Hoda Darboy; Hadi Bagheri
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing match-fixing in Iran sports.
Methodology: This research was developed-exploratory that was done using qualitative content analysis method. The participants in the research were 9 sports management researchers, club/national ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing match-fixing in Iran sports.
Methodology: This research was developed-exploratory that was done using qualitative content analysis method. The participants in the research were 9 sports management researchers, club/national team coaches, professional athletes, and sports journalists who knew about the phenomenon of collusion that were selected purposefully. With the theoretical saturation of the data, the sampling ended. Data collection was done using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed in three stages included open coding, combining codes and categorization.
Results: The result of data analysis was the identification of 10 factors causing collusion in sports, which were categorized into three categories: "sports-related factors", "key actors’ relationships" and "management factors".
Conclusion: According to the results, the fight against match-fixing requires the establishment of regulatory structures and the development of deterrent laws that both enhance the professional commitment of key sports actors and improve their financial situation.
Sajjad Taherkhani; shahram shafiee
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the incidence of collusion in Iranian football.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-correlational in terms of its purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of all managers and experts, coaches, referees ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the incidence of collusion in Iranian football.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-correlational in terms of its purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of all managers and experts, coaches, referees and athletes of the Premier League, who were selected through purposive sampling (172 persons). The validity of the researcher-made questionnaire was confirmed by experts (n = 11). Its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test (0.938) and combined reliability. Structural equation modeling with PLS3 and SPSS24 software was used for data analysis and model fit.Results: The results of the path analysis showed that the causes and drivers of collusion have a significant effect on the behavior of actors and agents of collusion, methods and tools of collusion and the consequences and consequences of collusion. Factors of collusion methods and tools also had a significant effect on the behavior of actors and agents of collusion and the consequences and consequences of collusion. Also the behavior of actors and actors of collusion had a significant effect on the results and consequences of collusion. Finally, the effect of all the mediating variables on the research was also significant.Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be said that the model presented in this study can be a good roadmap for identifying the factors influencing collusion formation in Iranian soccer sport in order to prevent these behaviors.
