IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jomstd/v45y2008i6p1117-1146.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Configuring the Field of Play: How Hosting the Olympic Games Impacts Civic Community

Author

Listed:
  • Mary Ann Glynn

Abstract

abstract I theorize and empirically illustrate how the mega‐event of the Olympic Games configures relational and symbolic systems within the host city. I focus on a field at the level of the local geographic community and explore how city character and traditions enable both persistence and change in institutional elements even when potentially disruptive events occur. I present two exploratory studies. The first shows how the event of the Olympics is rooted in the local field of the host city but varies by communities; the second explores the dynamics of configuring the field of one Olympic city: Atlanta, host of the 1996 Olympic Games.

Suggested Citation

  • Mary Ann Glynn, 2008. "Configuring the Field of Play: How Hosting the Olympic Games Impacts Civic Community," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1117-1146, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:45:y:2008:i:6:p:1117-1146
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00785.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00785.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00785.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Alan D. Meyer & Vibha Gaba & Kenneth A. Colwell, 2005. "Organizing Far from Equilibrium: Nonlinear Change in Organizational Fields," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 16(5), pages 456-473, October.
    2. Katherine Maddox Mcelroy & John J. Siegfried, 1986. "The Community Influence on Corporate Contributions," Public Finance Review, , vol. 14(4), pages 394-414, October.
    3. W. Richard Scott, 2003. "Institutional carriers: reviewing modes of transporting ideas over time and space and considering their consequences," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 12(4), pages 879-894, August.
    4. Marvin Washington & Marc J. Ventresca, 2004. "How Organizations Change: The Role of Institutional Support Mechanisms in the Incorporation of Higher Education Visibility Strategies, 1874–1995," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 15(1), pages 82-97, February.
    5. Amalya L Oliver & Kathleen Montgomery, 2008. "Using Field‐Configuring Events for Sense‐Making: A Cognitive Network Approach," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1147-1167, September.
    6. Raghu Garud, 2008. "Conferences as Venues for the Configuration of Emerging Organizational Fields: The Case of Cochlear Implants," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1061-1088, September.
    7. N. Anand & Brittany C. Jones, 2008. "Tournament Rituals, Category Dynamics, and Field Configuration: The Case of the Booker Prize," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1036-1060, September.
    8. Paul‐Brian McInerney, 2008. "Showdown at Kykuit: Field‐Configuring Events as Loci for Conventionalizing Accounts," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1089-1116, September.
    9. Martha S. Feldman, 2004. "Resources in Emerging Structures and Processes of Change," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 15(3), pages 295-309, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Maxim Voronov & Mary Ann Glynn & Klaus Weber, 2022. "Under the Radar: Institutional Drift and Non‐Strategic Institutional Change," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(3), pages 819-842, May.
    2. Bernard Leca & Charles-Clemens Rüling & Dominique Puthod, 2015. "Animated Times: Critical Transitions and the Maintenance of Field-Configuring Events," Post-Print hal-01280882, HAL.
    3. Amalya L Oliver & Kathleen Montgomery, 2008. "Using Field‐Configuring Events for Sense‐Making: A Cognitive Network Approach," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1147-1167, September.
    4. N. Anand & Brittany C. Jones, 2008. "Tournament Rituals, Category Dynamics, and Field Configuration: The Case of the Booker Prize," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1036-1060, September.
    5. Christopher Marquis & Gerald F. Davis & Mary Ann Glynn, 2013. "Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites, and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 24(1), pages 39-57, February.
    6. Bacq, Sophie & Hertel, Christina & Lumpkin, G.T., 2022. "Communities at the nexus of entrepreneurship and societal impact: A cross-disciplinary literature review," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 37(5).
    7. Susse Georg & Gabriela Garza de Linde & Rebecca Pinheiro-Croisel & Franck Aggeri, 2011. "Eco-Districts And Sustainable Cities - Institutionalization Through Experimentation," Post-Print halshs-00743367, HAL.
    8. Marko Perić & Vanja Vitezić, 2019. "Socio-Economic Impacts of Event Failure: The Case of a Cancelled International Cycling Race," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-15, September.
    9. Yuan Chen & Qinghua Zhu & Joseph Sarkis, 2024. "Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 389-406, February.
    10. Bastian Lange & Suntje Schmidt, 2021. "Entrepreneurial ecosystems as a bridging concept? A conceptual contribution to the debate on entrepreneurship and regional development," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(2), pages 790-807, June.
    11. Wagner, Ulrik & Pedersen, Kasper Møller, 2014. "The IOC and the doping issue—An institutional discursive approach to organizational identity construction," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 160-173.
    12. Gernot Grabher & Joachim Thiel, 2014. "Coping with a Self-Induced Shock: The Heterarchic Organization of the London Olympic Games 2012," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-22, September.
    13. April L. Wright & Gemma Irving & Asma Zafar & Trish Reay, 2023. "The Role of Space and Place in Organizational and Institutional Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 991-1026, June.
