Presence of Women on the Boards of Football Clubs. A Case Study in the Region of Murcia (Spain)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17561/jump.n3.6Keywords:
Boards of directors, Participation, Football, Relevance, Region of MurciaAbstract
The presence of women on boards of directors is difficult because these organizations were created for men, thus making the presence and relevance of women in them difficult. The objective of the following study is to examine the absence or presence of women’s participation at the organizational level (managerial positions) in the 2019/20 season in soccer and futsal clubs in the Region of Murcia. For the study, the total of people with managerial positions of soccer and futsal teams in the Region of Murcia (n = 1020) was stylized as a sample, which as of September 2019 were registered in the Official Registry of Clubs Sports of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. An observational methodology was carried out in which the following variables were considered: a) type of club (soccer or futsal); b) gender (male or female) and; c) figure (president; 1st vice president; 2nd vice president; 3rd vice president; 4th vice president; secretary; treasurer; 1st member; 2nd member; 3rd member; 4th member; and other positions). The results show that the average percentage of women in soccer clubs is 14.28% and 21.70% in futsal clubs, in addition to that, in 53.36% of the clubs in the Region of Murcia there is no woman on its board of directors. The conclusion is drawn that women appear less than men in managerial positions, and that, in addition, the positions they occupy are of less relevance within the clubs.
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