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Towards a research agenda in collaborative sport governance

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  • David Shilbury
  • Ian O’Boyle
  • Lesley Ferkins

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Collaborative governance has its origins in public administration and relates to cross-sector collaboration between parties who, by working together, may achieve common goals and more optimum outcomes than by working in isolation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the utility of collaborative governance as a relevant theoretical underpinning upon which to base future sport governance research focussed on the federal model of governance. To do this, we draw on an integrative framework of collaborative governance from the public administration literature to identify relevant research questions instructive for new research directions in sport governance. We offer evidence indicating that the federal model of sport governance is the type of network well-suited to the adoption of a collaborative governance regime but conclude there are barriers and challenges that could inhibit its implementation. The outcome of our work is a research agenda to guide research and theory development that may enhance our understanding of collaborative governance in sport, and of the barriers to its adoption and how they may be overcome.

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  • David Shilbury & Ian O’Boyle & Lesley Ferkins, 2016. "Towards a research agenda in collaborative sport governance," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 479-491, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:19:y:2016:i:5:p:479-491
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2016.04.004
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