Professionalisation of Australian Sport Administration: The Effects on Organisational Decision Making

Despite the acknowledgment of the effects of management professionalization on sporting organizations, little research has addressed this phenomenon and particularly its effects on board and staff relationships. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of influence in decision making of volunteer and professional administrators in National Sport Organisations in Australia, to determine if volunteers and professionals perceived areas of organisational decision making differently and seek to identify factors which may be related to these perceptions.