masoumeh majidiparast; hossain kheradmandiean; ali Asghari Sarem; Mohammad Jalilvand
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to prioritize the strategies of recruiting and retaining human resources in different stages of the life cycle in Iranian sports startups.
Methodology: This research work was interpretative, applied, and quantitative, which was conducted in the form of ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to prioritize the strategies of recruiting and retaining human resources in different stages of the life cycle in Iranian sports startups.
Methodology: This research work was interpretative, applied, and quantitative, which was conducted in the form of a survey. The research participants were university professors of sports management, human resources management, and managers of sports start-ups, 16 of whom were purposefully and available selected as a statistical sample. In order to collect data, a closed-answer questionnaire was used, and to analyze the data, expert-choice software and Analytical Hierarchy Process were used.
Results: In the human resource recruiting section, except for the stage of business maturity and exit, where intra-organizational strategies had a higher priority; in the rest of the life cycle stages of startups, extra-organizational strategies have a higher priority. Also, the prioritization of human resource retaining strategies showed that none of the three categories of strategies has a higher priority than the other, and at all stages of the life cycle, compared to the conditions governing startups, all three categories of financial, educational and justice-oriented strategies can be used equally. In this research work, internal and external strategies of recruiting and financial, educational, and justice-oriented strategies of retaining human resources were prioritized separately.
Conclusion: At different stages of the life cycle of sports startups, in the field of recruiting and retaining human resources, a strategy should be adopted according to the conditions governing the organization.
