Siegfried Nagel
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View article: Professionalisation and governance in sports organisations: towards an integrated understanding
Professionalisation and governance in sports organisations: towards an integrated understanding Open
Introduction Sports organisations face increasing expectations and challenges from internal and external stakeholders. Therefore, more and more sports organisations are professionalising their structures and processes, such as establishing…
View article: Relevant Elements of Standardisation of Federation’s Advisory Programs for Voluntary Sports Clubs
Relevant Elements of Standardisation of Federation’s Advisory Programs for Voluntary Sports Clubs Open
Introduction Sports federations are increasingly inclined to support their member clubs' structural and organisational development (Schlesinger et al., 2021). Thus, federations offer tools and training courses and have started implementing…
View article: How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland?
How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland? Open
Introduction Physical activity (PA) is crucial to physical and mental health in various populations, including individuals with disabilities (IWDs). IWDs are at higher risk being physically inactive, developing non-communicable diseases, a…
View article: Promoting the participation of women: agenda setting in Swiss sports federations
Promoting the participation of women: agenda setting in Swiss sports federations Open
Following observations that efforts to promote female participation vary across sports federations, this study employs the multiple stream model to analyse agenda setting towards promotion programmes in Swiss sports federations. Through qu…
View article: Professionalisation and governance in Swiss sports clubs – Establishing a club office
Professionalisation and governance in Swiss sports clubs – Establishing a club office Open
Introduction Sports clubs in Switzerland face increasing expectations and challenges from internal and external stakeholders. Therefore, more and more sports clubs professionalise their structures and processes, e.g., by establishing a clu…
View article: What makes national sport federations consider environmental sustainability? A conceptual framework on the agenda setting process based on a multiple case study
What makes national sport federations consider environmental sustainability? A conceptual framework on the agenda setting process based on a multiple case study Open
Introduction
In Europe, more than 60 million people practice sport in a club. Through the consumption behaviour of this large number of sport club members, organised sport not only has positive impacts, but can be deleterious to the envir…
View article: Which context matters? Analysing team and club contextual conditions of member commitment in voluntary sports clubs
Which context matters? Analysing team and club contextual conditions of member commitment in voluntary sports clubs Open
Voluntary sports clubs (VSC) face the challenges of dropouts and unstable membership. Studies have analysed member commitment—that is, the decision to remain in a club—regarding individual member characteristics and structural club conditi…
View article: Developing a multi-level framework for analyzing public sports-based programmes to integrate migrants and refugees into organized sports
Developing a multi-level framework for analyzing public sports-based programmes to integrate migrants and refugees into organized sports Open
Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are viewed by governments as an important catalyst for the integration of migrants/refugees. However, research has shown that only a small number of VSCs are directly involved in ‘integration through sport’ pr…
View article: Environmental sustainability in sport federations: a Swiss case study of environmental policy genesis
Environmental sustainability in sport federations: a Swiss case study of environmental policy genesis Open
Since national sport federations (NSFs) represent sport clubs and engage in sport policy issues, they could play a crucial role in establishing measures to ensure the environmental sustainability of sport. Several Swiss sport federations h…
View article: Sport and leisure-time physical activity over the life course
Sport and leisure-time physical activity over the life course Open
It is desirable to get as many people as possible to engage in long-term leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) due to the health-enhancing effects. Although the proportion of individuals who are physically active in their leisure time appe…
View article: Correlations between motor competencies, physical activity and <scp>self‐concept</scp> in children with intellectual disabilities in inclusive education
Correlations between motor competencies, physical activity and <span>self‐concept</span> in children with intellectual disabilities in inclusive education Open
Background Reciprocal relationships exist between motor competencies, physical activity and self‐concept. Aims Using a structural equation model, this study examined whether these relationships also appear in children with intellectual dis…
View article: The structural anchoring of integration measures in Swiss football clubs
The structural anchoring of integration measures in Swiss football clubs Open
Sports clubs are considered as offering integration for people with a migration background (PMB), for example, by building social contacts or a sense of belonging. Conversely, PMB are also important to sports clubs, as demographic changes …
