Seyyedeh Ozra MirKazemi; Samaneh Rastgoo; Mohammad Khorashadizadeh
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Objective: The aim of this study was to design an instrument to assess human resource productivity of Iran sports federations using factor analysis. Methodology: This was a descriptive-analytical study that data was collected by field method. The sample was 251 employees in the team and individual sports ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to design an instrument to assess human resource productivity of Iran sports federations using factor analysis. Methodology: This was a descriptive-analytical study that data was collected by field method. The sample was 251 employees in the team and individual sports federations in 2014. The content validity of instrument was verified by expert panel method and the construct validity was measured using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Also, the reliability was evaluated by Cronbach’s alpha method (α=0.98). Results: The results presented a six-dimension questionnaire including 12-itms management factor, 11-items economics and environment, 11-items organizational factor, 8-items mental factor, 8-items social and cultural factor and finally 3-items individual factor. Also, the fit indexes (CMIN/DF=2.854, RMSEA=0.086) defined the model fit. Conclusion: Regarding the high reliability and validity, the designed instrument can be used to measure human resource productivity in sports federations. Identifying the factors affecting productivity and their impact magnitude can improve human resource productivity in sports federations. To assess the instrument validity, we offer to use this instrument in the research about other sports organizations too.
Seyedeh Ozra MirKazemi; Zeynab JahaniRad; Safoureh NikNahad
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 145-160
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Objective: The aim of this study was the efficiency measurement of Iranian men's volleyball teams in the premier league.Methodology: The research population consists of teams attending the men's premier volleyball league (2010-2011). Because of limitation in amount of population, the sample size was ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was the efficiency measurement of Iranian men's volleyball teams in the premier league.Methodology: The research population consists of teams attending the men's premier volleyball league (2010-2011). Because of limitation in amount of population, the sample size was considered equal to the population size (N=16). The study is descriptive-analytical and the field one. To analyze data, the descriptive and inferential statistics (mean, the Kendall and Pearson coefficient) and the operation research (DEA and AHP) were used. Results: At the first step, 21 criteria (financial, sport, human resources, available facilities) were determined according to the experts’ consensus (Kendall's w = 0.761). At the next step, the criteria were prioritized. Finally, there was not any correlation in the priority of the teams based on the efficiency point and the place of team in the ranking. There was significant difference between the efficiency points of the efficient teams and inefficient teams.Conclusion: Results indicated that in addition to ranking the teams based on obtained scores, several other factors are effective in determining the amount of team effectiveness or ineffectiveness.
Sayedeh Ozrah Mirkazemi; Mohammad Hasan Gholizadeh; Sahar Soheili Pishkenari
Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2015, , Pages 35-48
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Abstract Objective: The present study was an attempt to rank the fitness clubs of Rasht in terms of safety employing MCDM. Methodology: The research was descriptive-comparative study; so, the data were collected using by a researcher-made checklist including 123 safety factors.The sample was consisted ...
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Abstract Objective: The present study was an attempt to rank the fitness clubs of Rasht in terms of safety employing MCDM. Methodology: The research was descriptive-comparative study; so, the data were collected using by a researcher-made checklist including 123 safety factors.The sample was consisted of all the fitness clubs in Rasht. The sample was equal with the population due to the low level of overall size. Thus, forty-four clubs were analyzed. This is a descriptive-comparative study; the data was collected contributing a researcher-made checklist including one hundred and twenty-three safety factors using field research. To analyze the data, the researcher used Shannon Entropy as well as TOPSIS contributing EXCEL Software. Results: Considering the safety factor, the highest rank went to clubs of A5 (Ci= =0.86) while the lowest one with Ci= 0.06 went toA27. Conclusion: Ranking the sport places as a product through MCDM can provide the customers with the opportunity to have the best choice. On the other hand, the providers will have the chance to remove the weak points either to improve or confirm the position of the product considering the given rank.
