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Challenges of Athletes Commission Operation in FINA Governance

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Authors

Daulina Osmani

Advisor
Joon-ho Kang
Issue Date
2020
Publisher
서울대학교 대학원
Keywords
Athletes’ CommissionDecision-Making ProcessesAthletes’ AwarenessInternational Federations
Description
학위논문 (석사) -- 서울대학교 대학원 : 사범대학 체육교육과,글로벌스포츠매니지먼트전공, 2020. 8. Joon-ho Kang.
Abstract
One of the growing good governance interests and its democratization concerns is involvement of stakeholders, particularly, athletes in decision making processes. Governing bodies of sport, do provide a voice for athletes either through limited membership of the bodys decision-making forum or through the formation of an athletes committee/commission linked to the main forum. Athletes Commission serves as a link between active athletes and sport organizations to which they belong. Athlete involvement in the management of IFs appears to have increased in recent years, however, their level of effectiveness or impact on decision making/policy making remains largely unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand the role of Athletes Commission in FINA Governance and to examine athletes awareness about Athletes Commission existence. In order to answer to different research questions, a combination of both approaches quantitative and qualitative was implemented. A survey was developed and applied to 207 athletes whom participated in FINA World Aquatic Championships 2019, whereas, for qualitative approach, 4 members of Athletes Commission in FINA were interviewed. Descriptive statistics were used to interpret the awareness of athletes for Athletes Commission, while, for analyzing the qualitative data of the study, an inductive thematic approach was used. Overall, 40.81% of athletes are not aware at all about Athletes Commission existence, whereas, only 10.2% are even partially or totally aware. The not at all aware athletes mostly come from: age group 15-20 (M=0.73); athletes whom are high school graduated (M=0.98); and athletes whose biggest achievement in FINA World Championships was to represent their national team (M=0.97). One the other hand, the results of qualitative data show that the members of Athletes Commission are well aware for the lack of athletes awareness. From members perspective, the lack of athletes awareness is associated to their lack of education and interest to get engaged with decision making processes. Athletes Commission has progress in terms of their constitutional rights for involvement in decision-making processes of FINA and their compliance with IOC guidelines for an effective Athletes Commission. In terms of their operation, the results show: poor communication practices with current athletes, confusion over role clarity/responsibilities, and lack of transparency and accountability.
Language
eng
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/170022

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