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dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, D
dc.contributor.authorSlack, T
dc.contributor.editorWendy Frisby
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:17:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:17:41Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2007-03-15T21:28:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0888-4773
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6480
dc.description.abstractSince 1995, the organizational field that constitutes English rugby union has undergone considerable transformation. Utilizing ideas about changes in actors, changes in exchange processes and interorganizational linkages, changes in the legitimized forms of capital in the field, and changes in regulatory structures, this paper explores the nature of this transformation in English rugby union. Data from 43 interviews with key individuals in the English game form the main data source for the study. The results show that changes in the communities of actors composing the field hastened change in other areas. Powerful new actors with strong ties to business environments brought with them professionally oriented values and a new institutional logic. Having made significant financial investments in the field, these actors collectively took measures to protect their economic interests. These measures took the form of political activity and coalition building, which, ultimately, reconfigured the field's regulatory structure. The new emphasis on economic capital prompted significant shifts in key actors' exchange relationships, in that clubs' strategies and structures were reoriented in order to gain access to this important network resource.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
dc.publisher.placeUS
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom417
dc.relation.ispartofpageto448
dc.relation.ispartofedition4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sport Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.titleAn analysis of change in an organizational field: The professionalization of English rugby union.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorO'Brien, Daniel J.


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