salman sedigh; mehrali hemati nezhad; shahram shafiee; Mohammadhasan Gholizadeh
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Objective: The aim of this research was provide a model for analyzing the development of the Iranian sports industry system.Methodology: The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all experts in the field of sports industry management and development (managers, ...
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Objective: The aim of this research was provide a model for analyzing the development of the Iranian sports industry system.Methodology: The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all experts in the field of sports industry management and development (managers, professors, business owners and sports market specialists). The statistical sample was estimated to be sufficient for smart pls software and were Sampling by Judgmental method (234 persons). The research tool was a questionnaire as researcher-made and excluded from the qualitative phase. Content validity of the tool by experts (20 sports management professors and sports industry managers), Reliability of Cronbach's alpha (0.88) and its construct validity through modeling (fitting indices) was evaluated and validated.Based on the variables modeling the development of the sport industry, including five levels of environment and ecosystem (international environment and national environment), actors and roles (elements of sport and governance), support and structure (resources and processes), interaction and participation (levels of participation). Sport and the areas of the sport industry) and consequence (function and sustainability) are in the sequence of sustainable development, respectively. The results showed that all dimensions of the main variables were significant and all relationships between these variables were significant.Based on the model, the development of the sports industry based on the support of the internal and external environment, playing the role of sports facilities, strategic management capabilities, resource supply and process efficiency, participation in the sports industry and development of the areas to lead to sustainable development of sport.
MehrAli Hemmatinezhad; Mohammad Hasan Gholizadeh; Tracy Taylor; Rasoul Faraji
Volume 4, Issue 2 , June 2015, , Pages 1-14
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Objective: In this study, the role of the planning and management of the football games on security of the stadiums has been investigated. Methodology: Twelve semi-structured interviews with experts (one football expert, two stadium managers, five police officers, and four university professors) were ...
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Objective: In this study, the role of the planning and management of the football games on security of the stadiums has been investigated. Methodology: Twelve semi-structured interviews with experts (one football expert, two stadium managers, five police officers, and four university professors) were conducted to provide data on the main factors affecting the security of Iranian football stadiums. A 28-item questionnaire related to the impact of planning and managing football games’ on the security of the stadiums was designed and 144 key participants (including police officers, soccer experts and organizers, and stadium managers) answered them. The obtained data was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with a varimax rotation in order to identify factors, followed by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) which was conducted to test the impact of the identified factors and items on the stadium security. Results: The results showed that game planning and management is one of the main factors affecting the security of the stadiums. In addition, risk and crisis management, communication management, match day service quality and finally cultural activities, respectively with 0.85, 0.83, 0.84 and 0.86 factor loading, as four sub-factors for game planning and management, affect the security of the stadiums (P<0.05). Conclusion: Football games organizers’ proper planning and also stadiums managers’ good management will improve the security of the football stadiums by enhancement of spectators’ satisfaction and prevention of violent behaviors.
Mehali Hematinezhad; Bahman Shahriary; Esmaeil Malek – Akhlagh
Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2015, , Pages 19-33
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Objective: The first step to develop and manage sport tourism destinations is to identification and prioritization of available resources. The purpose of this study was prioritization of the sport tourism attractions on developing sport tourism in Iranian Northern provinces. 112 subjects (20 sport management ...
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Objective: The first step to develop and manage sport tourism destinations is to identification and prioritization of available resources. The purpose of this study was prioritization of the sport tourism attractions on developing sport tourism in Iranian Northern provinces. 112 subjects (20 sport management experts, 92chairman, assistants and experts of universities, administrations of physical education, cultural heritage and municipalities of three provinces) were selected as the sample and answered to the questionnaire designed by the researcher. The face and content validities of this questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated in a guide survey (α=0.92). For analyzing data, Kruska Wallis, u-man- whitney, Touki and Anova tests were used in a significant level α≥0.05. Results: Findings showed that attraction of the sport competitions and events, water sports, hill climbing and nature tourism, mountain climbing and cave climbing, hiking, warm water and nature therapy, hunting, and winter sports, respectively are the most important factors in developing sport tourism in the studied provinces Conclusion: According to the research findings, it is suggested that authorities of the related organizations pay more attention to holding sport events for attracting more sport tourists and sport administrators collaborate with other relevant departments to invest more on sports attractions such as the beach sport and hiking.
