University of Guilan Journal of Sport Management and Development 2322-4800 9 2 2020 06 21 Formulating the Model of National Champions' Reluctance to Sport Retirement Formulating the Model of National Champions' Reluctance to Sport Retirement 176 191 4496 10.22124/jsmd.2020.4496 FA Fatima Asghari Ph.D Student OF, Department Of Sport Management Science And Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran Alimohammad Safania Professor, Department Of Physical Education and Sport Science, Faculty Humanities and Social Science, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran Habib Honari Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabatab'i University, Tehran, Iran, Mohsen Bagherian Assistant Professor, Department Of Sport Management Science And Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran, Hossein Poursoltani Zarandi Assistant Professor of sports management, Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor, University,Tehran ,Iran 0000-0003-1845-1275 Journal Article 2019 05 07 Objectives: The objective of this study is to formulate a model for national champions' reluctance to sport retirement. Methodology: This research is exploratory-fundamental in terms of scope, qualitative in terms of methodology, and data-based in terms of strategy, with theoretical foundations and interviews as its data collection source. The population includes coaches, physical education masters, retired athletes and athletes. Targeted and quota sampling was conducted for exploratory interviews and the interviews with 22 people accounted for theoretical saturation. The interviews were depicted in Maxqda software for qualitative data analysis, along with open coding, axial coding and selective coding of reluctance to sport retirement, and the theory was created. Results: According to the results, 261 open codes with 21 main categories and 49 sub- categories were extracted in form of a paradigm model of factors of champions' reluctance to sport retirement including economic, individual, sport, social, management and political conditions. Conclusion: Managers, coaches and athletes' approach toward sport retirement can facilitate the development of programs to adapt individually and organizationally to sport retirement away from individual, social, economic, management and political crises. The research theory was presented along with categories on causative conditions, background factors, interventional factors, strategies and outcomes. Objectives: The objective of this study is to formulate a model for national champions' reluctance to sport retirement. Methodology: This research is exploratory-fundamental in terms of scope, qualitative in terms of methodology, and data-based in terms of strategy, with theoretical foundations and interviews as its data collection source. The population includes coaches, physical education masters, retired athletes and athletes. Targeted and quota sampling was conducted for exploratory interviews and the interviews with 22 people accounted for theoretical saturation. The interviews were depicted in Maxqda software for qualitative data analysis, along with open coding, axial coding and selective coding of reluctance to sport retirement, and the theory was created. Results: According to the results, 261 open codes with 21 main categories and 49 sub- categories were extracted in form of a paradigm model of factors of champions' reluctance to sport retirement including economic, individual, sport, social, management and political conditions. Conclusion: Managers, coaches and athletes' approach toward sport retirement can facilitate the development of programs to adapt individually and organizationally to sport retirement away from individual, social, economic, management and political crises. The research theory was presented along with categories on causative conditions, background factors, interventional factors, strategies and outcomes.

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