Sustainable Management of Sport Organizations

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the sustainable management of sport organizations. It is directed at sport organizations operating in all three sectors, including non-profit, private (market), and government (state) sectors. Across sectors, sport organizations face increasing pressures and expectations from various internal and external stakeholders (e.g., members, employees, consumers, society, other organizations) and are expected to meet at least some of these expectations in order to retain their place within society, the sport system, and the economy. Hence, sustainable organizational management will play a major role in sustaining the viability, performance, and effectiveness of sport organizations. The concept of sustainability explicitly considers all three dimensions of sustainability (i.e., the triple bottom line), including financial/economic, social, and ecological sustainability.

Submissions can speak to one or more of the following themes or address other topics related to at least one dimension of sustainability :

• Economic/financial sustainability: Revenue diversification and management of income portfolios; securing sustainable sport funding; generating sustainable economic impact; protection against organizational fraud; etc.
• Social sustainability: Integration and inclusion of minorities and under-represented population groups; implementation of gender diversity and/or national/ethnic diversity; organizational management ensuring the delivery of the desired social, health, and well-being outcomes of sport; etc.
• Ecological sustainability: Promotion of environmentally friendly behavior within organizations; reduction of organizations’ environmental impact; etc.
• Understanding and successfully managing trade-offs between two or three sustainability dimensions.

Prof. Dr. Pamela Wicker
Dr. Shannon Kerwin
Guest Editors

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