Saeed Khanmoradi; Shirin Zardoshtian; Shahram Fattahi; Geoff Dickson
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AbstractObjective: Elite sports can play an important role in the economic growth and welfare of societies. On the other hand, welfare as one of the development programs provides the necessary conditions for the success of elite athletes. Therefore, this study aimed to interaction effect of social welfare ...
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AbstractObjective: Elite sports can play an important role in the economic growth and welfare of societies. On the other hand, welfare as one of the development programs provides the necessary conditions for the success of elite athletes. Therefore, this study aimed to interaction effect of social welfare and elite Sport development.Methodology: Simultaneous equations approach with the two-stage least squares method for panel data between 2004 and 2017 for Iranian provinces was used. Data were collected from the Statistics Center, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Sports and Youth, and the National Olympic Committee of Iran. Model of this research consists of two endogenous variables (elite sport development and social welfare) and four exogenous variables for social welfare (misery, education and health and urbanization) and four exogenous variables for the development of elite sports (development and Current budget of sport, coaches and population) were formed. Data were analyzed using Eviews 10 software.Results: A significant and positive interaction effect exists between social welfare and elite sport development. Also, the Misery index and urbanization have a significant and negative effect on welfare and the effect of development budgets, coaches and population on the elite sport development is positive and significant.Conclusion: policymakers provide the necessary conditions for international success and the development of elite sports in the country by improving the level of social welfare and solving economic and sports problems, so that these successes lead to greater social welfare through its economic, social and cultural functions.
vali Alizadeh; javad Shahla’i Bagheri; Habib Honari; gholamreza shabani bahar
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Objective: the purpose of this study was to determine strategies and consequences of handball development in IRAN using the Grounded theory.Methodology: the study was an exploration research and is considered as qualitative conducted sequentially. the data gathered through documents and interview for ...
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Objective: the purpose of this study was to determine strategies and consequences of handball development in IRAN using the Grounded theory.Methodology: the study was an exploration research and is considered as qualitative conducted sequentially. the data gathered through documents and interview for 14 handball experts in deep-interview and semi-structured forms. the sample selected through subjective sampling and snowball approach and interviewing continued to get theoretical saturation. then, data analyzed by grounded theory in coding process included three steps: open, axial and selective coding. Results: the result revealed that there were 195 effective factors in strategies consisted of 17 components; Strengthening the Private Sector and professionalization, financial support, financial resources strengthening, planning, executive, communication, structural, supervisory, human resources, educational-research, advertising-media, sports participation, talent management, Supportive, attitudinal, sport facilities and equipment in five main entries. Also in the discussion of consequences, 108 effective factors categorized into five 17 components; handball, social, economic, cultural and political in the main category of handball development and improvement. Conclusion: generally, according to findings, obtained strategies and consequences could be claimed that help government officials to development and improvement in handball industry.
