NEW TRENDS IN SPORT MANAGEMENT
Year:2019 | Volume:7 | Issue:26|Papers Count:10

The main aim of the present study was to investigate the role of talent identification management in martial arts. 200 subjects with a history of management in M artial A rts F ederation, coaches of national teams and World and Asian champions men and women from 2005 to 2014 ) and the experts familiar with sport talent identification management issue s (142 male s and 58 female s ) were selected with purpos ive sampl ing method and voluntarily participated in the study. A researcher made questionnaires with acceptable validity and reliability was used. In i nferential statistics section factor analysis was used to extract related factor s and components; Cronbach's alpha c oefficient was used calculate the internal consistency of the questionnaire. The significance level was considered as 0. 05 The results showed that all the causal relationships we re not significant and cultural factors and not leaving the organization were not significant. The root mean squared error of approximation of the presented model was reported as 0 09. GFI, AGFI, NFI and CFI in the model under investigation were 0 9, 0 87, 0 83, and 0. 85 respectively According to the indexes and outputs of LISREL software, it can be stated that the data partly comply with the model, and the presented indicators show that the proposed model offered is totally in a good fit.

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of sport diplomacy in foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The entire research process included two steps: the first stage of research included qualitative research (using interviews with university professors and elites, reading articles, books and documents) and the second stage of the study included quantitative research of descriptive-analytical type (using Delphi and AHP method). After the end of the first phase of the study, 41 variables related to the main and the secondary aims of the research were identified after the end of the second phase of the Delphi method and the final screening. The results showed that the introduction of rich and civilized culture in Iran, the introduction of tourism attractions of the country and attracting tourists and paving the way for dialogue between different nations, facing less resistance in societies and countries of destination in political negotiations, the possibility of a reduction of military confrontation among countries and the reduction of the importance of military issues, no hostile tone in sport diplomacy along with higher attraction of this diplomacy were the most important roles of sport diplomacy in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the viewpoints of the elites.

The aim of this study was to analyze those factors affecting sustainable performance of Iran football industry. Considering the exploratory nature of the research, qualitative research method was used to identify the most important factors related to the research topic. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 experts. Using grounded theory, the research sample was selected as a combination of theoretical sampling method and snowball sampling. The results identified 53 barriers in 7 sectors which affected sustainable performance of the Iran football industry: sport and technology, infrastructure and equipment, revenue and business, media broadcasting and fan support, legal and regulatory, policy making and organizational, managerial and human resources. In order to have a sustainable performance in sport and income and business sectors, special attention should be paid to eliminate the above barriers. In addition, the findings showed that a series of actions should be taken by internal and external factors such as managers active in the institutions of Iran football industry and the Ministry of Sport and Youth and Islamic Consultative Assembly and other relevant institutions in order to overcome these obstacles.

The current study aimed at ranking marketing factors and designing a strategic marketing model for northwest sport facilities. This study was a kind of application with causal methodology. The questionnaire of Seifpanahi Shabani (2013) was used to collect data. The statistical population consisted of all managers and staff of sport facilities such as halls, sport complexes, stadiums… of west Azerbaijan, east Azerbaijan, and Ardabil cities. 350 participants were selected as the sample by Morgan table using stratified random sampling method. The collected data were analyzed by structural equation modeling and the factors influencing the strategy of sport facilities marketing were ranked by TOPSIS. In order to assess the goodness of fit of the model of sport facilities marketing strategy, Amos Graphics software was used and goodness of fit indexes were studied. Considering the challenges and variations, only those companies and organizations with very strong marketing viewpoints can be successful in future. To achieve such a marketing, factors such as management, environment, strategy, target market segmentation and conditions must be considered as the influencing factors.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of service brand elements on loyalty of football premier league fans and also the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. The statistical population consisted of the Iran football premier league fans. 384 subjects were selected using the Cochran formula by purposive convenience sampling method. Krystallis and Chrysochou service brand questionnaire (2014) and the brand equity questionnaire of Aaker (1998) were used to collect data. The face and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by sport management professors. In order to analyze the data, Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine the construct validity and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the model. The findings indicated internal consistency (α =0. 92) for the service brand loyalty questionnaire. Regarding the construct validity, based on the amount of relationships and T-value, all items had a significant relationship with the components and were good predictors of their components. Also, the t-test confirmed the fit of the model. As a result, the internal and external validity of the service brand loyalty model was confirmed. Finally, it can be said that the service brand loyalty questionnaire in sport is a valid and reliable measure which can be used to assess service brand loyalty among fans, and to gain consistent results. It is suggested that sport marketing managers should pay enough attention to the effectiveness of each of these variables in order to increase fans’ loyalty.

