Sport Management
mehdi shahpari; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi
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The country's sports managers have reached the highest level of success either through stepwise growth or because of career leaps that they have gained experiences that will never be written. In this research, a special look was made at the tacit knowledge of senior sports managers of the country. Thirteen ...
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The country's sports managers have reached the highest level of success either through stepwise growth or because of career leaps that they have gained experiences that will never be written. In this research, a special look was made at the tacit knowledge of senior sports managers of the country. Thirteen top sports managers of the country were interviewed in depth. The interview process was carried out deeply and purposefully and then in a snowball fashion. The philosophical orientation of the interpretive research was based on social structuralism and was done by the way of narrative analysis. Coding was done using MAXQDA version 20 software and the research’s reliability was obtained by using MAXQDA software and calculating the Kappa coefficient of 0.81. The results of the research showed that the success factors of the career path of sports managers in the country are the result of technical skills, personal skills, management science skills, political skills, cognitive skills, and spiritual skills.
Organizational Behavior Management
Marzieh Khalifeh Soltani; Mahmoud Goudarzi; Amin Dehghan ghahfarokhi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship model of social and cultural capital with the social participation of sports celebrities with the mediation of social responsibility. The method of this research was a descriptive-survey type and the statistical population was sports celebrities, ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship model of social and cultural capital with the social participation of sports celebrities with the mediation of social responsibility. The method of this research was a descriptive-survey type and the statistical population was sports celebrities, 278 people were selected as a statistical sample from the available sampling method due to the difficulty of data collection. Data collection tools included researcher-made questionnaire on social participation, social responsibility,cultural capital, and social capital.The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 specialists and their reliability was calculated in a preliminary study with 30 subjects and Cronbach's alpha was 0.83, 0.86, 0.76 and 0.85 respectively. The data was analyzed through structural equatio modeling method using Lisrel software. Structural equation modeling analyzes confirmed the suitability of the proposed model. According to the obtained results, one of the methods of persuading sports celebrities to engage in extra-role behaviors for social participation and social responsibility is to improve the social and cultural capital of famous athletes.
Zahra Rezaee; Mehrzad Hamidi; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi
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The purpose of this study designing model of social responsibility of the school sports federation. This study was practical with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative). The sample in the qualitative section was including informed experts of school sport in the field of academic, executive, ...
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The purpose of this study designing model of social responsibility of the school sports federation. This study was practical with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative). The sample in the qualitative section was including informed experts of school sport in the field of academic, executive, and sports. The sampling method was purposeful and due to its unpredictable approach, it proceeded to a point where we reached theoretical saturation. Therefore, 12 interviews were analyzed. In the quantitative section, the statistical society was included board members, experts, managers of students sports federations, Deputies of Physical Education and Health, Heads of offices, the staff and associations school sports and 219 people purposefully were selected as samples. We use MAXQDA software in the qualitative section for analyzing data. Also, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used in the quantitative section for confirming hypotheses that were obtained in the qualitative section. Results show that the qualitative sample create 36 initial codes, 4 Factor(economic, humanitarian, legal, and moral), and 1 axial code( Social responsibility of the Student Sports federation) that they have 422 overall frequency in the context of interviews. Also, hypothesizes that were obtained in the qualitative part were confirmed in the quantitative section. The results of this study will use for policy-making and strategic planning to develop social responsibility among federation staff, stakeholders, teachers, and sports associations, and boards in student sports.
Hamidreza Yargholi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi
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Volunteers are one of the most important elements in the success of college sports programs. The aim of this study was to identify the indicators of management of university sports volunteers with emphasis on organizational behavior variables. The research method was descriptive. The study population ...
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Volunteers are one of the most important elements in the success of college sports programs. The aim of this study was to identify the indicators of management of university sports volunteers with emphasis on organizational behavior variables. The research method was descriptive. The study population consisted of 13 faculty members of universities and experts working in sports organizations who were selected by purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information and data were analyzed systematically. The percentage of agreement within the subject of the interviews was equal to 0.91. Findings showed that the strategies of the organization, maintenance, development and improvement, discovery and evaluation, recruitment and employment as the main indicators are effective in managing the behavior of volunteers in college sports.
Marziyeh Khalifeh Soltani; Mahmoud Goudarzi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi
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The aim of this study was to present a model of social responsibility of sports celebrities. The method of the present study was an exploratory mix (a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods). In the qualitative stage, through interviews with knowledgeable experts, the types of social responsibility ...
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The aim of this study was to present a model of social responsibility of sports celebrities. The method of the present study was an exploratory mix (a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods). In the qualitative stage, through interviews with knowledgeable experts, the types of social responsibility of sports celebrities were identified and categorized in the form of 53 factors and 8 components using the method of content analysis and Delphi technique. In the quantitative stage, the identified factors were adjusted in the form of a five-point Likert questionnaire and 278 people were provided with a statistical sample (sports celebrities). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis test showed that the social responsibility model of sports celebrities including social responsibility, Ethic responsibility, legal responsibility, environmental responsibility, cultural responsibility, economic responsibility and political responsibility were well-fitted. The results of this study showed that according to the fame that sports celebrities have in the community and are a model in a large part of society and have a significant range of social influence, their responsibility in various areas of social, economic, humanitarian, biological Environment, etc. will create very good conditions for society, and society will move towards sustainable development.
Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi; Reza Shahbazi; Abbas Seifollahi
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The purpose of the present study was to characterize green behavior in sporting sites. The present research method is descriptive and survey type that in terms of purpose, practical and in terms of the method is field data collection. The statistical population of this study was all managers, staff, ...
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The purpose of the present study was to characterize green behavior in sporting sites. The present research method is descriptive and survey type that in terms of purpose, practical and in terms of the method is field data collection. The statistical population of this study was all managers, staff, officials, and customers of sports complexes in district 6 of Tehran city and the sample consisted of 384 persons who were selected randomly. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire whose Formal and content validity was confirmed by 12 people of sport and environmental management professors And construct validity also was confirmed by structural equation modeling. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling using SPSS software version 24 and PLs version 3 software. The research findings showed that Green behavior in sports sites has a positive and significant effect on environmental knowledge, environmental orientation, environmental Credibility, environmental requirements, expectation, and economic justification. As a result, Environmental issues observance in sports areas are not only is appropriate for keeping the environment healthy but also it will bring a lot of financial benefits to sports authorities.
