IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/spomar/v9y2006i3p229-251.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Exploring Human Resource Management Practices in Nonprofit Sport Organisations

Author

Listed:
  • Taylor, Tracy
  • McGraw, Peter

Abstract

Contemporary business challenges and globalisation pressures have had a significant impact on the human resource management (HRM) practices of many organisations. Whilst the adoption of more sophisticated, complex and strategic management systems is well documented in the general HR literature, organisations that operate with both paid and volunteer human resources have been virtually ignored by scholars. In this paper we report on a study on the adoption of HRM practices by state sport organisations in New.South Wales, Australia. Our results indicate that despite pressures to become more strategic in their people management, only a minority of these sport organisations have formal HRM systems. We also found differences between the HRM practices used with paid employees and volunteers particularly in organisations with formal HR policies. Research and practical implications for HRM in sport organisations are discussed as well as future challenges

Suggested Citation

  • Taylor, Tracy & McGraw, Peter, 2006. "Exploring Human Resource Management Practices in Nonprofit Sport Organisations," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 229-251, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spomar:v:9:y:2006:i:3:p:229-251
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1441352306700274
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Doherty, Alison J., 1998. "Managing Our Human Resources: A Review of Organisational Behaviour in Sport," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 1-24, November.
    2. Catherine Truss, 2001. "Complexities and Controversies in Linking HRM with Organizational Outcomes," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(8), pages 1121-1149, December.
    3. Alison J. Doherty, 1998. "Managing Our Human Resources: A Review of Organisational Behaviour in Sport," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(1), pages 1-24, January.
    4. Alison Doherty & Michelle Patterson & Michael Van Bussel, 2004. "What Do We Expect? An Examination of Perceived Committee Norms in Non-profit Sport Organisations," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 109-132, July.
    5. de Kok, Jan & Uhlaner, Lorraine M, 2001. "Organization Context and Human Resource Management in the Small Firm," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 273-291, December.
    6. Doherty, Alison & Patterson, Michelle & Van Bussel, Michael, 2004. "What Do We Expect? An Examination of Perceived Committee Norms in Non-profit Sport Organisations," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 109-132, November.
    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. Hoeber, Larena, 2010. "Experiences of volunteering in sport: Views from Aboriginal individuals," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 345-354, November.
    2. Jones, Gareth J. & Edwards, Michael B. & Bocarro, Jason N. & Bunds, Kyle S. & Smith, Jordan W., 2018. "Leveraging community sport organizations to promote community capacity: Strategic outcomes, challenges, and theoretical considerations," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 279-292.
    3. Pamela Wicker & Christoph Breuer, 2014. "Exploring the organizational capacity and organizational problems of disability sport clubs in Germany using matched pairs analysis," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 23-34, January.
    4. Wicker, Pamela, 2017. "Volunteerism and volunteer management in sport," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 325-337.
    5. Kushtrim VLLASAJ, 2021. "Inspecting The Dominant Management Patterns Of Nonprofit Sport Organizations: A Systematic Review," CrossCultural Management Journal, Fundația Română pentru Inteligența Afacerii, Editorial Department, issue 1, pages 89-106, July.
    6. Domański Jarosław, 2011. "The Analysis and Synthesis of Strategic Management Research in the Third Sector from Early 2000 Through to Mid-2009," Foundations of Management, Sciendo, vol. 3(2), pages 27-40, January.
    7. Matheus Galdino & Lara Lesch & Pamela Wicker, 2022. "(Un)Sustainable Human Resource Management in Brazilian Football? Empirical Evidence on Coaching Recruitment and Dismissal," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-20, June.
    8. Wang Zhigang & Liu Yingfei & Zhang Jinyao & Liu Xintao & Duan Hongyan & Zhang Lei, 2022. "How Sports Event Volunteer Management Affects Volunteers’ Satisfaction and Engagement: The Mediating Role of Social Capital," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, June.
    9. Anca-Maria Ionescu & Monica Stanescu & Kamer-Ainur Aivaz, 2022. "Typologies of sport structures in writing and implementing European Projects: A two-step cluster analysis," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 32(1), pages 184-191, June.
    10. Daiane Miranda de Freitas & Maria José Carvalho & Israel Teoldo da Costa & António Manuel Fonseca, 2016. "Leadership of Presidents of Brazilian Olympic Sport Federations: Comparison between Real and Ideal Perceived Competencies Profiles According to Their Experience," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(5), pages 146-157, May.