View article: Inequality and diversity in sport - Developments and perspectives
Inequality and diversity in sport - Developments and perspectives Open
Despite the steady increase in the number of people active in sport over the past decades, certain population groups are still underrepresented in sport and especially in sport clubs, e.g. people with a low level of education and income, w…
View article: Environmental sustainability in Swiss sports federations – A case study on agenda setting, policy formulation and decision making processes
Environmental sustainability in Swiss sports federations – A case study on agenda setting, policy formulation and decision making processes Open
Introduction Nonprofit sports organisations are valuable sports providers in most European countries. In 2017, there were over 60 million European active sports club members (Nagel et al., 2020). Through the consumption behaviour of this g…
View article: Social differences in the sports behaviour of the Swiss population across time
Social differences in the sports behaviour of the Swiss population across time Open
Changes in sports behaviour and activities over the last decades are often attributed to developments of individualisation and differentiation in society. Existing empirical studies confirm that sporting activity is increasingly differenti…
View article: Professionalisation and its consequences for the governance of sports clubs in semi-professional team sports
Professionalisation and its consequences for the governance of sports clubs in semi-professional team sports Open
Sports clubs in semi-professional team sports professionalise their management particularly often due to expectations from internal and external stakeholders. Likely, they separate their elite section from other sections at some point duri…
View article: The promotion of women and girls in Swiss sports associations: Addressing, launching, and implementing decision-making structures and promotion programmes
The promotion of women and girls in Swiss sports associations: Addressing, launching, and implementing decision-making structures and promotion programmes Open
Many historically male-dominated sports still have a lower participation of women and girls at all levels. Women also seldom occupy decision-making positions at both association and club levels. At the same time, associations and sponsors …
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
The vision of the University of Bern is "knowledge generates value". In the context of this guiding idea, Bernese Sport Science works as “problem-oriented Sport Science”, taking sound methodical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approach…
View article: Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship?
Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship? Open
Sports clubs have been reporting several organizational problems in recent decades (e.g., recruitment and retention of members and volunteers). At the same time, certain sports clubs have professionalized their strategies, structures, proc…
View article: The dark side of professionalisation in national sport federations: A case study of the Swiss Floorball Federation
The dark side of professionalisation in national sport federations: A case study of the Swiss Floorball Federation Open
National sport federations (NSF) are undertaking organisational adaptations towards professionalisation.To what extent they benefit from these adaptions is a matter of controversy.Furthermore, the negative effects of an NSF's proactive pro…
View article: Vocational careers of retired Olympic athletes from Switzerland: A person-oriented study
Vocational careers of retired Olympic athletes from Switzerland: A person-oriented study Open
For many high-performance athletes, competing in the Olympic Games is a major goal. Achieving this goal requires more than ever substantial investments of time and personal resources towards the sports career over several years. Thus, some…
View article: Taking Up and Terminating Leisure-Time Physical Activity over the Life Course: The Role of Life Events in the Familial and Occupational Life Domains
Taking Up and Terminating Leisure-Time Physical Activity over the Life Course: The Role of Life Events in the Familial and Occupational Life Domains Open
Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is associated with various health-promoting effects. However, little is known about the relationship between life events and changes in LTPA over the life course, especially when multiple life events o…
View article: Barriers to Sport Participation Faced by Ethiopian and Eritrean Migrant Women in Switzerland
Barriers to Sport Participation Faced by Ethiopian and Eritrean Migrant Women in Switzerland Open
Global migration (both forced and voluntary) has intensified the interaction between existing and emerging cultures. Sport has gained recognition as an effective tool for enhancing migrants’ overall wellbeing, active participation, and soc…
View article: Friendships in Integrative Settings: Network Analyses in Organized Sports and a Comparison with School
Friendships in Integrative Settings: Network Analyses in Organized Sports and a Comparison with School Open
Social networks affect health. In this empirical study, friendship networks in integrative organized sports were examined and then compared with friendship networks in integrative school. Relevant factors for friendship network formation w…