Azam Saberi; Houriyhe Dehghanpouri; Hasan Bahrololoum
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The main aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of job involvement on the performance of physical education teachers in Razavi Khorasan Province with the role of moderating job stress.The present study was applied in terms of purpose, cross-sectional in terms of time, descriptive-correlational ...
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The main aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of job involvement on the performance of physical education teachers in Razavi Khorasan Province with the role of moderating job stress.The present study was applied in terms of purpose, cross-sectional in terms of time, descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection method, and applied research. The statistical population of the study was all physical education teachers in Razavi Khorasan province in the academic year 2023-2024 (2057 people). The sample size was estimated between 70-350 using Kline's theory (2014) and considering the number of items. The data collection tools were Kanungo's job involvement questionnaire (1982), Patterson & Husband's job performance (1970), and Hellriegel and Slocum's job stress questionnaire (2004). The reliability of the questionnaires was examined and confirmed with Cronbach's alpha. After distributing the questionnaires in an accessible manner, 223 questionnaires were analyzed. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling in PLS software.The results of the research model analysis also showed that job stress does not play a moderating role in the relationship between job involvement and job performance of physical education teachers in Razavi Khorasan Province. Although job stress did not play a moderating role in this study, this result does not mean that stress is unimportant, but rather shows that in work environments full of engagement and dynamic activities, motivational factors may overcome stressful challenges.
Nahid Ghavipanjeh; maryam hoseini; Halimeh Piri
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Objective: This study was conducted to design a postmodern career path model in sports organizations.
Methodology: The research employed a qualitative methodology with a thematic analysis approach. Participants included professors of sports management, managers, and experts from sports organizations. ...
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Objective: This study was conducted to design a postmodern career path model in sports organizations.
Methodology: The research employed a qualitative methodology with a thematic analysis approach. Participants included professors of sports management, managers, and experts from sports organizations. The criteria for inclusion in the study comprised sufficient experience in sports management, familiarity with human resource training topics, relevant research or practical experience in sports organizations, and the ability to understand and analyze issues related to the development of career paths in sports organizations. Additionally, participants were required to be actively engaged in educational processes or human resource management to contribute to the analysis of the research topic effectively. These criteria ensure that the selected individuals possess adequate mastery over the research issue and can provide specialized and practical insights during interviews. Based on the theoretical saturation criterion and utilizing purposive sampling, a total of 14 interviews were conducted. The primary research tool was semi-structured exploratory interviews.
Results: The analysis of the research findings regarding the design of a postmodern career path model in sports organizations revealed that multiple factors influence the development of this model. These factors include networking and internships, specialized skills, autonomy in job design, technology integration, job flexibility, continuous professional development, utilization of personal experiences, alignment of individual characteristics with job features, and sustainable growth of career paths.
Conclusion: Sports organizations should focus on empowering employees through continuous learning and enhancing professional connections by fostering a flexible culture and supporting innovation to ensure strategic growth and sustainability.
Milad Sheikh Hoseini; Akbar Jaberi; Koorosh Ghahreman Tabrizi,
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Objective: Considering the prevalence of virtual violence against celebrities in recent years, the purpose of this research was to identify the factors behind cyber violence against famous football players.
Methodology: This research was an applied study conducted using a qualitative approach. Data ...
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Objective: Considering the prevalence of virtual violence against celebrities in recent years, the purpose of this research was to identify the factors behind cyber violence against famous football players.
Methodology: This research was an applied study conducted using a qualitative approach. Data collection was done by reviewing theoretical foundations, articles, theses, and semi-structured interviews. The research population included fans with experience in social networks. The participants in the research were interviewed by purposeful sampling according to the nature of qualitative research. The validity and reliability of the research findings were assessed using the Guba and Lincoln method. The analysis of data was done using thematic analysis.
Results: The findings showed that managerial factors, technical factors, unprofessional behaviors are sports factors, cultural factors, social factors, economic factors, geographical factors, laws and regulations, and the media are the environmental factors, and personality factors and psychological factors are the individual causes of virtual violence against famous football people in social networks.
Conclusion: According to the findings, the occurrence of virtual violence can be defined as the result of a set of various sports, environmental, and personality factors, and preventing this phenomenon requires a cross-sectoral approach by institutions and authorities. Given the multidimensionality of the causes of virtual violence, the coordination of various institutions involved in sports and culture can provide the conditions for adjusting the atmosphere of violence in cyberspace.
Akbar Jaberi; Mehdi Salimi
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Objective: This study aimed to identify the requirements for intercultural management in a sports setting.
Methodology: This research was a qualitative exploratory study that has been done using a thematic analysis method. The study's statistical population included experts in sports and culture, and ...
