Zahra Sohrabi; Mehrdad Moharramzadeh; Rasool Nazari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to identify critical drivers and uncertainties of Iranian professional clubs through cross-matrix analysis.
Methodology: The research method was an interpretive paradigm, the statistical population was all professionals in the field of professional sports, the participants ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to identify critical drivers and uncertainties of Iranian professional clubs through cross-matrix analysis.
Methodology: The research method was an interpretive paradigm, the statistical population was all professionals in the field of professional sports, the participants in the research process were selected from among academic and experimental individuals in a completely purposeful manner using the snowball sampling method. The research analysis was conducted by analyzing the content of 20 in-depth interviews, the number of open codes was aggregated and categorized into 114 indicators, the indicators were shared in the form of a list of closed questions between 10 experts using the Delphi technique, and after three rounds of interviews, Delphi, and reaching group agreement, 20 factors affecting clubs were identified; then the extracted factors were evaluated by analyzing the interaction effects and using MicMac software.
Results: The results indicated the identification of 20 key and strategic factors. What can be understood from the scatter diagram of the variables affecting the future formation of professional clubs in Iran is the extremely unstable state of the system. However, several factors are shown near this area, which indicates their ability to influence the entire system. Media, legal and legal infrastructure, improving the knowledge of managers and human resources, and appropriate structures and infrastructures are included in the category of input and influential variables.
Conclusion: The drivers affecting professional sports clubs in Iran include individual, managerial, legal, economic, cultural, social, physical, and political-environmental drivers, and the most important uncertainty includes technology and climatic conditions.
Hamidreza Ghezelsefloo; Danyal Atabaie; Nasser Bay
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Objective: Identifying the factors affecting the success of specialized sports academies is the most important demand of profesional sports executives. So, the purpose of this study was designing a model of successful club management system in volleyball academies in Golestan province.Methodology: This ...
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Objective: Identifying the factors affecting the success of specialized sports academies is the most important demand of profesional sports executives. So, the purpose of this study was designing a model of successful club management system in volleyball academies in Golestan province.Methodology: This research was an applied research type that was operated by a mixed exploratory method. In the qualitative phase, 15 knowledgeable by snowball sampling participated in semi-structured interviews to achieve saturation. Using MAXQDA software, three selection codes including executive competency, revenue sources and infrastructure were extracted. In the quantitative phase of the research, the questionnaire extracted from the qualitative phase of the research, which was set as a 5-point Likert scale, was distributed among 243 club managers, coaches, sponsors and the former national team athletes. PlS-3 software was used to analyze the data (P≤0.05).Results: The results of factor analysis of data showed that the variables of competence of club managers, development of training and competitive infrastructure and the ability to obtain financial resources have a significant effect on the successful management of volleyball academies in Golestan province.Conclusion: Therefore, the establishment of efficient structures in the organization of sports clubs, the establishment of specialized volleyball academies along with the provision of specialized training equipment and recovery and medical services, activating funding channels such as the sale and transfer of athletes provides the success of volleyball academies
vahid nazari; Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Razavi; morteza dousti; Farzam Farzan
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Objective: Professional sports have become an integral part of profit-driven economic structures, with their existence rooted in sports clubs. Consequently, the development and extensive activities of professional sports are impossible without sports clubs. This study aims to qualitatively analyze the ...
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Objective: Professional sports have become an integral part of profit-driven economic structures, with their existence rooted in sports clubs. Consequently, the development and extensive activities of professional sports are impossible without sports clubs. This study aims to qualitatively analyze the causal, contextual, and intervening factors influencing the establishment of professional volleyball club management in Iran.Methodology: This research employed a qualitative approach using grounded theory methodology. The statistical population consisted of all experts in the field of professional volleyball club management in Iran. Participants included 20 key and experts, selected through theoretical sampling. The trustworthiness and dependability of the study were established using credibility criteria across 10 indicators. Interviews continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. A set of concepts and categories were derived through open, axial, and selective coding processes.Results. The findings of this study suggest that legal and economic factors in the causal conditions section, financial and legal factors in the contextual conditions section, and investment factors in the facilitating intervening conditions section, as well as management factors in the constraining intervening conditions section, significantly impact the establishment of professional volleyball club management in Iran.Conclusion: The establishment of professional volleyball club management in Iran requires a legal framework to rationalize the conditions for the presence of privately and cooperatively owned teams, based on revenue generation from sports club activities.
