In 2015, the inclusion process was launched by Parasport Sverige, which essentially meant that all 18 parasports eventually will be transferred to the respective sports federation. Therefore, we felt it was appropriate to examine what organizational changes the inclusion process has caused for Swedish sports organizations. In order to give a comprehensive picture of the change, we have used institutional theory where we view Swedish sport as an institution that consists of three different pillars. These are the regulatory pillar, the normative pillar and the cultural cognitive pillar. Subsequently, we have also used the concept of legitimacy and isomorphism to investigate what may have influenced how the organizational change took place. Our study was deductive and our hypothesis was that there are challenges regarding the differences in the institutions within the three pillars of institutional theory. The data has been collected through semi-structured interviews with three sport federations, Parasport Sverige and FIFH Malmö. The data from the interviews were then analyzed using a thematic analysis where we have identified four themes around the inclusion process. These themes were then analyzed using the three pillars. The regulatory pillar shows challenges regarding financial and personnel resources as well as lack of knowledge about classification and regulations. The normative pillar shows that the work with the target group is characterized by care at all levels of life, something that can take time to build up within normative sports. The cultural-cognitive pillar shows that the view of the inclusion process in relation to one's organization affects how the organization works with it. In addition, it is possible to see how the normative pillar has an impact on the cultural-cognitive pillar, which in turn affects the processes that exist in the organizations. We could also draw the conclusion that the inclusion process is beneficial for the sport federations as it gives them a stronger legitimacy. Isomorphism showed that the transformation of the sport federations could be analyzed based on different motives, such as coercive and mimetic isomorphism. Our study shows that the inclusion process involves a shift of responsibility across all three pillars. The sporting and operational responsibility is certainly an important part of it, but the study shows that the work with parasports requires a holistic approach to the target group in order to create a safe and welcoming environment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68333 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Callegari, Isaac, Robert, Falvin |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen Idrottsvetenskap (IDV) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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