Soheila Moradi; Saeed Sadeghi Boroujerdi; Abed Mahmoodian
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Objective: The development of sports at the macro level depends on the development of sport fields. Shooting sport as a medal-winning, national and religious discipline can also play an important role in this regard.Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and ranking barriers to the development ...
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Objective: The development of sports at the macro level depends on the development of sport fields. Shooting sport as a medal-winning, national and religious discipline can also play an important role in this regard.Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and ranking barriers to the development of this sport in Iran.Methodology: The method of the present research is a mixed and consecutive exploratory design. The qualitative phase was performed using thematic analysis method and the quantitative phase was performed using Savara ranking technique. Statistical population includes; they were experts in the field of shooting in Iran and the content analysis method was used to analyze the data and the SWARA method was used to rank the obstacles. Participants in the qualitative stage included 12 athletes, coaches, judges and executives in the field of shooting, and in the quantitative section included 6 of the same people.Results: The results showed that the main obstacles to the development of shooting discipline in Iran include a total of 127 key subcategories in the form of 17 sub-themes, which in order of priority, in 6 main themes; Economic, supportive, facilities and equipment, managerial, social, cultural and human barriers are categorized.Conclusion: The development of the field of shooting in Iran requires full knowledge of the relevant managers of economic, support, facilities and equipment, management, social, cultural and human barriers as obstacles to the development of this field and the development of a strategic plan to eliminate and facilitate them.
Jabar Seifpanahi Shabani; Amin Khatibi
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Objective: The aim of this research was to explain and analyze the effective factors on progress of the Iran volleyball at the championship level. Methodology: The research was done using the qualitative approach and content analysis method. The required information was obtained from literature review ...
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Objective: The aim of this research was to explain and analyze the effective factors on progress of the Iran volleyball at the championship level. Methodology: The research was done using the qualitative approach and content analysis method. The required information was obtained from literature review and the interviews with experts of volleyball. The study population included managers of volleyball federation and clubs, the coaches and players of volleyball clubs and the national volleyball team players, as well as expert professors in the field of volleyball. Sampling was purposive and the 18 deep and semi-structured interviews were conducted to achieve theoretical saturation. The data was analyzed in three levels of open, axial and selective coding. Results: In the analysis of data, six factors were detected as effective factors on the progress of the Iran volleyball; strategic planning and management, efficient coaches, talent identification process, investment into youth grassroots teams, financial and material resources, training camps and friendly fixtures. Also experts stressed on financial and moral support of coaches and national champions as an important gap. Conclusion: Regarding the explained factors, financial and moral support of coaches and national champions in particular, can contribute to further progress of the Iran volleyball in addition to stabilization of the existing status. Also, the explained factors can be used as a plan and road map by other sports federations in order to faster progress.
Loqman Keshavarz; Abolfazl Farahani; Yeganeh Moosavi Jahromi; Fateh Faraziani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 195-211
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Objective: The aim of this study was to provide a model of attracting factors of private sector investment in Iran's championship sport. Methodology: The study population consisted of the whole experts in sports management, economics, private sector investors and managers of championship sport. In the ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to provide a model of attracting factors of private sector investment in Iran's championship sport. Methodology: The study population consisted of the whole experts in sports management, economics, private sector investors and managers of championship sport. In the qualitative phase, 18 individuals were selected purposefully and in quantitative phase, a sample of 121 people was chosen based on Cochran's formula. The instrument was a 71-item structured questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 15 experts as well as the construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Magnitude of combined reliability testing and Cronbach's alpha was over 0.70 for all constructs. To analyze the data in the quality phase, Delphi method was applied in three stages. In quantitative phase, descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov, confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis were applied with SPSS16 software and SmartPLS. Results: The results showed that the attracting factors of private sector investment were prioritized as follows: management (0.855), sport (0.821), financial and economical (0.804), marketing (0.721), media and advertising (0.655), political (0.637), support and encouragement (0.615), cultural and social (0.559) and legal (0.356) are available. The model covered a good fitness. Conclusion: The model was an appropriate one to attract private sector investor.
