Social Issues in Sport Management
Seyyedeh Zahra Mirzamani; Shahram Shafiee; Mohammad Mahdi Rahmati
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Objective: This study aims to conduct a meta-synthesis of the mechanisms of corruption in Iranian football based on a sociological approach.Methodology: Employing a qualitative approach, this study followed Sandelowski and Barroso's (2007) meta-synthesis framework. Data were derived from 29 peer-reviewed ...
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Objective: This study aims to conduct a meta-synthesis of the mechanisms of corruption in Iranian football based on a sociological approach.Methodology: Employing a qualitative approach, this study followed Sandelowski and Barroso's (2007) meta-synthesis framework. Data were derived from 29 peer-reviewed scientific articles published between 2015 and 2025, identified through a systematic search of reputable Persian-language (n=23) and English-language (n=6) databases. Thematic coding was employed for data analysis.Results: Based on the data analysis, the mechanisms of corruption in sport were identified and classified into 63 initial codes, 21 sub-themes, and 6 overarching themes, including structural and governance deficiencies, an opaque and rentier economy, a corruption-prone culture and unhealthy norms, an inefficient legal and judicial system, informal and relationship-based networks, and international factors and globalization.Conclusion: In light of the findings, corruption in Iranian football stems from dysfunctional governance frameworks, a rent-seeking economy, and a culture of informal relations. Unless these deeply embedded institutional and cultural vicious cycles are rectified, intermittent and individual-level enforcement actions will prove futile. Lasting reform can only be achieved through institutional reconstruction, full transparency, and the substitution of informal patronage networks with genuine merit-based systems.
Seyyedeh Zahra Mirzamani; Shahram Shafiei
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Objective: the aim of the present study was to design a model of using new technologies on the performance of Iranian football clubs with the mediating role of technological literacyMethodology: This research was descriptive-correlation, applied purpose and field method. The statistical population included ...
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Objective: the aim of the present study was to design a model of using new technologies on the performance of Iranian football clubs with the mediating role of technological literacyMethodology: This research was descriptive-correlation, applied purpose and field method. The statistical population included managers, coaches, players and executive and technical staff of Iranian football clubs . A sufficient number of statistical samples were selected and modeling The measurement tool included three researcher-made questionnaires with a five-point Likert scale. Content and face validity of these instruments were confirmed by sports management professors and experts, athletes and coaches of sports clubs and composite reliability, construct validity, convergent and divergent validity were confirmed using factor analysis. SPSS and SmartPLS3 software were used for data analysis and path analysis between variables.Results: The results showed that the use of new technologies and the technology literacy of club members had a significant effect on the performance of football clubs.You had the effect of using new technologies on the technology literacy of club members was significant and also the results of the Seville test showed that new technologies through technological literacy on the performance of football clubs has a significant effect.Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that modern technology can play a key role in improving the performance of athletes by providing quality information for coaches and sports officials and preparing valuable tools.
