity and accountability in recent drug scandals that have been widely reported and debated. This book deals with such questions and many more, highlighting the fact that the global sport system is in urgent need of new and innovative solutions to these ongoing problems. Based on cutting-edge research from the US, UK, Australia, Europe and beyond, this book will add depth and currency to any course in sport management, sport business, sport development, or sport events.
Es wurde eine Einzelfallstudie durchgeführt, wobei das Asian German Sport Exchange Programme (A.G.S.E.P.) in Sri Lanka im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung stand. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Freiwilligen ein hohes Interesse am Sport zeigten; die Bedeutung der Organisation als Sportorganisation wurde jedoch nur von den Studenten aus den Bereichen Sportwissenschaft, Pädagogik oder Management hervorgehoben. Studierende, die nicht aus dem Sportbereich kamen, hoben den Entwicklungsaspekt der Organisation als wichtigen Faktor für ihr Engagement hervor. Diese Untersuchung deutet darauf hin, dass Freiwillige im Bereich des Entwicklungssports instrumentelle Ergebnisse von ihrer Teilnahme erwarten, wie z. B. den Erwerb neuer Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse, das Knüpfen von Kontakten, die Verbesserung ihres Lebenslaufs, die persönliche Entwicklung, die berufliche Entwicklung und das kulturelle Engagement.