Strategic management is the science and art of formulating, implementing and evaluating multiple task decisions that enables organizations to achieve their goals. The aim of this study was to design an effective mechanism to implement strategic plans in Iran sport organizations and federations. This study had a qualitative approach and the grounded theory was used as the research methodology. High level documents and deep and open interviews with 28 elites who were aware of this subject were used to collect data. The validity of this study was examined and approved by the interviewees and then expert professors. The reliability was %87 which was obtained using the methodology of the interstitial agreement. For data analysis, the continuous comparison method in three stages: open, axial and selective coding was used. The results showed that the implementation of strategic plans was influenced by factors of human resources development, external factors, organizational environment factors, management factors, educational factors, cultural reform factors, structural and process reform factors, and implementation mechanism. Sport organizations and federations can transmit the strategic plans to the operational stage with the step-by-step implementation of this mechanism and complete the gap between formulating and operation.

This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing championship productivity indicators by component separation (material, financial, human) in Iran sport federations using a survey method of research that is influenced by a limited time domain and is introduced as an action research. A researcher-made questionnaire was used in this study; the content, face and criterion validity of the questionnaire was investigated and confirmed. Also, the reliability of the questionnaire was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method (0. 92). The statistical population consisted of chief managers of Iran Olympic federations. As the population was limited, all federation managers (N=n=26) were considered as the sample using census sampling method. In inferential analysis, one-sample t test statistical models (in order to assess the viewpoints of experts and managers of Olympic federations in relation to productivity indicators), and the method of Leahy and prioritization of t coefficients were used. The assessment of productivity indicators in the existing condition showed that material, financial and human components in the championship dimension were lower than the standard level.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and sensitivity analysis of Iran Olympic federations. The present study was a type of descriptive and retrospective in which the data were collected with the field method. The statistical population included 25 Olympic federations of the country. Due to the low number of the population, census sampling method was used. To determine federations’ evaluation indices, the Balanced Scorecard model was used and in order to determine efficiency of federations, DEA model was applied. Chi-square test was used to determine the input or output of the evaluation indices; output-oriented CCR and BCC methods were used to determine the efficiency of federations and to identify dysfunctional federations; sensitivity analysis test was used to determine the most desirable input and output. SPSS and DEA Solver software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 17 federations were efficient in both CCR and BCC patterns and scale efficiency and 6 federations were inefficient in both CCR and BCC models. Possessing large resources to produce outputs increases the size of the organization and, on the other hand, low resources to produce outputs leads to small size organizations and both cases causes inefficiencies in federations.

The aim of this study was to design a model of corruption management in Iran sport. The present study was qualitative in terms of methodology and applied in terms of aims, which was conducted with grounded theory approach and Glaser method. Firstly, the preliminary list of corruption factors was identified through preliminary studies. Then, semi-structured interviews with 15 knowledgeable elites were conducted until theoretical saturation by theoretical and snowball sampling methods. The quality of the findings was confirmed by research audit strategies and Scott test. The proposed model consisted of four main sections. The central section of the model represented major forms of corruption in sport as financial and ethical corruption. Those factors affecting the sport corruption included political, structural, sociocultural and economic. Those strategies coping with sport corruption included legal solutions, IT development, knowledge development and social responsibility development. Finally, the consequences of sport corruption were categorized in four groups: functional impacts on sport, sociocultural impacts, financial impacts, and impacts on beneficiaries. The results confirmed the complex nature and wide range of corruption in sport, and the proposed model can be used by Iran sport policy-makers to understand, control and manage corruption in sport.

The aim of this study was to design a model of football development in Iran with an emphasis on the preconditions of the presence of female spectators. This study was developmental in terms of aims and exploratory in terms of strategy that was conducted with a qualitative method. The population included professors and elites in sport management who were selected by purposive and snowball sampling methods and underwent semi-structured interviews. Based on the Grounded Theory, analysis and coding of the data were conducted in three stages, and 5 participants confirmed the validity and reliability of the coding by verifying the findings of the study. The results showed that the model was composed of three parts. At the first level of the model, 10 categories affected the preconditions of the presence of female spectators in Iran football stadiums. In the second part of the model, the preconditions for the presence affected likelihood of the maximum presence of the spectators and fans. At the third level, the maximum presence influenced the development of football in Iran. The research findings help sport managers and officials in Iran football sector to provide the preconditions for the presence of female spectators in football stadiums so that international football development in Iran can be accelerated and facilitated.