University of Guilan Journal of Sport Management and Development 2322-4800 13 3 2024 10 22 A Qualitative Investigation of the affecting factors on the establishment of Professional management of Iranian volleyball clubs A Qualitative Investigation of the affecting factors on the establishment of Professional management of Iranian volleyball clubs 127 156 8637 10.22124/jsmd.2022.22143.2696 FA Vahid Nazari PhD Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Razavi Professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Morteza Dousti Professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Farzam Farzan Associate Professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Journal Article 2022 04 15 <strong>Objective:</strong> 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.<br /><strong>Methodology:</strong> 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.<br /><strong>Results</strong>. 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.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> 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. <strong>Objective:</strong> 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.<br /><strong>Methodology:</strong> 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.<br /><strong>Results</strong>. 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.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> 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. https://jsmd.guilan.ac.ir/article_8637_d043695f75b4f8a9970bfe4daabf7fa9.pdf