    14. Paul‐Brian McInerney, 2008. "Showdown at Kykuit: Field‐Configuring Events as Loci for Conventionalizing Accounts," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1089-1116, September.
    15. Möllering, Guido & Müller-Seitz, Gordon, 2018. "Direction, not destination: Institutional work practices in the face of field-level uncertainty," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 28-37.
    16. Joseph Lampel & Alan D. Meyer, 2008. "Guest Editors’ Introduction," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1025-1035, September.
    17. Murad A Mithani, 2017. "Liability of foreignness, natural disasters, and corporate philanthropy," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 48(8), pages 941-963, October.
    18. Joanna Poczta & Agata Dąbrowska & Marek Kazimierczak & François Gravelle & Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko, 2020. "Overtourism and Medium Scale Sporting Events Organisations—the Perception of Negative Externalities by Host Residents," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-24, April.
    19. Bernard Leca & Charles-Clemens Rüling & Dominique Puthod, 2015. "Animated Times: Critical Transitions and the Maintenance of Field-Configuring Events," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01280882, HAL.
    20. Lange Bastian & Power Dominic & Suwala Lech, 2014. "Geographies of field-configuring events," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 58(1), pages 187-201, October.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Joseph Lampel & Alan D. Meyer, 2008. "Guest Editors’ Introduction," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1025-1035, September.
    2. Bernard Leca & Charles-Clemens Rüling & Dominique Puthod, 2015. "Animated Times: Critical Transitions and the Maintenance of Field-Configuring Events," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01280882, HAL.
    3. Paul‐Brian McInerney, 2008. "Showdown at Kykuit: Field‐Configuring Events as Loci for Conventionalizing Accounts," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1089-1116, September.
    4. Gibson Rachael & Bathelt Harald, 2014. "Field configuration or field reproduction?: The dynamics of global trade fair cycles," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 58(1), pages 216-231, October.
    5. Raghu Garud, 2008. "Conferences as Venues for the Configuration of Emerging Organizational Fields: The Case of Cochlear Implants," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1061-1088, September.
    6. Bernard Leca & Charles-Clemens Rüling & Dominique Puthod, 2015. "Animated Times: Critical Transitions and the Maintenance of Field-Configuring Events," Post-Print hal-01280882, HAL.
    7. Tammar B. Zilber, 2011. "Institutional Multiplicity in Practice: A Tale of Two High-Tech Conferences in Israel," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 22(6), pages 1539-1559, December.
    8. Guido Möllering, 2011. "Umweltbeeinflussung durch Events? Institutionalisierungsarbeit und feldkonfigurierende Veranstaltungen in organisationalen Feldern," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 63(5), pages 458-484, August.
    9. N. Anand & Brittany C. Jones, 2008. "Tournament Rituals, Category Dynamics, and Field Configuration: The Case of the Booker Prize," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1036-1060, September.
    10. Andreea Gorbatai & Cyrus Dioun & Kisha Lashley, 2021. "Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitimacy’s Double-Edged Sword," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(1), pages 42-63, January.
    11. Marie-Josée SCOTTO & Dominique BONET FERNANDEZ & Hervé TIFFON, 2014. "Le rôle des évaluations externes dans le développement des politiques RSE en France : Quel crédit pour les Prix ?," Working Papers 2014-134, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
    12. Amalya L Oliver & Kathleen Montgomery, 2008. "Using Field‐Configuring Events for Sense‐Making: A Cognitive Network Approach," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1147-1167, September.
    13. Morgner Christian, 2017. "Diversity and (In)equality in the Global Art World: Global Development and Structure of Field-Configuring Events," New Global Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 11(3), pages 165-196, December.
    14. April L. Wright & Gemma Irving & Asma Zafar & Trish Reay, 2023. "The Role of Space and Place in Organizational and Institutional Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 991-1026, June.
    15. Jansson Johan, 2014. "Temporary events and spaces in the Swedish primary art market," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 58(1), pages 202-215, October.
    16. Chenhall, Robert H. & Hall, Matthew & Smith, David, 2013. "Performance measurement, modes of evaluation and the development of compromising accounts," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 51294, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    17. Möllering, Guido & Müller-Seitz, Gordon, 2018. "Direction, not destination: Institutional work practices in the face of field-level uncertainty," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 28-37.
    18. Palmer, Mark & Toral, Inci & Truong, Yann & Lowe, Fiona, 2022. "Institutional pioneers and articulation work in digital platform infrastructure-building," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 930-945.
    19. Isabelle Huault & Benjamin Taupin, 2012. "Les fondements moraux d’une logique institutionnelle. Contestation, controverses et stabilité," Post-Print hal-01637436, HAL.
    20. Wright, April L. & Zammuto, Raymond F., 2013. "Creating opportunities for institutional entrepreneurship: The Colonel and the Cup in English County Cricket," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 51-68.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:45:y:2008:i:6:p:1117-1146. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-2380 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.