This study is a qualitative case study to confirm the characteristics of Star-Star Sports Center, a sports center for developmental disability operated by social enterprises. As the purpose state, the first 'Why do social enterprises operate sports ce...
This study is a qualitative case study to confirm the characteristics of Star-Star Sports Center, a sports center for developmental disability operated by social enterprises. As the purpose state, the first 'Why do social enterprises operate sports centers for developmental disability?' and the second 'How do social enterprises operate sports centers for developmental disability?' were set in two ways.
The data of this study selected in-depth interview data for one representative of a social enterprise who led the establishment of a sports center, two instructors who worked a sports center, and three people with developmental disability who used the sports center program. In addition, the sports center's operation white paper, business plan, survey results, and recruitment information were secured, and news articles and media interviews on social enterprise Bearbetter were also referenced.
The collected data used a repetitive comparative analysis method was used. First, sentences or conversations that reveal the meaning or gist related to the research question were selected from the contents of the in-depth interview and literature data transcribed. In addition, the subject was selected and named for the first time based on repeated contents or meanings among the derived data. The sub-themes and the sub-themes were summarized and grouped into sub-themes by summarizing the meanings given through individualization, and then grouped into the same subject and classified into sub-themes. In addition, the contents classified by subject were reviewed whether they were accurately classified through a cross-checking process, and the analysis results were summarized.
As a result of data analysis on the first purpose state, a total of 2 major themes and 6 sub themes were derived. The two major themes were derived as "Creating Healthy Jobs (reasons for establishment)" and "Sports Facilities Suitable for the Characteristics of Developmental Disability (reasons for operation and maintenance)."In the first major themes. "Creating Healthy Jobs," we were able to confirm the motivation for establishing a sports center for social enterprises to create healthy jobs for people with developmental disability as well as simple employment. In the second major theme, "Sports Facilities Suitable for the Characteristics of Developmental Disability," we were able to see why separate sports centers should be operated and maintained through the identity of welfare facilities for employees, the realization of "Work-label" of employees, and further efforts to revitalize community developmental disability. Through these results, the core theme of the research problem was derived from the phrase "What No One Does".
As a result of data analysis on the second purpose state, a total of 5 major themes and 11 sub-themes were derived. The five major themes were "continued investment (resource)" "Contradictory Answers, Daily Sports (branding)," "Free and Friendly Sports Welfare Facilities, "Professional Talents (trainers)" and "Customized Content (program) that anyone can enjoy." The first major theme, "Continuous investment as long as the company exists," showed the characteristics of the financial structure for operating the sports center. In the second major theme, "The Answer to Conflict, Sports for All," the branding characteristics of the Center, which provides daily sports activities that are not special to people with developmental disability who show special characteristics, appeared. In the third major theme, "Free and Friendly Sports Welfare Space," the sports center space operated as a welfare sports center in a company was characterized by a developmentally disabled-friendly composition. In the fourth major themes, "Professional Talent Who Understands Disability," the characteristics were the recruitment of talent who can understand and match disability and the guidance method that leads to user achievement. The last fifth major themes, "Customized Content for Anyone to Enjoy," showed the characteristics of programs that provide users with opportunities to choose and elicit willingness to re-participate through pleasure, and pursuing customized programs for the disabled in the community. the Center was solidifying its identity as a new model that did not exist before, so the core theme of "Korea's Fitst Social Enterprise Sports Center" was derived.
This study is meaningful in that it targets sports centers operated by social enterprises that have not been introduced in the field of sports for the disabled. In particular, there was a difference in that sports facilities advocated small-scale developmental disability-friendly facilities compared to large-scale sports centers for the disabled, which are established under the leadership of the government and local governments. Therefore, it is expected that this new model will provide basic data to reconsider the necessity of developing various types of sports center models suitable for the characteristics of disability and the value of sports service providers in the third sector to which social enterprises belong.