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Skateboard, BMX freestyle, and sport climbing communities’ responses to their sports’ inclusion in the Olympic Games

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Renfree, Gillian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9560-2498, Cueson, Dean and Wood, Colin (2021) Skateboard, BMX freestyle, and sport climbing communities’ responses to their sports’ inclusion in the Olympic Games. Managing Sport and Leisure. ISSN Print: 2375-0472 Online: 2375-0480

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2021.2004211

Abstract

Research aim
This study seeks to identify responses to Olympic inclusion from within the skateboarding, BMX freestyle and sport climbing communities, through the lens of Organisational Identity Theory.

Research methods
Using Organisational Identity Theory, this study identifies commonalities from three action sports communities through 21 responses to an online survey and nine semi-structured interviews.

Results and findings
The study finds themes of freedom, openness of opportunity, distinctiveness, rebelliousness, and distrust of media are central to the identity of each sport. The study highlights concern about organisational sell-out and decisions being made without respect to tradition. Furthermore, participants felt the sport’s identity challenged by an increased focus on competition.

Implications
The study recommends that shared attributes of organisational identity might form the basis for collaboration between action sports communities when working with large organisational structures such as the International Olympic Committee.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Divisions:	College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Sport and Exercise Science
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Copyright Info:	© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Depositing User:	Gill Renfree
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2021 17:48
Last Modified:	30 Nov 2021 09:28
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11538

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