It’s our club! From supporter psychological ownership to supporter formal ownership |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business Administration, Peres Academic Center, 10 Shimon Peres Street, Rehovot 7610202, Israel;2. School of Behavioral Sciences, Peres Academic Center, 10 Shimon Peres Street, Rehovot 7610202 Israel, Department of Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel;3. USP Management Ltd., Haveradim Street, Natanya 4265118, Israel;1. St. Ambrose University, Department of Kinesiology, Davenport, IA 52803, United States;2. University of Arkansas, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, Fayetteville, AR 72701, United States;3. Brock University, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada;4. University of Arkansas, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Fayetteville, AR 72701, United States;1. Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudo da Performance Humana (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1495-688 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal;2. School of Kinesiology, Sport Management, University of Minnesota, 218 Cooke Hall, 1900 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;3. Biwako Seikei Sport College, 1204 Kitahira, Otsu, Shiga 520-0503, Japan;4. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1495-688 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal;5. ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal;1. University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #310769, Denton, TX 76203-5017, United States;2. Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada |
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| Abstract: | A major development in international sport governance is the increasing number of clubs owned by supporters. Researchers have advocated for more supporter involvement in the governance of sport teams but have not fully explained why some supporters attempt to become team owners. Sport governance scholars have also generally ignored the perspectives of those fans that do not seek to become club owners. In the current study, the authors took the perspective of psychological ownership theory and used semi-structured interviews to examine the perspectives of a professional football team’s supporters, some of which were interested in becoming team shareholders. The authors found that a primary reason supporters attempt to become club owners lies in their sense of psychological ownership for their team. Following this sense of ownership, supporter ownership initiatives appear to follow a certain pattern of events, including a sense of dissatisfaction, expressing such dissatisfaction in an attempt to bring about change, and eventually, initiating a formal ownership movement after reaching a tipping point. Lastly, the authors found that during supporter ownership movements, the actions taken by supporters involved in such initiatives may impact fans not involved in the ownership movement. The study makes contributions to sport governance, fan behavior, psychological ownership and fan social network literatures. |
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| Keywords: | Psychological ownership Team governance Social network Fans Supporters |
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