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Professionalisation, sport governance and strategic capability

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Pages 108-127 | Published online: 31 Mar 2011

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Joshua Muñoz, Francesc Solanellas, Miguel Crespo & Geoffery Z. Kohe. (2023) Governance in regional sports organisations: An analysis of the Catalan sports federations. Cogent Social Sciences 9:1.
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Carlos Eugenio Zardini Filho, Millicent Kennelly, Simone Fullagar & Graham Cuskelly. (2023) Exploring administrative legacies from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: impacts on processes and professionalisation of parasport NGBs in Brazil. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 15:2, pages 329-345.
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David Hassan, Nick Takos & Ian O Boyle. (2022) Modernising sport governance amid cultural constraints: a case study from Ireland. Sport in Society 25:10, pages 1957-1967.
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