Mohammad Sadegh Afroozeh
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Objective: Professional sport with a market-oriented approach, in addition to social benefits, has sometimes exploited athletes in some aspects. The purpose of this study was to identify Manifestations of exploitation of athletes by clubs and the general atmosphere of professional sports.Methodology: ...
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Objective: Professional sport with a market-oriented approach, in addition to social benefits, has sometimes exploited athletes in some aspects. The purpose of this study was to identify Manifestations of exploitation of athletes by clubs and the general atmosphere of professional sports.Methodology: This research was conducted qualitatively. Sampling was purposive and 12 athletes, experts and manager were selected as participants and data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews.Results: The results showed Manifestations of sports exploitation in eight cases including physical exploitation (physical injuries, exercise health, body destruction), emotional exploitation (family rejection, social humiliation), identity exploitation (gender discrimination, ethnic-religious discrimination), social exploitation (media orientation). Expectations, social role distortion, confusion), economic exploitation (contracts, pensions, salaries), cultural exploitation (lifestyle media war), exploitation of human property (instrumental view, tools of war) and educational exploitation (behavioral violence, verbal violence, Psychological violence).Conclusion: However, the existence of local cultures, the influence of liberal ideas of sports colleagues and finally the athlete's lack of awareness of the course of his professional life has sometimes led to the exploitation of the athlete's life in various dimensions
Mehdi Aliyari; gholamreza shabani bahar; Habib Honari; Gholamali Kargar
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and consequences of the entry of athletes into the world of politics.Methodology: The present study was conducted qualitatively with a thematic analysis approach. Participants in the interview were selected through purposive sampling. ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and consequences of the entry of athletes into the world of politics.Methodology: The present study was conducted qualitatively with a thematic analysis approach. Participants in the interview were selected through purposive sampling. The interviewees consisted of all experts with scientific background (professors of sports management), executive (managers and sports experts) and sports (professional athletes with a history of political activity).Results: In the strategies section, 43 sub-categories were obtained, which were included in the 9 main categories of media strategies, legislation, structure, manpower, planning, evaluation, culture and information, communication and encouragement. In the consequences section, 29 sub-categories were obtained, which were classified into 6 main categories: individual, organizational, social, political, sports and negative consequences.Conclusion: The results of this research can act as a roadmap for relevant organizations and athletes, which will result in productivity in the individual and social dimensions.
Mehdi Aliyari; Gholamreza Shabanibahar; Habib Honari; Gholamali Kargar
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and consequences of the entry of athletes into the world of politics.Methodology: The present study was conducted qualitatively with a thematic analysis approach. Participants in the interview were selected through purposive sampling ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and consequences of the entry of athletes into the world of politics.Methodology: The present study was conducted qualitatively with a thematic analysis approach. Participants in the interview were selected through purposive sampling (12 people). The interviewees consisted of all experts with scientific background (professors of sports management), executive (managers and sports experts) and sports (professional athletes with a history of political activity).Results: In the strategies section, 43 sub-categories were obtained, which were included in the 9 main categories of media strategies, legislation, structure, manpower, planning, evaluation, culture and information, communication and encouragement. In the consequences section, 29 sub-categories were obtained, which were classified into 6 main categories: individual, organizational, social, political, sports and negative consequences.Conclusion: Relevant athletes and managers can benefit from the results of this research for successful entry of athletes into the world of politics.
Mehdad Namazi; Masoud Imanzadeh; Mehrdad Moharramzadeh
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to design and develop a model to encourage athletes to purchase domestically produced sports goods. Methodology: This is a qualitative research exploratory study conducted in a Grounded theory manner. The statistical population of this study consisted of ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to design and develop a model to encourage athletes to purchase domestically produced sports goods. Methodology: This is a qualitative research exploratory study conducted in a Grounded theory manner. The statistical population of this study consisted of all outstanding and elite athletes in Ardabil province, out of whom 22 were selected as statistical sample(Purposive sampling). And through in-depth interviews, their information was collected. The data obtained from the interviews were coded and analyzed using the data base grounded theory. Results: The analysis of research findings from the five concepts of causal conditions, intervening conditions, contextual conditions, strategies and outcomes in the form of Strauss and Corbin's (1990) coding model showed that: Improving the quality of sports goods, advertising and culture of appropriate use, organizing and refining sports companies, donating commemorative plaques and online shopping are key components in encouraging athletes to purchase domestic sports goods. Conclusion: In general, the results in the form of a qualitative model showed that by adopting a general procedure and policy and by promoting the quality of domestic sports goods, athletes can be encouraged to purchase domestic sports goods and with appropriate strategies such as combating the smuggling of sports goods, promoting the quality of sporting goods within; Information and advertising, can increase sports goods prodution, can nullify economic sanctions, and can increase national solidarity, eventually will happen to the phenomenon of preferring domestic sports goods rather than foreign sports goods.
Rahim Ramezaninejad; Seyed Moussa Kafi; Nargess Jahanraad; Mohammad Reihani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 127-145
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to survey the athletes' stressors among selected teams of Iranian national teams.Methodology: The research population was selected from Iranian national teams in the team sports of basketball, volleyball, football, futsal and handball (N=85). The sample ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to survey the athletes' stressors among selected teams of Iranian national teams.Methodology: The research population was selected from Iranian national teams in the team sports of basketball, volleyball, football, futsal and handball (N=85). The sample size was considered equal to the research population. Finally, 71 athletes participated in the survey (83%). The structured questionnaire of athletes' stressors was designed using the research literature and twelve subscales were recognized based on exploratory factor analysis. For analysis of data, Repeated Measures ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test, and one-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test at the significance of p≤ 0.05 were used. According to factor analysis, 65 items with factor loadings of 30% were classified into twelve factors.Results: The results indicated that the factors of injury, physical condition, individual and social issues, conflict with coach, team atmosphere, victory and winning, monotony and lack of spirit, time pressure, ambiguity and uncertainty, development expectation, training and media pressure, stress in the match field had more effect on athletes’ stress, respectively.Conclusion: In sum, the prior factors of injury, physical condition, individual and social issues show that the management of sport competitions and exercise, prevention and treatment of injuries, and communication and interpersonal skills of athletes need more attention.
