Publicaties
Promoting the Chinese martial arts internationally: is it ‘Kung Fu’ or ‘Wushu’? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Volunteering at the Olympic and Youth Olympic Games Vrije Universiteit Brussel
of sport mega-events as a leverageable resource in realizing
long-term impacts for individual volunteers. However, previous
research has provided limited evidence of the realization of anticipated
impacts in the post-event period. This study focuses on the
long-term impacts of Olympic and Youth Olympic volunteering in
terms of memory, ...
Management practices matter: Understanding volunteers’ memories at the Youth Olympic Games. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Purpose: This study aims to understand the memories of Youth Olympic Games (YOG) volunteers long after their participatory experiences and how the volunteer managerial practices constructed those memories. Methodology: Focus groups were used in combination with document analysis to further investigate how the volunteer management practices at the Nanjing 2014 construct the current volunteer memory of YOG experience. Three focus groups with a ...
Teaching Chinese martial arts to youngsters: Approaches and experiences of wushu coaches in Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Material and Methods: Semi-structured interviews were ...
Volunteers’ Collective Memory of Youth Olympic Games: Macro-Level Contextual Understandings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Knowledge about macro-level context differences in volunteering is critical. By adopting the notion of collective memory, consideration is given to how macro-level context constructs the volunteers’ memory of the experience at a sport mega-event such as the Olympic Games. A case study of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games was selected. Thematic analysis of three focus groups reveals that volunteers’ memories are regulated by Confucian ...
Buurtsport belicht Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Teaching traditional Chinese martial arts to contemporary Chinese youth – a qualitative study with youth wushu coaches in China Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background and Study Aim: Wushu, the collective noun for Chinese martial arts, is one of the most prominent traditional sports in China and is generally recognised as the origin of most Asian martial arts (e.g. judo, karate, taekwondo). Wushu practice is characterised by a strenuous and often repetitive approach, and in recent years it has become less appealing to today’s Chinese youth. In China there are two types of wushu organisations ...
Negotiating costs and benefits among 2008 Olympic volunteers: A social exchange perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Significant financial investments in organizing sport mega-events (SME) and training SME volunteers are frequently justified on the basis that local organizations can benefit from a larger pool of experienced volunteers following the event. By employing social exchange theory as a theoretical framework, this study explores the connection between the SME volunteer experience and subsequent volunteer behavior as a potential return on ...