TY - CHAP
T1 - Voluntary sports clubs, virtual communities, and social sustainability
T2 - Evidence from the Netherlands
AU - Kuijsters-Timmers, Nanny
AU - Goedee, John
AU - Leenders, Roger
AU - Elisavet Manoli, Argyro
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are organizations that strive to develop social sustainability through sport. Social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook and Twitter, are increasingly used within VSCs, which results in the creation of virtual (online) communities that can better assist in the creation of social sustainability, and through the appreciation of stakeholders’ needs, improve the organizations’ integrity management. Yet to this day, there is little insight into how these function within the clubs. In this study, through the examination of the perceptions of young adult members of VSCs in the Netherlands, we introduce a typology of four profiles of VSC’s virtual communities that portray how participants perceive the use of SNS in their clubs and how virtual communities can contribute to membership involvement.
AB - Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are organizations that strive to develop social sustainability through sport. Social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook and Twitter, are increasingly used within VSCs, which results in the creation of virtual (online) communities that can better assist in the creation of social sustainability, and through the appreciation of stakeholders’ needs, improve the organizations’ integrity management. Yet to this day, there is little insight into how these function within the clubs. In this study, through the examination of the perceptions of young adult members of VSCs in the Netherlands, we introduce a typology of four profiles of VSC’s virtual communities that portray how participants perceive the use of SNS in their clubs and how virtual communities can contribute to membership involvement.
U2 - 10.4324/9781003453147-8
DO - 10.4324/9781003453147-8
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-03-259134-6
T3 - Routledge research in sport business and management
SP - 115
EP - 131
BT - Integrity and sustainability in sports
A2 - Elisavet Manoli, Argyro
A2 - Konstantopoulos, Ioannis
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -