Dr. Grazia Lang

Assistant lecturer tenure track

Department Sport Sociology and Management

Phone
+41 31 684 56 56
Phone2
+41 31 684 56 32
E-Mail
grazia.lang@unibe.ch
Office
C 109
Postal Address
Bremgartenstrasse 145
3012 Berne
Switzerland
Consultation Hour
by appointment
  • Professionalisation of sport associations and sport clubs
  • Sport organisations of different legal forms
  • Typifications of sport organisations
 

Journal Article

Ruoranen, Kaisa; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Schlesinger, Torsten (2023). The “dark side” of professionalisation in national sport federations: A case study of the Swiss Floorball Federation. International journal of sport management and marketing IJSMM, 23(5), pp. 442-464. Inderscience Enterprises Limited 10.1504/IJSMM.2023.133164

Lang, Grazia; Piller, Sarah; Schmid, Jürg; Lamprecht, Markus; Nagel, Siegfried (2022). Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship? Current Issues in Sport Science(7) Innsbruck University Press 10.36950/2022ciss004

Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (2020). Challenges and opportunities arising from self-regulated professionalisation processes: an analysis of a Swiss national sport federation. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12(3), pp. 387-404. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/19406940.2020.1775676

Lang, Grazia; Ströbel, Tim; Nagel, Siegfried (2019). Professionalization forms in mixed sport industries: is it time to rethink the stereotypes of non-profit and for-profit sport organizations? Managing sport and leisure, 24(4), pp. 208-225. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/23750472.2019.1611470

Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Clausen, Josephine; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Giauque, David; Bayle, Emmanuel; Schlesinger, Torsten (2018). Causes for professionalization in national sport federations in Switzerland: a multiple-case study. Current Issues in Sport Science, 3, pp. 1-19. Innsbruck University Press 10.15203/CISS_2018.003

Clausen, Josephine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Klenk, Christoffer; Nagel, Siegfried (2018). International sport federations’ commercialisation: a qualitative comparative analysis. European Sport management quarterly, 18(3), pp. 373-392. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/16184742.2017.1406970

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (2018). Types of professionalization: Understanding contemporary organizational designs of Swiss national sport federations. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 8(3), pp. 298-316. Emerald Group Publishing Limited 10.1108/SBM-11-2017-0076

Clausen, Josephine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten (2017). Drivers of and Barriers to Professionalization in International Sport Federations. Journal of global sport management, 3(1), pp. 37-60. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/24704067.2017.1411165

Book Section

Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried; Lamprecht, Markus (2022). Sport und Wirtschaft. In: Lamprecht, Markus; Nagel, Siegfried (eds.) Sportsoziologie. Einführung (pp. 157-170). Baden-Baden: Nomos

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Nagel, Siegfried (2021). Professionalisierung von Sportverbänden. In: Thieme, Lutz; Wojciechowski, Torsten (eds.) Sportverbände: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung. Beiträge zur Lehre und Forschung im Sport: Vol. 196 (pp. 117-132). Hofmann

Conference or Workshop Item

Stieger, Raphael; Keller-Meier, Romano; Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried (February 2024). Professionalisation and governance in Swiss sports clubs – Establishing a club office. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS), 9(2). Bern Open Publishing 10.36950/2024.2ciss011

Meier, Romano Marco; Stieger, Raphael; Lang, Grazia; Schulz, Luc; Schlesinger, Torsten; Nagel, Siegfried (September 2023). Professionalisation Of Sports Clubs In Semi-Professional Team Sports: Separation Of The Elite Section And Its Consequences For The Governance. In: 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference ESAM. Belfast. 12.-15. September 2023.

Schulz, Luc Alexander; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Stieger, Raphael; Meier, Romano; Schlesinger, Torsten (September 2023). Professionalization of Sponsorship Management in Voluntary Sports Clubs. In: 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference ESAM. Belfast. 12.-15. September 2023.

Gächter, Anina Charlotte; Stegmann, Pascal; Lang, Grazia (September 2023). A Uses And Gratifications-based Market Segmentation Approach To Football Fans’ Online Media Usage Motivation. In: 31st Conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM). Conference Proceedings. Belfast. 12.-15.09.2024.

Stieger, Raphael; Meier, Romano; Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried (15 February 2023). Professionalisation and its consequences for the governance of sports clubs in semi-professional team sports. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS), 8(2). Bern: Bern Open Publishing 10.36950/2023.2ciss034

Schulz, Luc; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Meier, Romano; Stieger, Raphael; Schlesinger, Torsten (2023). Professionalisierung des Sponsoringmanagements in ehrenamtlichen Sportvereinen. In: 26. Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs). Abstracts. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 301 (p. 209). Feldhaus Czwalina

Stieger, Raphael; Nagel, Siegfried; Meier, Romano; Schlesinger, Torsten; Schulz, Luc; Lang, Grazia (September 2022). PLANNED AND EMERGENT PROFESSIONALISATION PROCESSES IN SPORTS CLUBS. In: EASM 2022 - 30th European Sport Management Conference. Bridging Sport, Tourism & Leisure Management. Innsbruck. September, 5-8.

Lang, G.; Nagel, S.; Piller, S.; Lamprecht, M. (February 2020). Professionalization types and organizational problems of sport clubs: is there a relationship? In: 12. SGS-Jahrestagung. Basel. 6.-7.02.2020.

