Sport organizations are increasingly adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Most research in this area have focused on the motives and outcomes of CSR programs with little research focusing on combinations of factors that impact on CSR implementation. The purpose of this paper is to delineate and measure key conditions that facilitate CSR implementation by sport organizations. Data were collected through a survey, interviews, organizational documents and websites’ analyses in a sample of 19 Belgian sport federations. Due to the small N-sample and the causal complexity inherent in this research, a crispy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was carried out. The findings indicate four configurations of conditions associated with CSR implementation. This exploratory study significantly contributes to the sport management literature by identifying key determinants and configurations of CSR implementation for sport federations. By doing so, this research opens the scholarly activity toward more non-profit social approach to CSR.
Zeimers, Géraldine ; Lefebvre, Arthur ; Mathieu Winand ; Christos Anagnostopoulos ; Zintz, Thierry ; et. al. Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation By Sport Federations: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis.European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference (Reykjavik, Iceland, du 19/06/2018 au 22/06/2018).