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Objective: This study aimed to identify the requirements for intercultural management in a sports setting.
Methodology: This research was a qualitative exploratory study that has been done using a thematic analysis method. The study's statistical population included experts in sports and culture, and according to the nature of the research, 14 experts were interviewed as the research participants through purposive sampling until reaching theoretical saturation. The tool used in the research was a semi-structured interview. The intra-subject agreement method was used to ensure the reliability of the findings. Also, the criterion of reliability or trustworthiness, which includes four separate but related criteria, including credibility, reliability, transferability, and confirmability, was used to evaluate the quality of qualitative results.
Results: Braun and Clarke's (2006) method of thematic analysis extracted 82 codes, 11 sub-themes, and four main themes. The findings revealed that the requirements for intercultural management in a sports setting included "cultural factors," "effective relationships and interactions," "ethical considerations," and "flexibility."
Conclusion: Considering the universality of the phenomenon of sports and the necessity of aristocracy on how to adapt and coordinate the different layers active in the field of sports with the common cultural differences in the sports environment, paying attention to the various requirements and considerations extracted in this study can be in line with cultural compatibility and Efforts to reduce cultural conflicts in sports have a significant necessity.
Shafigh Hassan Khazir; Homayoun Abbasi
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Objective: This research aimed to explain the factors affecting the migration of Iraqi sports elites.
Methodology: The research method was qualitative and based on data-driven techniques. The statistical population of the current research is experts (athletes, heads of sports boards and expert professors) ...
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Objective: This research aimed to explain the factors affecting the migration of Iraqi sports elites.
Methodology: The research method was qualitative and based on data-driven techniques. The statistical population of the current research is experts (athletes, heads of sports boards and expert professors) in elite sports. The snowball sampling method was used to conduct in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The research tool was an interview that was conducted with 16 people. The validity of the research tool (interview) was confirmed by the interviewees and then by the expert professors, and the within-subject agreement method was used to measure the reliability. According to this method, the reliability value was equal to 0.89. In order to analyze the data, the foundation data theory method and MAXQDA version 20 software were used.
Results: The findings of this research showed that the factors affecting the migration of sports elites in Iraq include economic problems, social problems, cultural problems in the society, inefficient political system, weakness in the management system, psychological factors, and solutions for the migration of sports elites. The country of Iraq includes the development of the economy of Iraq, the improvement of the social situation of the society, the development of the culture of sports, professional policymaking in sports, the improvement of the management system of Iraq and the promotion of hope and motivation among elite athletes. These categories themselves include 30 concepts and 119 factors or open codes.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this research, macro-policies and effective measures should be taken to improve the quality of social and professional life of elite athletes, as well as managers, with financial and economic support for them. Provide the conditions for developing Iraqi sports at the elite and championship levels.
Javad Karimi; leila soltanian
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Objective: This research was conducted to design a human resource management model for the Iranian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation in the digital age.
Methodology: The methodology employed was qualitative with a thematic analysis approach. Participants included experienced sports management professors ...
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Objective: This research was conducted to design a human resource management model for the Iranian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation in the digital age.
Methodology: The methodology employed was qualitative with a thematic analysis approach. Participants included experienced sports management professors with relevant educational and research backgrounds and experienced managers and experts from the Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation. Based on theoretical saturation criteria and using purposeful sampling, 14 interviews were conducted. The main research tool was semi-structured exploratory interviews. Feedback was provided to participants, and non-influential narratives were sought to enhance internal validity. Additionally, intra-subject agreement was confirmed.
Results: According to the findings, three prominent and influential indices of the human resource management of the Bodybuilding and Physical Fitness Federation in the digital age include digital culture, digital communications, and managerial processes. The findings indicate that digital culture encompasses technology acceptance, information protection, process advancement, promotion of participatory culture, work flexibility, data analysis capabilities enhancement, and training and awareness. The digital communications index includes components such as network structure, human resource management systems, quality of social media, video conferencing, and online training. Additionally, managerial processes include components such as evaluation systems, monitoring systems, reward and incentive systems, and recruitment and hiring systems.
Conclusion: Based on the findings, human resources personnel should be fully acquainted with digital indices in the modern era. Utilizing online training to enhance the skills of managerial staff and coaches of the Iranian Bodybuilding and Physical Fitness Federation and establishing an internal network for better communication and coordination among federation members can effectively improve human resource management and organizational performance.
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Sports is a vast and global social phenomenon that is rooted in the lives of young people and adults, men and women. The purpose of this research work is to investigate the impact of social marketing on the development of women's sports in the Ardabil province with the role of mediator of social ...
