A new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery: Wicked problems and critical realist solution |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada;2. Loughborough University London, UK;3. University of Kent, UK;1. School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, M408 35Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth 6009 Australia;2. AGSM at UNSW Business School, The University of New South Wales Australia;3. UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth 6009 Australia;4. Healthway (The Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation), Level 2, 38 Station Street, Subiaco, Perth 6008 Australia;1. University of Queensland, Australia;2. University of Delaware, United States;3. University of Illinois, United States;1. Research Institute for Sport Knowledge, Waseda University, 513 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan;2. School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Cooke Hall, 1900 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;3. Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management, James Madison University, MSC2305, 261 Bluestone Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA;1. The University of Queensland, Australia;2. Bond University, Australia;3. University of Technology, Jamaica;1. School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China;2. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China;3. School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China;4. Initiative for College of Humanities'' Research and Education(CORE), College of Humanities, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea. |
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| Abstract: | The authors present a new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery, which accounts for the problematic nature of legacy by viewing it as a wicked problem. Research on mega sports event legacy has focused on establishing typologies of legacy, investigating outcomes, and consequences, with limited attention to legacy delivery. The conceptualization of legacy delivery has largely relied on a positive, utopian legacy rhetoric. In contrast, the authors advance the understanding of legacy by proposing a conceptual approach of the legacy delivery process, to enable empirical studies in different contexts to be conducted. Specifically, the authors examine the wicked problem of mega sports event legacy delivery from a Critical Realist perspective, which serves to give meaning and order to this complex process. This conceptualization reveals that legacy delivery is inclusive of deep social structures which underpin different stakeholders’ interpretations and interactions, which produce or limit legacy delivery. The role of social, generative structures as causal mechanisms has not been considered as a way to understand legacy delivery previously. Implications for teaching, research, and practice are discussed to demonstrate the value of this new approach. Importantly, this conceptualization focuses on processes rather than outcomes and encourages the identification of unexpected or unanticipated components of legacy delivery beyond the formal policies and plans designed to create or leverage legacy. |
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| Keywords: | Critical realism Wicked problems Legacy delivery Conceptualization Mega sports events Leveraging |
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