Nasrin AlSadat Khanbabaei; Tayiba Sadat Zargar; Akbar Afarinesh Khaki
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Objective: Corruption in sports management, as one of the major and multidimensional challenges, exerts extensive negative impacts on social, economic, cultural, managerial, and human resource structures.Methodology: The present study, entitled Political and Structural Challenges in Combating Corruption ...
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Objective: Corruption in sports management, as one of the major and multidimensional challenges, exerts extensive negative impacts on social, economic, cultural, managerial, and human resource structures.Methodology: The present study, entitled Political and Structural Challenges in Combating Corruption in Sports Management: Emphasizing Human Resource Reform, was conducted using a qualitative approach and thematic analysis method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 17 experts in the fields of management, sports policy-making, law, media, and oversight institutions, and were analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results: Findings revealed three overarching political challenges: politicization within the structure of sports management, inefficiency of oversight and control systems, and corruption within the financial and media cycles of sports. In contrast, four strategic overarching themes were extracted as executive solutions: transparent governance in sports management, reforming the human resource structure in sports, institutional renewal in sports governance, and legal frameworks for anti-corruption efforts. Conclusion: Additionally, a linkage matrix was developed between the identified challenges and strategies to facilitate the design of more precise policy-making models. The results of this study can contribute to improving transparency, accountability, and administrative integrity in the country’s sports management system and offer a practical model applicable to other areas of governance.
Maryam Jafari; Tayiba Sadat Zargar; Akbar Afarinesh Khaki; Reza Nikbakhsh
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Objective: This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of "Digital Parallel Life" among elite athletes. Methodology: The research was conducted with a qualitative approach using phenomenological methodology and thematic analysis to explore the lived experiences of athletes facing identity duality. The ...
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Objective: This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of "Digital Parallel Life" among elite athletes. Methodology: The research was conducted with a qualitative approach using phenomenological methodology and thematic analysis to explore the lived experiences of athletes facing identity duality. The statistical population consisted of 15 elite athletes from various sports disciplines and 5 university professors in the fields of sports media and sports management. Sampling was done through purposive and snowball methods, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was conducted using thematic analysis, and the coding process was performed by multiple researchers to ensure accuracy and validity. Results: The findings indicated that several factors, including individual and personality traits, psychological and emotional factors, communication and social aspects, professional and occupational conditions, technological and media influences, and cultural and normative factors, play a role in the emergence of the digital parallel life phenomenon. This phenomenon leads to consequences such as increased anxiety and stress, psychological burnout, decline in professional performance, identity duality, social isolation, and reduced physical health. Based on these findings, strategies such as providing psychological counseling, balancing real and digital social relationships, managing personal branding with the help of experts, distinguishing digital identity from real identity, improving physical health, and enhancing media literacy were suggested.Conclusion: The results of this study show that digital parallel life significantly impacts the personal and professional lives of elite athletes. Implementing supportive and managerial strategies can help mitigate the negative effects of this phenomenon and improve the mental health,.
