...Linda Melnick; Ron Baker; Norm O’Reilly; Caroline Paras Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of accounting and accountability in the transition of amateur and volunteer-based grassroots sport organizations (GSOs) to professionalized entities. Design/methodology/approach...

... to evaluate and direct the management of their clubs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Professionalization Organizational change Homogenization Institutional isomorphism Quality assurance system Structural design Previous research regarding the study of organisational change...