Journal
JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 485-497Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/jsm.2013-0108
Keywords
sport governance; gender equality; gender quotas; gender regimes; national sport organizations
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A common intervention to address women's underrepresentation in governance has been the introduction of gender quotas. This study examined the impact of gender quotas on gender equality in governance among boards of National Sport Organizations (NSOs) in Australia. Central to the study was the theoretical concept of a gender regime. Part of a larger study, the research design comprised a comparative case study of five NSOs with data collected mainly through semistructured interviews with directors and CEOs. The findings suggest that a quota of a minimum of three women was a first condition to advance gender equality in governance. It needed to operate, however, in conjunction with other gender dynamics to move toward equal participation by men and women in board decision making. These included women in influential board positions, solidaristic emotional relations between men and women directors, and directors' adoption of gender equality as an organizational value.
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