Sport Governance and Policy-Making
Mohammad keshavarz; Younes Younes Mohammadzadeh; , Hosein Dast barhagh; mohammad sadegh afroozeh
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Objective: The present research was conducted with the aim of providing a model for improving coalition building policies in sport.Methodology: The current research was a mixed research. The statistical population of the present research in the qualitative part included experts who are knowledgeable ...
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Objective: The present research was conducted with the aim of providing a model for improving coalition building policies in sport.Methodology: The current research was a mixed research. The statistical population of the present research in the qualitative part included experts who are knowledgeable about the subject of the research. Also, the statistical population in the quantitative part of the research included the managers of sports federations of the country. The research tool included semi-structured interviews and a special questionnaire for Dimtel, which was designed according to the research objectives and methods. Dimtel method was used to identify the pattern of causal relationships between the studied variables.Results: According to the results of the present research, it was determined that the variables affecting coalition building in sport include improvement of concepts, adaptation and localization, elite decision-making, structuring and indexing, legal aspects, management flows, and knowledge improvement. Also, the factors of improvement of concepts and structuring and indexing were identified as causal factors and other factors as causal factors.Conclusion: The analysis of the research findings indicates that ‘structuring and index-making’ with a weight of 0.237 has been identified as the primary determining and influential factor in sports coalition-building. Other identified factors such as ‘improving concepts,’ ‘allocation and indigenization,’ ‘elite decision-making,’ ‘legal aspects,’ ‘management flows,’ and ‘knowledge improvement’ also play a role in this process, but with less impact compared to the factor of structuring and index-making. These findings emphasize the importance of particular attention to structural foundations and measurement criteria in formulating sports coalition-building policies.
Sport Management and Development
Shahnaz Rezajoo; Robab Mokhtari; Mehrdad Moharramzadeh
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Objective: This study aims to develop a comprehensive investment risk model for “Sport for All” programs using a grounded theory approach.
Methodology: This applied research utilizes the grounded theory method. The study population consisted of university professors and experts in sports ...
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Objective: This study aims to develop a comprehensive investment risk model for “Sport for All” programs using a grounded theory approach.
Methodology: This applied research utilizes the grounded theory method. The study population consisted of university professors and experts in sports management, economics, and marketing—specifically eight participants from East Azerbaijan Province. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews, and analysis was conducted in three main stages of coding: open, axial, and selective.
Results: The analysis identified five key factors influencing investment risk in Sport for All initiatives: Organizational and managerial elements (such as manpower and managerial policies), Sponsorship planning and strategies, Public engagement, Advertising and media marketing, Development of sports attractions. Additionally, the model highlights various background factors (including structural software/hardware, technical infrastructure, licensing, policy consistency, legal frameworks, and local branding), intervening factors (such as systematic and unsystematic risks, and economic, political, legal, and administrative conditions), and strategic responses (including barrier analysis, performance evaluation, rule of law enforcement, optimized capital allocation, and the privatization and marketing of sport for all). The study also identified operational outcomes of investment risk in Sport for All, such as challenges in sponsorship, socio-cultural consequences, impacts on public health, and structural or intra-organizational issues.
Conclusion: The findings underscore the necessity of targeted investor attraction strategies. Enhancing advertising effectiveness, increasing sectoral investments, and improving the efficiency of production and service enterprises can significantly reduce investment risks and promote sustainable growth in sport for all.
houriyeh dehghanpouri; khadijeh lotfi Yamchi; roghayeh sarlab
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Objective: The purpose of this paper is to provide a model of policy making impact on the development of sports tourism with the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation.Methodology: This research is practical and it is descriptive-analytical and it has been done by survey ...
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Objective: The purpose of this paper is to provide a model of policy making impact on the development of sports tourism with the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation.Methodology: This research is practical and it is descriptive-analytical and it has been done by survey method. The statistical population of this study was managers and sports experts, entrepreneurs and tourism agents in the Northwest of the country. The statistical sample size was estimated at 220 people. The sampling method was a probability sampling of the Multi-stage cluster type. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling using SPSS and AMOS software.Results: The outcomes reveal that policy-making has a positive and significant effect on the development of sports tourism, entrepreneurial orientation, and market orientation. The Entrepreneurial tendencies have a positive and significant effect on the development of sports tourism. Also the model parameters, all are desirable and indicates the approval of the research model. Conclusion: Policy making, planning and tourism development requires identifying the motivations and demands of tourists through marketing. Entrepreneurial orientation in sports tourism authorities in order to remove obstacles to tourism and comprehensive planning can provide a variety of recreational and tourist environments for the region and the country.
seyed bahador zakizadeh; Mehdi Kohandel
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Objective: The aim of this study was investigating the role of factors affecting elite Badminton policy in Iran. Methodology: This study was descriptive-correlative. population of study were Badminton Family (Federation members, board of Badminton in provinces, cities and coache) in which ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was investigating the role of factors affecting elite Badminton policy in Iran. Methodology: This study was descriptive-correlative. population of study were Badminton Family (Federation members, board of Badminton in provinces, cities and coache) in which appropriate samples were collected. After exploring the validity and reliability of data distribution, exploratory factor analysis and path analysis were used. In this study for investigating the role of factors affecting elite Badminton policy in Iran were used SEM in AMOS. Results: Based on the finding, Financial support, Integrated approach to policy development, participation in Badminton, development system of Talent identification integrated athletic and post-Career Support, training facilities, Coaching provision and development, (Inter)national competition and Scientific research have a significant role in achieving international success. Conclusion: for Designing Future policy in Badminton Federation The following factors should be considered: Paying attention to weak international results, Conflict of elite and badminton for all goals, Attention to the role of the government in building specialized badminton sites, utilization of databases in the process of talent-spotting management by research centers and Using international coaches.
