Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Faculty member at the Payame Noor Unversity
2 University of Kharazmi
3 Payame Noor University
Abstract
The purpose of this research was the analysis of factors affecting at the behavior of sports managers in the success of Iran's sports team in 2022 Asian Games. Statistical population of this study included all of the all sport federation’s managers that they are participated in Asian games, National Olympic Committee’s managers and the managers of Ministry of Sports and Youth (N=600). On the basis of Morgan table, 234 persons were randomly selected of research samples. To achieve the research goals, the made researcher questionnaire was used. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by 17 experts, and its structural validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Its reliability was studied in a pilot study with 30 subjects and calculated as 0.79. For data analysis the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods, including Kolmogorov-Smirnov, exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation by application of AMOS software and SPSS software were used. The research findings showed that there are 8 factors such as managerial and scientific, planning, organizing, financial and motivational, educational and talent detection, knowing competitors, supplies, facilities and equipment, and technical that they can affect at the behavior of sports managers in Iran for the success of Iranian sports teams in the 2022 Asia games.
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