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Sports is a vast and global social phenomenon that is rooted in the lives of young people and adults, men and women. The purpose of this research work is to investigate the impact of social marketing on the development of women's sports in the Ardabil province with the role of mediator of social vitality. It is concluded that the development of women's sports among people, as a part of culture, requires long-term planning and having a codified plan with a marketing approach necessary to reach the desired goal.
Introduction
Considering the role and importance of sports in the human life, can people's behavior and attitudes be changed? At the end, this issue has occupied the researcher's mind, why, despite all these numerous research works, the problem of the lack of orientation of the people of the society, especially the women, towards public sports has not been solved in a satisfactory way, and the people of the society have such a desire to participate in public sports. Therefore, the purpose of this research work was to investigate the effect of social marketing on the development of women's sports in the Ardabil province with the role of mediating social vitality.
Methodology and Approach
The current research work was an applied one in terms of purpose, descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and content, and field data collection. The population of this research work was the female clients of sports clubs in the Ardabil province, as well as women active in parks and morning sports and open places, which was assumed to be unlimited due to the unknown number of female athletes and non-athletes active in clubs and parks. The number of samples in this research work was 6 times the number of identified items by stratified random method, and according to the identification of 75 items, the sample number was 450 people. After collecting the questionnaires, 442 ones were collected, 430 of which were complete and were analyzed. The research tool included the Afarinesh (2007) general sports development questionnaire with 33 questions, which measured the strategies for the development of general sports in the form of 9 dimensions. The components of this questionnaire included the role of mass media, promotion and advertising, places and facilities, leisure time, private sector investment, means of transportation, sports budget, economic situation, and expert human resources. This questionnaire was scored based on a 5-point Likert scale from very low (1 point) to very high (5 points). The Tamizhifar and Azizimehr's social vitality questionnaire (2017) with 13 questions was scored on a five-point Likert scale from very low (1 point) to very high (5 points). The Saberi et al.'s social marketing questionnaire (2018) included 30 questions in 7 components, which included effectiveness, trust, access, price, product, variety, and promotion. The SPSS software was used for descriptive statistics, and the Smart PLS software was used for path analysis and determining the relationship between the variables using structural equation modeling.
Results and Conclusion
Based on Figure 1, it is clear that first in the social marketing department, all the seven dimensions access (0.87), diversity (0.87), promotion (0.87), trust (0.83), product (0.75), price (0.74), and effectiveness (0.71), respectively, had a significant role in explaining social marketing. In the development of public sports, all the nine dimensions private sector (0.87), transportation (0.86), places and facilities (0.85), promotion and advertising (0.84), leisure time (84. 0), mass media (0.77), sports budget (0.76), economic situation (0.76), and specialized human resources (0.74), respectively, had a significant role in explaining the development of public sports. Also based on the path analysis, it was determined that social marketing had a positive and significant effect on the development of public sports with a coefficient of 0.56. Social marketing had a positive and meaningful effect on social vitality with a coefficient of 0.78. Social vitality with a coefficient of 0.35 had a positive and significant effect on the development of public sports. Finally, the development of women's sports among people as a part of culture requires long-term planning and having a written program with a marketing approach necessary to reach the desired goal. Finally, the beneficiaries, managers, and marketers are suggested to pay attention to the categories of social vitality for the development of women's public sports because in this way they can attract the opinions of more users. The social marketing training courses should be held for the employees of sports and youth departments, physical education departments of municipalities, and all those who are somehow related to sports activities. Also make these communities familiar with the range of recreational sports activities and their capabilities. Carry out promotional activities and extensive communication about the benefits of recreational sports through mass media and social networks. Famous and popular sports and artistic people should be used to emphasize the benefits of participation in the recreational sports activities. The successful campings that have been done in connection with social marketing about sports and physical activity should be modeled, and such campings should be held in different regions of the country. Also make leisure cards available to the people and inform them about the benefits of having these cards. In the mountainous and western regions of the country, emphasis should be placed on the recreational sports related to mountains. In the desert areas, the focus is on the recreational sports related to the desert. Water activities should be used for recreational sports in coastal areas or with raging rivers, and in the same way, the capabilities of the country's four seasons should be used to institutionalize the recreational sports.
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The main goal of the sports managers is the effective and optimal use of various resources and facilities of the organization such as the human and material resources, types of tangible, and intangible capital and information.The purpose of this work is to design a model of talent management ...
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The main goal of the sports managers is the effective and optimal use of various resources and facilities of the organization such as the human and material resources, types of tangible, and intangible capital and information.The purpose of this work is to design a model of talent management and succession with a meritocracy approach in the general departments of sports and youth.
