Multilevel leadership within the Swiss elite sports system: The involvement of alpine skiing elite athletes in national-level policy-making

Weber, Andreas Christoph; Zurmühle, Corinne (2021). Multilevel leadership within the Swiss elite sports system: The involvement of alpine skiing elite athletes in national-level policy-making In: Svein S. Andersen, Per Øystein Hansen (ed.) Embedded Multi-Level Leadership in Elite Sport (pp. 119-141). London: Routledge https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092728

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This chapter discusses the involvement of Alpine skiing elite athletes in national-level policymaking. The Swiss Olympic Association, together with the National Sports Associations (NSAs), is responsible for elite sport. The Federal Office of Sport mostly supports sport for children and young athletes. Elite sport development is driven by the private sector. Professional athletes, clubs and commercialised NSAs finance themselves primarily through sponsorship and television contracts, as well as membership fees. Alpine skiing is the country’s most successful sport and has an elaborate system for coach education, training and support. Leadership across different levels reflects the overall political culture where lower levels have an active and strong voice.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen SFISM > EHSM - Sportökonomie > Sportökonomie
Name:	Weber, Andreas Christoph; Zurmühle, Corinne and Svein S. Andersen, Per Øystein Hansen
ISBN:	9781003092728
Publisher:	Routledge
Language:	English
Submitter:	Service Account
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2022 10:17
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2022 10:17
Publisher DOI:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092728
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sportsysteme Sportökonomie
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/16818