Mohammad Zarei Mahmoudabadi; seyeed mohammad javad razavi
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Objective: This study aims was Performance evaluation of Iranian sports federations in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with Data Envelopment Analysis approach (DEA). Methodology: In this research, we try to evaluate the performance of sports federations participating in Olympic 2016 Rio by using one of the ...
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Objective: This study aims was Performance evaluation of Iranian sports federations in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with Data Envelopment Analysis approach (DEA). Methodology: In this research, we try to evaluate the performance of sports federations participating in Olympic 2016 Rio by using one of the nonparametric methods of operations research called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The model in the paper considers one input (funds allocated to federations) and four outputs (the quotes earned by each federation and the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won) with different weight and importance for performance assessment. Results: The results of this model showed that of the 14 federations participating in the 2016 Olympic Games, the weightlifting federation, track and field and the wrestling Federation respectively have the highest performance. Conclusion: ranking of sports federations participating in Olympic games done based on total earned medals, but should be noted that to achieve competition outputs (the total number of medals won in the tournament) are possible only in the context of utilization of inputs and using appropriate processes and for precise, regular and targeted evaluation, smaller inputs should be included along with more outputs in the evaluation models.
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.