Nagel, Siegfried; Piller, Sarah; Lang, Grazia; Lamprecht, Markus (2019). Professionalisation of sports clubs in Switzerland. In: Sport im öffentlichen Raum 24. dvs-Hochschultag. Abstracts. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 282 (p. 109). Hamburg: Feldhaus (Edition Czwalina)

Nagel, Siegfried; Piller, Sarah; Lang, Grazia; Lamprecht, Markus (2019). Professionalisation of sports clubs in Switzerland. In: 16th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, Sport and the Environment – Policies, Values and Sustainability. Book of Abstracts (p. 60). European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS)

Bayle, E.; Clausen, J.; Giauque, D.; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Nagel, Siegfried (September 2018). Steering Performance of International Sport Federations. In: Carlsson, Bo; Breitbarth, Tim; Bjärsholm, Daniel (eds.) The 26th European Sport Management Conference. - Managing Sport in a Changing Europe. Book of abstracts (pp. 57-58). Malmö: Malmö University

Lang, Grazia; Ströbel, Tim; Nagel, Siegfried (8 February 2018). Vom Sportverein zur Aktiengesellschaft: Ist die Rechtsform massgeblich für professionalisiertes Management? In: 10. Jahrestagung der sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). Magglingen. 8./9.02.2018.

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, E.; Clausen, J.; Giauque, D.; Nagel, Siegfried (2018). How to Professionalise in Non-Olympic National Sport Federations. In: The 26th European Sport Management Conference. Malmö, Sweden. 05.-08.09.2018.

Nagel, Siegfried; Klenk, Christoffer; Lang, Grazia; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta (6 December 2017). Research Project “Professionalisation of Sport Federations” (Unpublished). In: ERFA-Treffen der Direktoren Schweizer Sportverbände. Ittigen. 06.12.2017.

Fahrner, Marcel; Klenk, Christoffer; Schwery, Christian; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Lang, Grazia; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Bayle, Emmanuel; Nagel, Siegfried (14 September 2017). Strategieentwicklung in Sportverbänden am Beispiel von Swiss Triathlon. In: Schwirtz, Ansgar; Filip, Mess; Demetriou, Yolanda; Senner, Veit (eds.) 23. dvs-Hochschultag, Innovation & Technologie im Sport. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 265 (p. 31). Hamburg: Feldhaus Verlag; Czwalina

Lang, Grazia; Ströbel, Tim; Nagel, Siegfried (6 September 2017). From Sport Club To Stock Company: Does The Legal Form Matter To Professionalised Sport Management? (Unpublished). In: The 25th EASM Conference. Bern and Magglingen. 05.09.2017-08.09.2017.

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (5 September 2017). Types Of Professionalisation In Swiss National Sport Federations (Unpublished). In: The 25th EASM Conference. Bern and Magglingen. 05.09.2017-08.09.2017.

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (5 September 2017). Types Of Professionalisation In Swiss National Sport Federations (Unpublished). In: The 25th EASM Conference. Bern and Magglingen. 05.09.2017-08.09.2017.

Lang, Grazia; Ströbel, Tim; Nagel, Siegfried (September 2017). From Sport Club To Stock Company: Does Legal Form Matter For Professionalised Management in Sport? In: 25th Conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), Book of Abstracts (pp. 410-411). Bern: University of Bern, Bern Open Publishing

Klenk, Christoffer; Fahrner, Marcel; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Lang, Grazia; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Bayle, Emmanuel; Nagel, Siegfried (7 August 2017). Strategy development in sport federations – case study of Swiss Triathlon. In: 25th EASM Conference. Abstractband. Bern. 5.-8.09.2017.

Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (August 2017). Professionalization in Swiss national sport federations - causes and consequences. In: 25th EASM Conference: Challenges and developments of sport organisations (p. 27). Bern: University of Bern, Bern Open Publishing [e-print]

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (9 February 2017). Types of professionalisation in Swiss national sport federations. In: 9th SGS / 4S Annual Meeting (pp. 42-44). Zürich: Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz

Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa Reetta; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (9 February 2017). Types of professionalisation in Swiss national sport federations (Unpublished). In: 9th SGS / 4S Annual Meeting. Zürich. 09.02.2017-10.02.2017.

Lang, Grazia; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Nagel, Siegfried (10 September 2016). Types of professionalization in national sport federations. In: The 24th EASM Conference: Memories and identities in sport management in Europe. Book of Abstracts (p. 33). European Association of Sportmanagement

Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David; Bayle, Emmanuel; Nagel, Siegfried (30 August 2016). Causes and consequences of professionalization in Swiss national sport federations. In: The 24th EASM Conference: Memories and identities in sport management in Europe. Book of Abstracts (p. 28). European Association of Sportmanagement

Clausen, Jospehine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried (30 August 2016). Forms and consequences of professionalization in international sport federations: between rationalization and political reality. In: The 24th EASM Conference: Memories and identities in sport management in Europe. Book of Abstracts (p. 45). European Association of Sportmanagement

Thesis

Lang, Grazia (2019). Types and processes of professionalization: an analysis of Swiss sport organizations (Unpublished). (Dissertation, Universität Bern, Philosophisch-humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät)

  • Sport management
  • Block weeks snowboard & HPM
  • Head of academic field outdoor
  • J+S Coach of the ISPW
  • Management Alumni Sport Science