The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans
This study aims to understand the club-fan relationship from the standpoint of club owners, CEOs, and head coaches (i.e., managers). Eight in-depth interviews were conducted with prominent figures from professional football and basketball in Israel. The current findings indicate that while clubs nee...
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| author | Lebed Felix Zach Sima Morgulev Elia Fischl Dita |
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| description | This study aims to understand the club-fan relationship from the standpoint of club owners, CEOs, and head coaches (i.e., managers). Eight in-depth interviews were conducted with prominent figures from professional football and basketball in Israel. The current findings indicate that while clubs need the support of their fans, they often find themselves struggling with their aggressive behavior and demands to influence the club’s decision-making processes. First, this qualitative research provides an important insight into the unique experience of pivotal decision-makers in professional sports. Second, we apply the complexity lens to discuss the challenges faced by such stakeholders when trying to manage fans’ disruptive interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-132f202ce694442089603b31735313532024-04-15T07:43:29ZengSciendoPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research1899-48492024-06-011031152710.2478/pcssr-2024-0009The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of FansLebed Felix0Zach Sima1Morgulev Elia2Fischl Dita31Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer-Sheva, Israel2Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Wingate Campus, Netanya, Israel1Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer-Sheva, Israel1Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer-Sheva, IsraelThis study aims to understand the club-fan relationship from the standpoint of club owners, CEOs, and head coaches (i.e., managers). Eight in-depth interviews were conducted with prominent figures from professional football and basketball in Israel. The current findings indicate that while clubs need the support of their fans, they often find themselves struggling with their aggressive behavior and demands to influence the club’s decision-making processes. First, this qualitative research provides an important insight into the unique experience of pivotal decision-makers in professional sports. Second, we apply the complexity lens to discuss the challenges faced by such stakeholders when trying to manage fans’ disruptive interventions.https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2024-0009sports fanssports clubteam sportsmanagementcomplexity |
| spellingShingle | Lebed Felix Zach Sima Morgulev Elia Fischl Dita The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research sports fans sports club team sports management complexity |
| title | The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans |
| title_full | The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans |
| title_fullStr | The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans |
| title_short | The Complex Club-Fan Relationship: A Glimpse into Stakeholders’ Experience With the Aggressive Interventions of Fans |
| title_sort | complex club fan relationship a glimpse into stakeholders experience with the aggressive interventions of fans |
| topic | sports fans sports club team sports management complexity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2024-0009 |
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