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The purpose of the study was to investigate if non-profit sports clubs are affected by the growth of the commercial market and, if so, which clubs are affected and why. The authors employed a mixed-method design, collecting quantitative data from a sample of 4456 non-profit sports clubs in...

Author(s)
Rossi, L.; Breuer, C.; Feiler, S.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Sport Management Review, 2020, 23, 4, pp 736-749
Abstract

Previous research examining labour migration in sport focused on athletes in professional team sports. The purpose of this study is to analyse the factors influencing the migration probability of elite sport coaches in Germany (i.e. national coaches, state coaches, and coaches at Olympic training ...

Author(s)
Orlowski, J.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Journal of Sport Science, 2016, 16, 6, pp 711-718
Abstract

In Germany, membership fees in nonprofit sports clubs are comparatively lower than fees or prices for other leisure time activities, such as sports offers from fitness clubs, music schools, or theatre visits. However, it is unclear on which basis sports clubs set their membership fees for...

Author(s)
Feiler, S.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc., Morgantown, USA
Citation
International Journal of Sport Finance, 2019, 14, 4,
Abstract

This article addresses the resource dependencies of voluntary sports club in two Rhineland welfare states with differences in their organizational arrangements of sports (e.g. the centralization of the Sport for All policy). On the basis of the VOCASPORT typology of sports policy systems and the...

Author(s)
Vos, S.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.; Scheerder, J.
Publisher
Taylor and Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2013, 5, 1, pp 55-71
Abstract

Research question: The purpose of this study is to examine if the funding principles set by sport policies at different governmental levels in Germany are associated with the actual receipt of subsidies by voluntary sports clubs. Put differently, this study analyses whether the engagement of ...

Author(s)
Feiler, S.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Sport Management Quarterly, 2019, 19, 5, pp 562-582
Abstract

There is a growing debate on the professionalisation of non-profit sports clubs (e.g., more paid staff) and the remuneration of sports volunteers. These voluntary sports organisations are, together with for-profit fitness and health clubs, the main types of sports providers at the grassroots level ...

Author(s)
Vos, S.; Breesch, D.; Késenne, S.; Lagae, W.; Hoecke, J. van; Vanreusel, B.; Scheerder, J.
Publisher
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing , 2012, 11, 1/2, pp 3-25
Abstract

Coaches are critical to elite sport achievements because they represent the link between sport policies and athletes. Yet, labor migration of elite sport coaches challenges the competitiveness of the sport system of the sending country and brain drain is a concern for policy-makers. Previous...

Author(s)
Orlowski, J.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2018, 53, 3, pp 335-349
Abstract

Purpose - Sport participation is not exclusively determined by individual socio-demographic factors (micro level) since infrastructure factors such as the availability of sport facilities and sport programmes (macro level) can also play a role in this regard. The purpose of this paper is to...

Author(s)
Wicker, P.; Hallmann, K.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK
Citation
Sport, Business and Management, 2012, 2, 1, pp 51-68
Abstract

Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are increasingly cited by European policy makers as important partners in achieving non-sports related goals. The societal role is assumed to include wider functions (socialization, democratic, and integrative), and the combat against negative externalities which...

Author(s)
Nowy, T.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2019, 11, 4, pp 727-746
Abstract

Previous research has focused on the salaries of athletes and players in professionalised sports. Currently, there is a lack of evidence regarding the income of elite athletes in non-professionalised sports who represent their home country in various competitions (e.g., during the Olympics). For...

Author(s)
Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.; Hanau, T. von
Publisher
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing , 2012, 11, 1/2, pp 26-43

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