Teamwork Makes the "Net-Work": Participant-Governed Networks and Athletics Sustainability Collaboration

Autor/inn/en	Barrett, Martin; Jones, Gareth J.; Bunds, Kyle S.; Casper, Jonathan M.; Edwards, Michael B.
Titel	Teamwork Makes the "Net-Work": Participant-Governed Networks and Athletics Sustainability Collaboration
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 23 (2022) 5, S.1090-1106 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-05-2021-0188
Schlagwörter	Teamwork; College Athletics; Athletes; Sustainability; Universities; Departments; Social Networks; Campuses; Governance; Recycling; Sanitation; Conservation (Environment); Network Analysis; Interdisciplinary Approach; Costs; Lighting; Team Sports; Institutional Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Athlet; Nachhaltigkeit; University; Universität; Department; Abteilung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Betriebshygiene; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Netzplantechnik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Cost; Kosten; Beleuchtung; Mannschaftssport; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation
Abstract	Purpose: Athletic departments play an important role in sustainability-based collaborative processes due to their boundary spanning connections with both internal and external university stakeholders. As a result, athletic department representatives have become prominent members of university participant-governed network structures. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of dedicated "athletics green teams" as a unique form of control and coordination by considering how green team interactions support and augment the collaborative network of actors who are responsible for executing athletics sustainability practices on university campuses. Design/methodology/approach: A sociocentric analysis is used to explore the network of a green team at a large American university. The analysis focuses on examining the size, composition and structure of relations involving green team members that facilitated various forms of information transmission and strategic action(s). Findings: The results highlight how the presence of the athletic department in the green team provides heterophilous and multiplex relations across the collaborative network and how the green team itself provides a unique forum for planning and coordination, which is critical for providing more sophisticated, advanced structures for sustainability. Practical implications: The findings of this study should reassure practitioners involved in convening green teams that such shared governance structures add value to athletics sustainability collaborative processes. In addition, subtle changes to the network governance structures has the potential to streamline the contribution of athletic departments to university sustainability initiatives and help project a more cohesive "Athletics" sustainability message that transmits across the collaborative network. Originality/value: The outcomes of dedicated athletics green teams have been explored from a largely qualitative perspective. However, this study applies a novel relational approach to understand the shared governance value-added within a largely intra-organizational collaborative network. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11