Abstract
Objective: The aim of present study is to determine strategies and consequences of administrative integrity in football industry of Iran.
Methodology: The study is an exploration research and is considered as qualitative conducted sequentially. The data gathered through documents and interview for 17 scholars-one of them interviewed twice- about football in deep-interview and semi-structured forms. The sample selected through subjective sampling and snowball approach and interviewing continued to get theoretical saturation. Then, data analyzed by grounded theory in coding process included three steps: open, axial and selective coding.
Results: The result revealed that there were 54 effective factors in strategies consisted of 11 components: specialized and public instruction, compile improvement principals, supervise, control and evaluate, judicial decisions for offending, management and personal principals, formulate structures, reduce monopolization, coordinative decision and program-orientation in five main entries. Also, consequences categorized into two subcategories of football and main category of football development and improvement in social aspect.
Conclusion: Generally, according to findings, proposed strategies and consequences could be claimed that help government officials to improve administrative integrity and counter to corruption and get development and improvement in football industry.
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