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
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,
The trickle-down effect assumes that sporting success at the elite sport level descends down to the amateur sport level in the sense that people are inspired by sporting success to participate themselves. Previous research failed to find convincing evidence for this relationship, mostly because...
Author(s)
Frick, B.; Wicker, P.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23, 4, pp 259-263
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
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
The convergence of institutional processes and resource dependence perspectives stresses the notion that organizations choose strategies that address pressures from both their exchange and the institutional environments. Community sports clubs often resort to government grants to offer their...
Author(s)
Sotiriadou, P.; Wicker, P.
Publisher
Routledge, Melbourne, Australia
Citation
Annals of Leisure Research, 2013, 16, 4, pp 297-314
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
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
Previous research has shown that participation in different sports can be predicted using a socioeconomic model. However, the importance of sport infrastructure for sport participation in different sports has been mostly ignored. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of various...
Author(s)
Hallmann, K.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.; Schönherr, L.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Sport Management Quarterly, 2012, 12, 5, pp 525-544
In surveys across countries, nonprofit sports clubs report their perceived financial situation using some form of Likert scale; however, it is unclear what this subjectively reported rating reflects. The purpose of this study is to examine the link between objective financial measures and club...
Author(s)
Feiler, S.; Coates, D.; Wicker, P.; Breuer, C.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Sport Management Review, 2023, 26, 4, pp 607-627