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Ledarskap och chefskap i en idrottskontext: En kvalitativ studie om chefer på tre svenska idrottsförbund och deras syn på ledarskap
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med denna studie är att skapa förståelse för hur ledarskapet i en chefsroll utövas i specialidrottsförbund och hur chefers arbete på förbunden ser ut för att i slutändan nå sportsliga resultat. Studien baseras på contingency theory och dess tolkning av ledarskap. Idrottens organisering skiljer sig från vinstdrivande organisationer som bygger sin verksamhet kring målet att nå ekonomisk vinst. Idrottens organisationer bygger istället sin verksamhet kring målet att nå idrottsliga resultat. I studien har fyra chefer från tre olika svenska specialidrottsförbund intervjuats, dessa förbund är: Skidförbundet, Simförbundet och Handbollsförbundet. Resultatet i studien visar att specialidrottsförbunden som organisationer är uppbyggda med entydlig hierarki och hög standardisering av uppgifter. Trots att de som intervjuades besitter entydlig chefsroll så framhäver de alla ledarskap som en viktig del i sitt arbete. Studiens resultat visade även på yttre faktorer som påverkar idrottsorganisationernas verksamhet och som de behöver anpassa sig till, idrottsliga resultat var en gemensam faktor som starkt påverkar idrottsorganisationernas arbete. En slutsats som dras i studien är att det inte finns ett bästa sätt att leda på och att det inte finns ett chefskap utan ledarskap.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to interpret and understand how the leadership in a managerial role is exercised in special sports federations and what the leadership looks like in order to ultimately achieve sporting results. The study is based on contingency theory and its interpretation of leadership. The organization of sports differs from for-profit organizationsthat base their activities around the goal of achieving financial gain. Instead, sports organizations base their activities on the goal of achieving sporting results. In the study, four managers from three different Swedish sports federations were interviewed, these federationsare: the Ski Federation, the Swimming Federation and the Handball Federation.The results of this study shows that the sports federations as organizations are structured witha clear hierarchy and high standardization of tasks. Despite the fact that those interviewed have a clear managerial role, they emphasize all leadership as an important part of their work. The results of the study also showed external factors that affect the activities of sports organizations and that they need to adapt to, sports results were a common factor that strongly influences the work of sports organizations. One conclusion drawn in the study is that there isno best way to lead and that there is no management without leadership. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 53
Keywords [en]
Leadership, management, contingency theory, situational leadership
Keywords [sv]
Ledarskap, chefskap, contingency theory, situationsanpassat ledarskap
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-49492OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-49492DiVA, id: diva2:1680637
Subject / course
Business Studies
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Available from: 2022-07-05 Created: 2022-07-04 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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