ABSTRACT

Research question: The purpose of this study is to examine the Olympic and Paralympic bid exploration process adopted by Calgary, Canada (‘Calgary Model’) to explore whether it provides a template on how future communities could leverage bid exploration processes to generate social capital though increased network connectivity and community ownership. In doing so, we examine the four research questions:

Research Question 1: How did the Calgary Model embed community values as central to all decision-making processes?

Research Question 2: How did the Calgary Model engage diverse stakeholders, particularly community interest groups, in the strategic activities?

Research Question 3: How did the Calgary Model empower communities to become agents of change?

Research Question 4: How did the Calgary Model provide sustained open communication towards mutual learning?

Research methods: Guided by social capital theory, the researchers conducted 19 in-depth, one-on-one interviews with a sample of individuals engaged in the Calgary bid exploration process.

Results and findings: The results identified ten composite themes with an overall conclusion that the process Calgary used did not sufficiently generate social capital through maximizing network connectivity and community ownership.

Implications: Resulting from our data analysis we developed a conceptual social capital assessment tool and five principles to support event organizers in designing processes that help to maximize the generation of community social capital.

摘要

研究问题：本研究的目的是研究加拿大卡尔加里采用的奥林匹克和残奥会竞标探索过程（“卡尔加里模式”），以探讨它是否提供了一个模板，说明未来的社区如何利用竞标探索过程来产生社会资本增强网络连接性和社区所有权。为此，我们研究了四个研究问题：

研究问题1：卡尔加里模型如何将社区价值观作为所有决策过程的核心？

研究问题2：卡尔加里模型如何使不同的利益相关者，尤其是社区利益集团参与战略活动？

研究问题3：卡尔加里模型如何使社区成为变革的推动者？

研究问题4：卡尔加里模型如何为相互学习提供持续的开放式交流？

研究方法：在社会资本理论的指导下，研究人员对参与卡尔加里竞标过程的个人样本进行了19次深入，一对一的访谈。

结果与发现：结果确定了十个综合主题，总体结论是，卡尔加里使用的过程无法通过最大化网络连接性和社区所有权来充分产生社会资本。

启示：通过我们的数据分析，我们开发了一种概念性的社会资本评估工具和五项原则，以支持活动组织者设计有助于最大程度地产生社区社会资本的过程。