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Effectiveness of national elite sport policies : a multidimensional approach applied to the case of Flanders
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posted on 2011-04-01, 00:00 authored by V De Bosscher, David ShilburyDavid Shilbury, M Theeboom, J Van Hoecke, P De KnopWhile the results of nations in international sport competitions are most often used as an evaluation of effectiveness of elite sport policies, they do not take into account the long-term duration of an athletic career, nor the many confounding variables influencing international success. This paper argues that output evaluation is a one-sided approach to policy assessment. It applies a multidimensional approach to the measurement of the effectiveness of elite sports policy evaluation (meso-level) by examining a four-year cycle of elite sport policies in Flanders. This study endeavors to advance the development of a framework to assess effectiveness of elite sport policies of nations. Data were collected at multiple points of the input-throughput-output and feedback cycle. It was found that in spite of the increasing elite sport expenditures in Flanders (inputs), and notwithstanding the development of the throughputs (processes), this has not as yet lead to acceptable results (outputs) at an international level.
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European sport management quarterlyVolume
11Issue
2Pagination
115 - 141Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Essex, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1618-4742eISSN
1746-031XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2011, European Association for Sport ManagementUsage metrics
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