Reza Shirzadi; Seyed Mohammad Hosein Razavi; Saeed Amirnejad; Nasrollah Mohammadi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to Providing a Conceptual Analysis Framework for Sustainability of Championship Sports.Methodology: This research was carried out using qualitative method with semi-structured interviews with 16 people including professors and experts who were selected by purposeful ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to Providing a Conceptual Analysis Framework for Sustainability of Championship Sports.Methodology: This research was carried out using qualitative method with semi-structured interviews with 16 people including professors and experts who were selected by purposeful sampling. The data collection method was a study of previous research and open interviews. To examine the face and content validity, the research findings were presented to the participants, and the study's text was studied and their point of view was applied. In order to assess credibility, transferability and verifiability, the research findings were presented to the participants, and the text of the theory was studied by them and their point of view was applied. The method used for reliability was an intra-subject agreement method. The average agreement within the subject was 0.88. Based on the findings, the number of open-source codes is 64, which is categorized in the form of 21 concepts.Results: Total concepts included nine major indicators with social and cultural factors, talent management, organizational factors, infrastructure, control and supervision, knowledge and information, research and development, support and support systems, and productivity.Conclusion: In the end, it should be pointed out that in order to achieve the development of the championship sports based on the alignment of the land, we should pay attention to various indicators and plan the development of sports championship based on the alignment of the land.
MehrAli Hemmatinezhad; Mohammad Hasan Gholizadeh; Tracy Taylor; Rasoul Faraji
Volume 4, Issue 2 , June 2015, , Pages 1-14
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Objective: In this study, the role of the planning and management of the football games on security of the stadiums has been investigated. Methodology: Twelve semi-structured interviews with experts (one football expert, two stadium managers, five police officers, and four university professors) were ...
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Objective: In this study, the role of the planning and management of the football games on security of the stadiums has been investigated. Methodology: Twelve semi-structured interviews with experts (one football expert, two stadium managers, five police officers, and four university professors) were conducted to provide data on the main factors affecting the security of Iranian football stadiums. A 28-item questionnaire related to the impact of planning and managing football games’ on the security of the stadiums was designed and 144 key participants (including police officers, soccer experts and organizers, and stadium managers) answered them. The obtained data was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with a varimax rotation in order to identify factors, followed by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) which was conducted to test the impact of the identified factors and items on the stadium security. Results: The results showed that game planning and management is one of the main factors affecting the security of the stadiums. In addition, risk and crisis management, communication management, match day service quality and finally cultural activities, respectively with 0.85, 0.83, 0.84 and 0.86 factor loading, as four sub-factors for game planning and management, affect the security of the stadiums (P<0.05). Conclusion: Football games organizers’ proper planning and also stadiums managers’ good management will improve the security of the football stadiums by enhancement of spectators’ satisfaction and prevention of violent behaviors.
