Ali Afrouzeh; Nasrollah sajjadi; Mehrzad Hamidi; Rasoul Sadeghi
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Aim: The purpose of pf this study was to design the participation model for Afghanistani refugees in sport. Methodology: This was qualitative research, and grounded theory was used considering the research nature. In this research, Subjects were chosen by using purposive and snowball sampling methods ...
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Aim: The purpose of pf this study was to design the participation model for Afghanistani refugees in sport. Methodology: This was qualitative research, and grounded theory was used considering the research nature. In this research, Subjects were chosen by using purposive and snowball sampling methods and a homogenous approach considering maximum diversity at the same time. Accordingly, 18 Afghan athletes, coaches, and sports experts were chosen as samples. To analyze qualitative data, latent content analysis was employed. The interview was conducted as a data collecting tool. After implementation, coding was performed within three steps, including open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Findings: After identifying and classifying the primary codes, 73 subcategories and 27 core categories were obtained. Some categories such as acceptance in community and health status were placed in the causal class. Lifestyle and management situation were assigned to the contextual class, and socioeconomic factors were placed in intervening class. Attitude change and rule modification were assigned to strategies. Some categories such as social capital and cultural development were classified as consequences. Conclusion: it seems that the development path of sport participation of refugees is subject to the law so that if law and rules are modified and limitations are reduced there will be more access to sports spaces and communities. In this case, refugees will feel free in choosing the type and method of physical activity, and participation development will be facilitated.
Zuleikha Alizadeh; Mehrzad Hamidi; Seyed Ehsan Amirhosseini
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Objective: The aim of this study was to design a performance management model for the Iranian Ski Federation by combining BSC and ISM approaches.Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and research data were collected in a field and in a mixed manner (qualitative and quantitative). ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to design a performance management model for the Iranian Ski Federation by combining BSC and ISM approaches.Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and research data were collected in a field and in a mixed manner (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population in the quantitative section, the officials of the federation and the provincial ski delegations were equal to 82 people and in the qualitative section were 18 experts. Due to the limited number of members, the community became equal to the sample. The research tool in the qualitative part was an interview and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 professors of sports management at the university and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test (α = 0.96). ISM and BSC methods were used to design the model.Results: The results showed that there are 12 dimensions and 40 components for the development of ski management performance management and the dimensions were placed in seven levels and four perspectives of growth and learning, internal processes, customer and financial.Conclusion: It can be said that the development of training courses and motivational measures will facilitate the achievement of other dimensions of ski performance management.
Mohammad Mazyari; mehrzad hamidi; mohammad khabiri; Ebrahim Alidoust Ghahfarokhi
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sense of brand community on attendance and media consumption among football Pro-League spectators through the mediator role of perceived risk. Methodology: The target population included football spectators of the sixteenth ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sense of brand community on attendance and media consumption among football Pro-League spectators through the mediator role of perceived risk. Methodology: The target population included football spectators of the sixteenth season of IRAN Pro-League, such that 365 people were selected through random- available sampling as the samples of this study. Sense of brand community was measured by Hedland’s questionnaire (2011) , with the reliability (α=.96), and, consequently, attendance, media consumption and perceived risk were measured by the researcher-made questionnaires (α=.70, α=.82, and α=.91, respectively). furthermore, the questionnaire’s face validity was investigated according to some field-specialist sport management scholars. Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that sense of brand community has a positive and significant effect on attendance in stadium and sport media consumption, and it has negative and significant effects on perceived risk. In addition, the perceived risk has a negative and significant effect on attendance in stadium, and has it positive and significant effect on sport media consumption. Furthermore, indirect results showed that perceived risk acted as a mediator between the sense of brand community and attendance in stadium. Conclusion: To increase spectators’ attendance in stadium it is essential to reinforce the fan community and consider the factors that increase perceived risks.
Afshin Mollaie Sefiddashti; Mehrzad Hamidi; Hossein Rajabi; Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh
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Objective:The purpose of this research was to formulate the novel policies, strategies and scenarios based on the preferred foresight of national elite sport development. Methodology: The methodology was foresight focused on analysis method of cross impact and scenario writing. We used expert panel sampling ...
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Objective:The purpose of this research was to formulate the novel policies, strategies and scenarios based on the preferred foresight of national elite sport development. Methodology: The methodology was foresight focused on analysis method of cross impact and scenario writing. We used expert panel sampling which was purposive selection and sample size included 16 experts. Also, MICMAC as a strategic foresight software program has been utilized to analyze the cross impacts. Results: The influential driving forces were extracted from the research background and expert panel. The influence and dependence were identified. Finally, three key driving forces including the stability of tenure of managerial personnel and meritocracy, the national strategy to host mega-events and the government’s attention to women sport were introduced, the scenarios were formulated and the probable futures were described. Conclusion: The founding can open a different vision before managers’ eyes in elite sport. The stability of the tenure of management creates the enough opportunities to conduct plans; the meritocracy in terms of human resources employment makes the executive levers for managers; to host the event leads to develop infrastructure and gain the authorities’ attention to sport; finally, the women’s sport potential must be considered due to the global prominence of women’s sport growth.
