Rasoul Nazarii; Fariba Rafeei Dehkordi; Rahim Ramezani Nejad
Abstract
Political behavior in the organization is a paradoxical issue, and despite its positive and negative bipolar view, it is an integral part of the organizational life. The purpose of this study is to present a model of political behavior in the strategic decision making of sports managers in the country. ...
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Political behavior in the organization is a paradoxical issue, and despite its positive and negative bipolar view, it is an integral part of the organizational life. The purpose of this study is to present a model of political behavior in the strategic decision making of sports managers in the country. Its method has been qualitative and it is exploratory-fundamental in nature. Research data were collected through snowball sampling technique and based on in-depth interviews with 12 physical education elites in university sports (including senior managers of university physical education departments and managers and experts of general directorate of physical education). Data were coded and analyzed based on grounded theory and Charms' constructivist approach. Results of analyzing the qualitative data obtained from the interview, presenting the model of political behavior and decision-making of sports managers in the form of 8 main codes of integration of categories were formed based on the existing relationships between them, based on the political behavior of managers. The conclusion of this study is our reasoning about the positive and negative aspects of political behavior, which is the influencing ability of these factors on the strategic decisions of sports managers. According to many interviewees, the most important positive aspect of the political behavior is also achieving goals in the shortest time with the least cost, and deviating from the goals of the organization is mentioned as a negative factor in the political behavior of sports managers.
Mahboubeh Naghavi; Seyed Emad Hosseini; Rahim RamezaniNezhad; Sara Keshkar
Volume 4, Issue 4 , January 2018, , Pages 37-53
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to identify the domains and factors affecting the formation of social behaviors in Iran's professional athletes. The statistical sample included 23 people from the research population including professional athletes, sports coaches, sports managers, psychologists and ...
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The main purpose of this study was to identify the domains and factors affecting the formation of social behaviors in Iran's professional athletes. The statistical sample included 23 people from the research population including professional athletes, sports coaches, sports managers, psychologists and sports sociologists who were active in professional sport. The method of sampling was theoretical and snowball. This research was carried out qualitatively. Semi-structured interview was used to collect the data Data were analyzed by coding method in three stages: open, axial and selective. The findings included 121 mark in open coding that were categorized in 22 concepts. In the following eight categories of economic, organizational, political, cultural and ethical, technical, social, sporting rules and regulations and internal factors of behavior formation were identified. According to the findings of the research, it is recommended; Appropriate fields and substrates for the formation of professional athlete behaviors in sports organizations and the social environment that athletes are present, Provided.
