Abstract

This article explores the position of organisational ambidexterity in a Norwegian mentor programme for young leaders in sport. It examines to what degree it enabled participants to reflect on two main themes in theories of organisational ambidexterity: to sense the possibility for, and/or seise, actual change opportunities within their own sport organisations. Drawing upon 22 in-depth interviews (14 mentees, split into 10 males and 4 females), six mentors (3 males and 3 females), and two female programme organisers, two key findings emerged. First, the mentor programme provided a useful arena for improving the mentees’ self-awareness of the type of leaders they would like to become. Second, the programme fell short of addressing the educational preconditions for ambidextrous leadership as the ability to solve work-life challenges requires insight into the contextual factors that influence leadership practices in sports. The article introduces Time, Agency and Change as conceptual additions to the theory and application of ‘organisational ambidexterity’ in sport management work. These additions improve the analytical usefulness of organisational ambidexterity in studies of sport organisations and itemise its applicability to further mentor programme developments.

摘要

本文探讨了组织双元性在挪威体育青年领袖导师计划中的地位。它检查了它在多大程度上使参与者能够反思组织二元性理论中的两个主要主题：在他们自己的体育组织中感知和/或抓住实际变革机会的可能性。通过 22 次深度访谈（14 名学员，分为 10 名男性和 4 名女性）、6 名导师（3 名男性和 3 名女性）和两名女性项目组织者，得出了两个重要发现。首先，导师计划提供了一个有用的舞台，可以提高学员对他们希望成为的领导者类型的自我意识。第二，该计划未能解决双元领导的教育先决条件，因为解决工作与生活挑战的能力需要深入了解影响体育领导实践的背景因素。本文介绍了时间、机构和变革，作为对体育管理工作中“组织二元性”理论和应用的概念补充。这些新增内容提高了组织二元性在体育组织研究中的分析有用性，并逐项列出了其在进一步指导计划开发中的适用性。