Samira Feizi; Mehrzad Hamidi; seyed mohhamad hosein razavi; reza andam
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Objective: One of the main methods of financing and costs by professional sport clubs in the world, is selling tickets, as ticket sales, the lifeblood of any sport organization. Hence, the purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting ticketing of Iran’s premier football ...
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Objective: One of the main methods of financing and costs by professional sport clubs in the world, is selling tickets, as ticket sales, the lifeblood of any sport organization. Hence, the purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting ticketing of Iran’s premier football league. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the study included all spectators over 18 years old in the Premier League in 2015/16 season. Sample size (n=324) based on factor analysis, 2 to 10-fold of the items was selected. The data collected through a made questionnaire whose face and content validity was confirmed by 15 experts in panel. To calculate reliability Cronbach’s alpha (α= .9) was used. To analyze the data, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used. Results: Based on exploratory factor analysis, 33 items of ticketing in 8 factors “Facility, Cultural - Social, Attractiveness of match, Economic, Managerial, Marketing, Technology and Planning” were classified. Also, based on confirmation model, Cultural - Social factor, Marketing, Technology, Managerial, Economic, Planning, Attractiveness of match and Facility factor had highest impact on the Iran’s Premier League football ticketing respectively. Conclusion: So, clubs and League organization to better selling ticket and increase their income, must be pay more attention to Facility, Cultural - Social, Attractiveness of match, Economic, Managerial, Marketing, Technology and Planning factors.
Seyed Ahmad Nejhad Sajadi; Mehrzad Hamidi; Mohsen Arsalan
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to Identification and Prioritization of perspectives and strategies of the Tehran Municipality Sport Organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive and analytical. The statistical population of this study was includes all managers of ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to Identification and Prioritization of perspectives and strategies of the Tehran Municipality Sport Organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive and analytical. The statistical population of this study was includes all managers of sports organization in Tehran Municipality and strategic council members of Tehran Municipality Sport Organization (N=145). 60 persons were chosen as the statistical sample. to clarify the direction of research, early indicators of research were extracted Implementation of strategies of the sport municipality organization (1391). In cconclusion on the sample, the indicators were designed. Final questionnaire was given to a statistical sample. And to integrate the views and priorities and weighting criteria and sub-criteria was used AHP model. Results: The results showed that in Prioritization, views and strategies of the sport of Tehran Municipality, The financial perspective and the internal process perspective, the highest and lowest priority, respectively. Conclusion: It seems that the exercise of citizenship should be determined on the horizon financially stand on its own, (As first priority) and in terms of internal perspective is in acceptable conditions and can use with its current inputs fulfill his duties to realize its objectives. (As last priority).
Zahra Beigomi; Mehrzad Hamidi; Seyed Nasrollah Sajadi; Habib Honari
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Objective: The main purpose of this research was designing the structural model of human resource management policies and organizational performance in Ministry of Sport and Youth. Methodology: Research method was Descriptive and correlation type. The target population was 466 experts of Ministry ...
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Objective: The main purpose of this research was designing the structural model of human resource management policies and organizational performance in Ministry of Sport and Youth. Methodology: Research method was Descriptive and correlation type. The target population was 466 experts of Ministry of Youth and Sport. Using krejcie- Morgan table, the sample size was determined 214. However, due to need of adequate statistical method, 320 questionnaires were distributed. From returned questionnaire (312), 294 questionnaires were suitable that considered as sample size. The research instruments included basic demographic information, human resource management policies questionnaire, organizational efficiency (Pinprayong & Siengtai, 2012) and organizational effectiveness (Hsu, 2002). To identify the dimensions of variables, factor load and construct validity, confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis was used with varimax rotation. Data analysis was done by test sampling adequacy (KMO) and Bartlett, Pearson correlation, regression, factor analysis, path analysis and structural equation modeling techniques with using SPSS and LISREL software. Results: Exploratory factor analysis identified five dimensions for Human Resource Management policies and tow dimensions for organizational performance that explained 61 and 44 percent of total variance. Multiple regression coefficients between human resource management policies and organizational performance were significant at % 99 confidence level. Human resource management policies predicted 51 percent of variance of organizational performance. The proposed research model had good fit in target population. Path analysis showed that coefficient effect of human resource management policies on organizational performance was %61. Conclusion: According the results, human resource management policies and its dimensions could explain organizational effectiveness and efficiency and should be applied in policy - making by managers.
