#4831. Sport for social cohesion: exploring aims and complexities

August 2026publication date
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management;
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Strategy and Management;
Management Science and Operations Research;
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management;
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Abstract:
Over recent years, the field of sport for development (SFD) has seen a substantial growth in the number of initiatives leveraging sport as a means of promoting social development outcomes. While past research suggests that a substantial amount of SFD literature focuses on social cohesion, a closer look at the definition and conceptualisation of social cohesion in this context indicates that the term is often used as a catch-all to describe research and programming that focuses on a broad range of sociological concepts. In this paper, we explore how social cohesion is defined in the context of a SFD initiative, the complexities of defining social cohesion, and how this shapes management practices. Adopting an ethnographic approach over two years, we collected data via research observations, reflexive journal entries, organisational documents, and semi-structured interviews. Further, this had a flow-on effect upon programs, contributing to deteriorations in social networks and issues with socio-cultural assumptions.
Keywords:
cohesiveness; diversity; inclusion; multicultural; social cohesion; sport for development

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