Overview
- Written by an academic with unprecedented access to insider information and archival material, this book represents the first independent history of FIA as an institution
- A significant contribution to research on the field of International Sporting Associations
- Makes an empirically grounded contribution to the research fields of institutional logics, historical sociology and sport governance
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This book is the first independent exploration of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s (FIA) institutional history. Virtually unexamined compared with similar institutions like the FIFA and the IOC, the FIA has nevertheless changed from being a small association in 1904 to becoming one of the world’s most influential sport governing bodies. Through chronologically organised chapters, this book explains how the FIA manages to link together motorsport circuses like Formula 1 with the automotive industry and societal issues like road safety and environmental sustainability. In an exciting narrative spanning seven decades, it reviews the FIA’s organisational turning points, governing controversies, political dramas and sporting tragedies.
Considering the FIA to be a unique type of hybrid organisation characterised by what the author calls ‘organisational emulsion’, this case study contains theoretical innovations relevant to other studies of sport governing bodies. It makes an empirically grounded contribution to the research fields of institutional logics, historical sociology and sport governance.Reviews
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About the author
Hans Erik Næss is an Associate Professor in Sport Management at Department of Leadership and Organization, Kristiania University College, Norway. He is the author of A Sociology of the World Rally Championship (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and his current work focuses on the interconnections between sport, sustainability and human rights.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of Organizational Change
Book Subtitle: The case of Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), 1946–2020
Authors: Hans Erik Næss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48270-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48269-5Published: 14 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48272-5Published: 14 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48270-1Published: 13 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 293
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organization, Automotive Industry, Corporate Governance