ABSTRACT

Research question: The role and merit of publicness versus privateness in community sport provision is hotly contested in the sport management field, but is there a relationship between ownership types in local authorities’ community sport provision and sports participation levels?

Research methods: The study combines secondary data on sports participation with objective data on ownership types in community sport provision among local authorities in England, between 2009-2015. The panel model examines whether the mix of ownership types in community sport is associated with differences in reported sports participation levels.

Results and findings: The study reveals higher collective organisational publicness in community sport is associated with lower sports participation levels among local populations. The opposite is true of higher collective privateness in local authorities’ provision, where higher levels of sports participation are observed among local populations.

Implications: If local authorities are to influence sports participation levels among their populations, there is a need to better understand how community sport provision should be delivered. Informed by the findings, greater privateness in local authorities’ community sport provision is associated with higher sports participation levels.

摘要

研究问题：公共体育与私人体育在社区体育提供中的作用和价值在体育管理领域是激烈争论的，但地方当局社区体育提供的所有权类型与体育参与水平之间是否存在关系？

研究方法：该研究将 2009 年至 2015 年间英格兰地方当局的体育参与的二手数据与有关社区体育提供所有权类型的客观数据相结合。面板模型检查社区体育中所有权类型的混合是否与报告的体育参与水平的差异有关。

结果和发现：研究表明，社区体育中较高的集体组织公开性与当地人口较低的体育参与水平有关。地方当局提供的更高集体隐私性恰恰相反，在当地人口中观察到更高水平的体育参与。

影响：如果地方当局要影响其人口的体育参与水平，则需要更好地了解应如何提供社区体育服务。调查结果表明，地方当局社区体育项目的私密性越高，体育参与水平越高。