Ahmad Asadinia; noshin benar; MehrAli Hematineghad; Mohammad Khabiri; shahram shafiee
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Objective: The clubs are owned by supporters is one of the common forms of football clubs’ governance. Hence, The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies for adopting the model of supporters ownership in the Esteghlal FC.Methodology: This research was conducted qualitatively and using ...
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Objective: The clubs are owned by supporters is one of the common forms of football clubs’ governance. Hence, The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies for adopting the model of supporters ownership in the Esteghlal FC.Methodology: This research was conducted qualitatively and using the Grounded Theory and the Systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin. The research data were collected through theoretical and purposeful sampling and based on deep interviews with 8 experts. sampling continued until the research reached a theoretical saturation. Based on the Grounded theory and the systematic approach, the data were analyzed in three stages: open, axial and selective coding. For validation of data that is equivalent to reliability and validity in quantitative research, two methods of Recoding by the researcher and a Member Checking method were used.Results: Based on the results of three stages of coding including open, axial and selective coding, the identified strategies were extracted in the form of legal, social-cultural, governance, educational, organizational and stakeholder management subcategories.Conclusion: It seems that with the cooperation of various institutions of the country and the creation of the necessary platforms in the long term and run the identification of strategies, this model could be implemented in the Esteghlal FC.
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.
mohammad khabiri; Ebrahim AliDoust Ghahfarokhi; Rahim Khosromanesh; Ameneh Asadolahi; Ali Talkhabi
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to design a conceptual model of Iranian sports goods industry. Methodology: The methodology of research was Grounded Theory (GT) on the systematic approach. Data collection tools were reviewing the literature and interviews. The sampling method was theoretical ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to design a conceptual model of Iranian sports goods industry. Methodology: The methodology of research was Grounded Theory (GT) on the systematic approach. Data collection tools were reviewing the literature and interviews. The sampling method was theoretical sampling. The data analysis method was a continuous questionnaire and comparison in the three main steps of open, axial and selective coding. After reviewing the literature along with conducting 15 deep interviews with Iranian manufacturers and distributors of Iranian sports goods, theoretical saturation was achieved. Results: The results showed that the manpower, capital, technology and materials affect production, and marketing and branding, national media, person responsible for buying, and foreign goods affect the sale of Iranian sports goods and Iranian sovereign bodies directly and indirectly have important implications for all of these categories. Conclusion: Production and sales are the basic categories of sports goods industry that interact with each other and each of them is influenced by other categories. Since sovereign bodies have or can have a huge impact on all of these categories, prerequisite for the development of this industry is the strategic actions of the sovereign bodies to improve the conditions in each of these categories.
reza gfhasemnejad; Mohammad Khabiri; Marjan Saffari; Alireza Elahi
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Objective: The aim of this research is to identify the components of the effective indexes are outsourcing model of sporting events. Methodology: This is an applied research of purpose and of data collection is field study. the kind of research is survey and descriptive.According to the grounded ...
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Objective: The aim of this research is to identify the components of the effective indexes are outsourcing model of sporting events. Methodology: This is an applied research of purpose and of data collection is field study. the kind of research is survey and descriptive.According to the grounded theory (Grounded) is based on the method of Glaser.The statistical population is sport industry experts, professors of universities, directors and secretaries of sports federations, sport organizations and sport managers of total universities, that 15 of them were selected by Target and snowball sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were openly conducted and data analysis has occurred by qualitative content analysis and coding, axial and selective.Results: A total of 20 interviews with experts and review of literature and research were 35 open source codes. And open codes in 6 concepts related to the categories of outsourcing of sporting events.Conclusion: The results showed that the use of retirees in the assignment, the of determining requirements, structuring gradual, transferring, specified pattern and functional coordination of organizational resources of the most important and effective indicators of outsourcing of spore events. According to findings research recommended to managers of sport organizations In assigning the activities and services of the firms and companies pay attention to effective indicators key elements.
Mohammad Ehsani; Hashem Kuzechian; Mohammad Khabiri; Mehdi Azadan
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Objective: Crowd management has been a necessary and integral part of the management of any event due to diverse and large amount of attendees. Mismanagement of crowd might cause irreparable losses. The goal of this study was to explore the challenges of crowd management in Iran’s Premiere ...
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Objective: Crowd management has been a necessary and integral part of the management of any event due to diverse and large amount of attendees. Mismanagement of crowd might cause irreparable losses. The goal of this study was to explore the challenges of crowd management in Iran’s Premiere Football League in order to have an effective plan in this case. Methodology: The research was conducted using qualitative method with exploratory nature. Data were collected using 23 deep interviews with selective sampling and snowball technique. We employed thematic analysis to code and analyze data. Results: Results showed the existence of challenges in 57 concepts. These concepts were changed to 14 secondary concepts in second phase of coding. Finally we had 5 main category or theme in third phase of coding including structure, behavior, policy making, socio-cultural and identity of crowd management. Conclusion: Awareness of those holding football matches in Iran from challenges presented in this paper could make them to try and plan for better management of challenges. This finally will lead to an increase in satisfaction of attendees and their decision to return, increase in safety and security standards and finally social and economic benefits.To design an effective crowd management model in Premiere League, a serious and careful consideration of these results originating from deep viewpoints of experts is proposed.
Seyed Nasrollah Sajjadi; Mohammad Khabiri; Ehsan GhaemMaghami; Ali Benesbordi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 17-33
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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threatens, determining the strategic position and formulating the strategies of Islamic republic of Iran Chess Federation. Methodology: The research method is descriptive in the field of the strategic studies. In ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threatens, determining the strategic position and formulating the strategies of Islamic republic of Iran Chess Federation. Methodology: The research method is descriptive in the field of the strategic studies. In this study, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used. For gathering data, in addition to research meetings and interviews with members of the strategic committee, SWOT questionnaire with open questions, the strategic positioning questionnaire, and TOWS questionnaire were used. Statistical population of this study includes chess federation executive board, heads of federation committees, heads of provincial board, the elite of sport and management (N=59). 32 members were selected for Statistical sample. Sample members were selected using theoretical sampling. For the analysis of data, descriptive statistics, internal and external factors evaluation matrix, SWOT matrix, and TOWS matrix were used. Results: Findings of the research showed that chess federation had 10 strengths, 12 weaknesses, 10 opportunities, and 8 threaten. Efficient management of the federation and full-time employees in federation were the main strengths. Poor public relations of federation were the main weaknesses. Plenty of talent in the children and teenagers was the main opportunity. Lack of media attention, especially TV and radio, was the main threaten. Based upon the internal factors evaluation matrix (2.25) and external factors evaluation matrix (2.36), it was shown that the strategic position of chess federation was in WT area. Conclusion: Finally, based upon the research results, developing the marketing plan, the use of available opportunities to attract sponsors, and developing legal - executive system were identified as the most important strategies of chess federation.
