Emergent models of sport development and delivery: The case of triathlon in Australia and the US |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, Australia;2. Honorary Fellow, College of Business, Victoria University, Australia;1. North Carolina State University, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Box 8004, Biltmore Hall, Raleigh, NC 27606, United States;3. Bangkok University International, Bangkok University, Rama IV Road, Kluay Nam Thai, Bangkok 10110, Thailand;1. UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, 1-15 Broadway, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia;2. Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia;1. University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Institute of Sports Science, Wilhelmstraße 124, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany;2. Sport Policy and Management Research Group, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;3. Department of Economics, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;1. Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith University, Southport Queensland 4222, Australia;2. Department of Sport Policy and Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel 1050, Belgium;1. University of Illinois, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, Huff Hall 104, MC-584, Champaign, IL 61820, USA;2. Springfield College, Sport and Recreation Management, 121 Blake Hall, 263 Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01109, USA;3. Texas A&M University, Department of Health and Kinesiology, 4243 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA;4. Texas Tech University, Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, MS 3011, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA |
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| Abstract: | Sport development is a core concern for all nations as they seek to enhance elite performance and cultivate opportunities for mass participation. In the sport of triathlon, new models for sport development have been shown to exist where third party organisations have a critical role in the delivery of it. Using institutional theory as a framework, the purpose of this study was to explore the emerging models of sport development in triathlon. A case study of triathlon in Australia and in the United States was used. The results illustrated emerging models of sport development in both the US and Australia. Third party organisations as well as local councils have become increasingly involved in the creation and implementation of programmes and activities that would normally be the responsibility of a governing body. As such, the organisational fields and institutional logics in triathlon are rendering governing bodies irrelevant. Governing bodies are grappling with finding relevance and legitimacy in triathlon. Implications for sport management research, practice, and education are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Development of sport Development through sport Triathlon Institutional theory |
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