Seyed Ahmad Nezhadsajadi; Mehrzad Hamidi; Mohsen Arsalan
Volume 5, Issue 1 , May 2016, , Pages 103-116
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the perspectives and strategies in Tehran municipality sport organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population included all managers of sports organization in Tehran municipality ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the perspectives and strategies in Tehran municipality sport organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population included all managers of sports organization in Tehran municipality and the strategic council members of Tehran municipality Sport Organization (N=145). Sixty persons were chosen as the statistical sample. Early indicators of research were extracted from dissertation of Nejad Sajadi (2012). The final indicators were designed through the sample's ideas. Final questionnaire was given to the statistical sample. AHP model was used to integrate the views and priorities as well as weight criteria and sub-criteria. Results: The results showed that in prioritization of the views and strategies of the sport in Tehran municipality, the financial perspective and the internal process perspective were the highest and lowest priority, respectively. Conclusion: It seems that the citizenship exercise should rely on itself financially (as first priority). And in terms of internal perspective, it has acceptable conditions and can fulfill his duties using its current inputs to achieve its objectives (as last priority).
Mehrzad Hamidi; Mohmmad Kazemi Reza; Hidar Soleimani Gatabi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , April 2013, , Pages 55-64
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of the present study was to identify innovation potentials in football refereeing. Because of the technological changes and innovations that have been created in the football industry, it seemed important and essential to do this study.Methodology: This study was an applied ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of the present study was to identify innovation potentials in football refereeing. Because of the technological changes and innovations that have been created in the football industry, it seemed important and essential to do this study.Methodology: This study was an applied one; quantitative in its purpose and qualitative in its method. The statistical population were national and international referees, assistant referees, and referee assessors. The method of sampling was purposive and judgmental. The statistical samples were elite football referees.Results: The results of this study indicated that elite referees, assistant referees and assessors agreed with the use of new technological innovations in the game. It demonstrated that using new technologies affected directly and indirectly on the referees’ performance, too.Conclusion: The use of these technologies will affect the referee performance directly and indirectly.Keywords: Innovation, Football industry, Technological innovation, Football refereeing.
Esfandeyar Khosravizadeh; Mehrzad Hamidi; Jahangir Yadolahi; Mohammad Khabiri
Volume 1, Issue 1 , April 2012, , Pages 11-25
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to develop strategies for NOC of Islamic Republic of IRAN.Methodology: The statistical population of this study included managers and employees of NOC.IR.IRAN, sport and managing elites and strategic council members (147). In this study 80 managers and ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to develop strategies for NOC of Islamic Republic of IRAN.Methodology: The statistical population of this study included managers and employees of NOC.IR.IRAN, sport and managing elites and strategic council members (147). In this study 80 managers and employees, 20 elites and all of strategic council members (10 people) were selected as the statistical sample. In order to gather data, surveys and strategic council meetings were used. In the survey, the strategic situation and strategies forms were used. In order to analyze data, Friedman test and SWOT analysis were used.Results: Findings revealed that, NOC.IR.IRAN strategic situation was in SO box. So, all of 13 strategies were determined and developed for NOC.IR.IRAN. Conclusion: Therefore, the NOC of Iran should use its strengths and opportunities more effectively to achieve its goals.Key Words: SWOT analysis, Strategies, NOC of Islamic Republic of IRAN.
Mehrzad Hamidi; Zhaleh Memari; Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , April 2012, , Pages 55-74
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to explain the confirmatory factor analyses of a scale provided for the selection of Iranian national coaches.Methods: The method of this study was descriptive and survey type. The scale designed for selecting coaches was prepared by compiling the list ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to explain the confirmatory factor analyses of a scale provided for the selection of Iranian national coaches.Methods: The method of this study was descriptive and survey type. The scale designed for selecting coaches was prepared by compiling the list of effective variables on coach selection and conducting a confirmatory study. The study instrumrnt was a questionnaire consisting 25 components. Its content and face validity were confirmed by faculty members. Coronbachs’ Alpha coefficient was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire (p<0.01). Four hundred fifty people consisting of elite athletes and coaches, managers with high experience in sports, experts and professors were used as the statistical sample and finally, 407 questionnaires were completed.Results: The results indicated that the scale for Iranian national sport coach selection consisted of 4 factors. Each of factors, variables and factorial loading of each variable, the most important factors and the impact of each factor were determined. Based on confirmatory study the resulting structure of exploratory factor analysis was confirmed and finally the path analysis model was approved. According to this model, the Iranian national sport coach selection norms were leadership skills including communication skills, specific skills and technical skills (technical experience and operational capacity). According to the path analysis model, the leadership skills factor and technical skills factor have bilinear correlation together (0.92).Conclusion: The high correlation of leadership skills and technical skills indicated that if the coach were lacking in each of them, they can invest in and improve other factor. The present model is similar to Lean & jesk’s model (1993) and it can be used for selection of national coaches.Key words: Technical skills, Communicational skills, Leadership skills.
