Abstract

The recent reorganization of Finnish elite sport has ended in confusion when examining the goals and modus operandi between key agents in the elite sport system. We investigate the governance of this new structure and ask how this parallel governance structure is understood by agents inside the elite sport system and what is the role of trust and social capital in the combination of centralized and network-based governance? We use an interview sample (n = 16) with key policymakers and agents and questionnaire survey targeting to the national governing bodies of sport (n = 55), with 67% response rate. While use of the network metaphor is shared amongst agents, there is no shared understanding of the governance model. Situated governance-as-legitimacy based on trust and personal relationships is more important than policymakers envisage; personal trust and cumulated individual social capital seems to appear as a more powerful guide to action than system trust.

摘要

在考察精英体育体系中主要代理人之间的目标和作案方式时，芬兰精英体育最近的重组以混乱告终。我们调查了这种新结构的治理，并询问精英体育系统内的代理人如何理解这种平行治理结构，以及信任和社会资本在集中式和基于网络的治理相结合中的作用是什么？我们使用与主要决策者和代理人的访谈样本（n  = 16）以及针对国家体育管理机构的问卷调查（n = 55)，响应率为 67%。虽然代理之间共享网络隐喻的使用，但对治理模型没有共同的理解。基于信任和个人关系的合法治理比政策制定者设想的更为重要；个人信任和累积的个人社会资本似乎比系统信任更能指导行动。