Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs

Autor: Pamela Wicker; Svenja Feiler; Christoph Breuer
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Quelle: MDPI Open Access Publishing
Online Zugang: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijfs1040119
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs1040119
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income portfolio
organizational mission
contingency theory
non-profit organization
sports club
Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs
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title Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs
spellingShingle Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs
title_short Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs
title_sort Organizational Mission and Revenue Diversification among Non-profit Sports Clubs
author2 Pamela Wicker
Svenja Feiler
Christoph Breuer
author_facet Pamela Wicker
Svenja Feiler
Christoph Breuer
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abstract The beneficial effects of diversified income portfolios are well documented in previous research on non-profit organizations. This study examines how different types of organizational missions affect the level of revenue diversification of organizations in one industry, a question that was neglected in previous research. Based on contingency theory, it is assumed that different missions are associated with different funding sources. Since missions can be complementary or conflicting, specific attention needs to be paid to the combination of missions. The sport sector is chosen as an empirical setting because non-profit sports clubs can have various missions while their overall purpose is promoting sport. Panel data from a nationwide survey of non-profit sports clubs in Germany are used for the analysis. The regression results show that revenue diversification is significantly determined by organizational mission. Historically, typical mission statements like promoting elite sport, tradition, conviviality, non-sport programs, and youth sport have a positive effect on revenue diversification, while clubs with a commercial orientation and a focus on leisure and health sport have more concentrated revenues. The findings have implications for club management in the sense that some missions are associated with higher financial risk and that the combination of missions should be chosen carefully.
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