Mehdi Mohebbinejad; Gholamreza Shabani bahar; Samira Aliabadi; Mozaffar Yekta Yar
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of core competencies on the innovation of sports organizations by examining the mediating role of intellectual capital.Methodology: In terms of subject, this research is in the field of correlation studies, in terms of nature, it is in ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of core competencies on the innovation of sports organizations by examining the mediating role of intellectual capital.Methodology: In terms of subject, this research is in the field of correlation studies, in terms of nature, it is in the field of descriptive research. The statistical population of the research included managers and experts of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, sports federations and the National Olympic Committee (N=1200). According to the minimum sample required in the Morgan table, the sample size was determined to be 291 people, which was done by simple random sampling. Four demographic information questionnaires, Qasemi et al.'s core competencies questionnaire (2013), Bontis et al.'s (2000) intellectual capital questionnaire, and Jimenez et al.'s organizational innovation questionnaire (2008) were used. To confirm the formal and content validity of the questionnaire, the opinions of 7 sports management professors were used. The reliability of the questionnaire was also confirmed by conducting a test on 30 members of the research community and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used in SPSS version 26 and structural equation model in Amos software version 24.Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between core competencies and innovation, core competencies and intellectual capital, and between intellectual capital and innovation in sports organizations in the country (Sig=0.001). Also, core competencies have a significant positive effect on innovation (Sig=0.001, t=10.561) with a path coefficient (β=0.782), intellectual capital on innovation (Sig=0.001, t=6.040) with a path coefficient (β=0.443), and core competencies have a significant positive effect on intellectual capital (Sig=0.001, t=8.573) with a path coefficient (β=0.572) in sports organizations.Conclusion: In order to promote the innovation of their organization, the managers of the country's sports organizations have a special level in hiring employees based on their competence and facilities as well as their innovation capabilities. Also, by improving the competencies of organizational employees through specialized training, job rotation, etc., they also promote their innovation.
Vajiheh Javani
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Objective: Internal branding is a new concept to consider the impact of employees to create a better brand image in the minds of customers. This study aims to investigate the effects of internal branding on the behavior of the employees in the organization. Methodology: This study was descriptive- survey ...
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Objective: Internal branding is a new concept to consider the impact of employees to create a better brand image in the minds of customers. This study aims to investigate the effects of internal branding on the behavior of the employees in the organization. Methodology: This study was descriptive- survey one.The sample in this study consisted of 221 employees of the famous clubs in cities; Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz and Mashhad. The data was collected through consulted directly and self-report procedure by a researcher-conducted questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 87/0) which scaled with a five-point Likert from strongly agree to strongly disagree .Amos Graphic software was used for analyzing Data. Results: The results of the path analyses coefficients and the results of the correlation matrix of variables showed positive and significant relationship among variables. So the effect of internal branding on employees’ brand oriented behavior, sense of brand belonging, brand commitment and brand loyalty was verified. Conclusion: According to the result, internal branding of clubs and other sports organizations can have a significant impact on employees' perceptions of the organization and its brand, help to get successful service to customers and improve brand Image in the mind of the customers
shahram shafiee; Mehr Ali Hemati Nejad; Yosof parvaz
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Objective: The purpose of this research was explaining the impact of organizational and managerial factors on the incidence of administrative - financial corruption in Guilan sports organizations Methodology: The research method has been correlation - survey one. Its statistical universe included all ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was explaining the impact of organizational and managerial factors on the incidence of administrative - financial corruption in Guilan sports organizations Methodology: The research method has been correlation - survey one. Its statistical universe included all managers, experts, and personnel of governmental and administrative organizations in the sport of Guilan province. The statistical sample was selected and surveyed through available method and PLS2 software. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire with a 5 point Likert scale (46 items). Validity confirmed by using a panel of experts (n = 10) and model fit indices. Results: The results showed that research conceptual model has had a good fitness, and organizational (t-value=11.227 ; R2= 0.544) and managerial factors (t-value=10.025 ;R2= 0.437 ), and also their coefficients that respectively are 0.74 and 0.66 have a significant and direct impact on the incidence of administrative and financial corruption. As well as organizational factors (t-value=20.439; R2= 0.667) have a direct and significant impact on managerial factors (0.82). Conclusion: As a result of high explication ability, and the intensity of impact coefficients on research variables, it can be said that managerial and organizational factors play a key role in incidence of corruption, or vice versa, in its prevention, and prior to other variables, can be considered by monitoring system and controlled by sports organizations of Guilan province. Moreover, management factors are influenced by organizational factors and their intervening impacts.