    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. Wicker, Pamela, 2017. "Volunteerism and volunteer management in sport," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 325-337.
    2. Bart A. De Jong & Katinka M. Bijlsma-Frankema & Laura B. Cardinal, 2014. "Stronger Than the Sum of Its Parts? The Performance Implications of Peer Control Combinations in Teams," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 25(6), pages 1703-1721, December.
    3. Cuskelly, Graham & Taylor, Tracy & Hoye, Russell & Darcy, Simon, 2006. "Volunteer Management Practices and Volunteer Retention: A Human Resource Management Approach," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(2), pages 141-163, September.
    4. Anca-Maria Ionescu & Monica Stanescu & Kamer-Ainur Aivaz, 2022. "Typologies of sport structures in writing and implementing European Projects: A two-step cluster analysis," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 32(1), pages 184-191, June.
    5. Kellett, Pamm, 1999. "Organisational Leadership: Lessons from Professional Coaches," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 150-171, November.
    6. Kim, Minjung & Kim, Amy Chan Hyung & Newman, Joshua I. & Ferris, Gerald R. & Perrewé, Pamela L., 2019. "The antecedents and consequences of positive organizational behavior: The role of psychological capital for promoting employee well-being in sport organizations," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 108-125.
    7. Swanson, Steve & Kent, Aubrey, 2017. "Passion and pride in professional sports: Investigating the role of workplace emotion," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 352-364.
    8. Yeh, Chien Mu & Taylor, Tracy & Hoye, Russell, 2009. "Board roles in organisations with a dual board system: Empirical evidence from Taiwanese nonprofit sport organisations," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 91-100, May.
    9. A. Balduck & A. Van Rossem & M. Buelens, 2009. "Identifying Competencies Of Volunteer Board Members Of Community Sports Clubs," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 09/559, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
    10. Brigitte Kroon & Karina Voorde & Jules Timmers, 2013. "High performance work practices in small firms: a resource-poverty and strategic decision-making perspective," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 41(1), pages 71-91, June.
    11. Kwon-Soo Kim, 2019. "The Influence of Hotels High-Commitment HRM on Job Engagement of Employees: Mediating Effects of Workplace Happiness and Mental Health," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 14(2), pages 507-525, April.
    12. Andries de Grip & Inge Sieben, 2005. "The effects of human resource management on small firms' productivity and employees' wages," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(9), pages 1047-1054.
    13. André van Stel & Lorraine Uhlaner & Haibo Zhou & Valerie Duplat, 2012. "Disentangling the effects of organizational capabilities, innovation and firm size on SME sales growth," Scales Research Reports H201211, EIM Business and Policy Research.
    14. Neelam Kaushal & Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav & Brijesh Sivathanu & Neeraj Kaushik, 2023. "Artificial intelligence and HRM: identifying future research Agenda using systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 73(2), pages 455-493, June.
    15. Martina Königová & Kateřina Venclová, 2013. "Formal Employee Appraisal Carried out in Agricultural Businesses in the Central Bohemian Region," Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, vol. 16(1), pages 81-88.
    16. Abdul Raziq, 2014. "The Relationship between Firm Size and High Performance Management Practices in Pakistani SMEs," Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies, Educational Research Multimedia & Publications,India, vol. 5(2), pages 27-36, May.
    17. Kozica, Arjan & Kaiser, Stephan, 2012. "A Sustainability Perspective on Flexible HRM: How to Cope with Paradoxes of Contingent Work," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 23(3), pages 239-261.
    18. Nazlina Zakaria & Siti Rohaida Mohamed Zainal (PhD) & Prof. Dr. Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin, 2012. "Investigating The Role Of Human Resource Management Practices On The Performance Of Sme: A Conceptual Framework," Journal of Global Management, Global Research Agency, vol. 3(1), pages 74-92, January.
    19. Sahil Verma & Gurvinder Kaur, 2023. "Exploring Factors of HR Climate and Their Influence on Faculty Retention: Unfolding HRM in Indian Higher Educational Settings," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, April.
    20. Emil Knezovic, 2018. "The Influence Of Strategic Hr Practices On Organizational Performance In Micro Companies," Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, vol. 16(2), pages 53-62, November.

    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:eee:spomar:v:9:y:2006:i:3:p:229-251. 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: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/716936/description#description .

    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.