Introduction
Creating a competitive advantage and a talented and competent workforce is one of the basic requirements of the organizations in a rapidly changing world. Hence, the talent management has become a vital issue for the organizations. The evolution of talent management began in the late 19th century, and created a new attitude in the organizations towards the individuals and employees. In addition, the competitive advantage of human resources to achieve the best results for the organizations was created, and the need to hire, develop, and retain talent for organizational success for the managers was raised as an important management priority (1). On the other hand, succession management assures an organization where the capable and experienced people are selected to manage the organization (2). One of the tools of talent management is succession breeding, which provides the qualified and talented personnel for the key positions in the organization (3).
Methodology and Approach
The method of the present work was qualitative based on the data theory approach, and based on the Strauss and Corbin model. The statistical population of the work included the management and sports management specialists, experts, and senior officials of the general directorate of sports and youth, and the non-probability sampling and snowball sampling methods were used to collect the data. In this work, the semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 experts in order to collect the data until the theoretical saturation was reached.
Results and Conclusion
The results obtained showed that the model of talent management and succession with meritocracy approach had 9 categories and 96 concepts. Also the causal conditions with 20 meanings, interventionist conditions with 15 meanings, contextual conditions with 10 meanings, strategic phenomenon with 9 meanings, and 13 meanings were identified for the outcome of this model.
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The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on the attracting donors with the mediating role of creativity of the sports managers. The present work was a descriptive-correlational study of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this work ...
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The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on the attracting donors with the mediating role of creativity of the sports managers. The present work was a descriptive-correlational study of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this work was the managers and deputies of the sports organizations including the General Directorate of Sports and Youth of Tehran Province, heads and public relations officials of sports federations, and managers and sports officials of Tehran Education Organization, who included 266 people. The results of the structural equations showed that the effect of psychological empowerment on creativity, the effect of creativity on the attracting donors, and the effect of psychological empowerment on the attracting donors were positive and significant. The results obtained also showed that psychological empowerment had an effect on the attracting donors by mediating the creativity of the sports managers. It is suggested that the relevant managers employ creative and innovative manpower in order to promote creativity in the organization.
Introduction
Waqf (Arabic for Endowment) as a source of scientific, cultural, socio-economic services in the society has been favored by the governments since they have not always been able to meet the human requirements (1). Sport plays an important role in the society's health. In order to accomplish the process of sports development in the sports organizations, and to support the government and the people, the presence of donors can be benefited (2). A factor influencing the attraction of donors is psychological empowerment among the sports managers (3). Moreover, one of the conditions of Gerber's intervention is attracting the donors of innovation and creativity (4). Empowering the staff of sports organizations through the role of creativity mediation is expected to play an effective role in the attracting donors as one of the goals of the sports organizations. As a result, the organizations that aim for efficiency and productivity strive to strengthen the attraction of sponsors by strengthening empowerment and creativity. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on the attraction of donors with the mediating role of creativity of the sports managers.
Methodology and Approach
The method and approach of this research work was correlational descriptive conducted in the field. The statistical population of this work was 266 managers of the sports organizations including the Department of Sport and Youth of Tehran, the managers and public relations officers of sports federations, and the managers and sports officials of the Tehran Department of Education. The sample of this work consisted of 157 people who, according to the Krejcie and Morgan table, were randomly selected from the relative stratified type to answer the questionnaires of the present work. The research instruments were the Kariminejad Marian (2011) psychological empowerment questionnaire, Afrozeh, Afrozeh and Kameli (2017), and Del Elo and Houghton (2008) (5-7) organizational creativity questionnaires. The inferential statistics were used in order to analyze the data using the SPSS and PLS smart software.
Results and Conclusion
Based on the results obtained, the empowerment effect on the attraction of donors and creativity, and also the effect of creativity on the attraction of donors were positive and significant. Based on the model fit indices, it can be concluded that the model fit is moderate, and the creativity mediation variable has a significant mediating role in the causal relationship of psychological empowerment in the attraction of donors. Considering the effect of psychological empowerment on the attraction of donors and creativity, as well as the creativity on the attraction of donors, it can be suggested to the sports managers to choose the necessary mechanisms to strengthen the psychological empowerment and creativity of the employees. In this regard, it is suggested that the relevant managers involve the employees in the preparation of the organizational vision statement and its goals, accept the constructive ideas, and use the feedback system in order to strengthen psychological empowerment. In addition, to solve the problem, they should use challenging decisions as one of the mechanisms to strengthen the creativity of the employees in the organization to be dynamic to achieve the goals of the organization, attracting donors in this case. In fact, psychological empowerment is one of the effective techniques to increase the employee productivity and optimal use of individual and group capacities to achieve the organizational goals, which in such situations, presenting creativity in the form of team activities leads the organization to continued successes.
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The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of strategic thinking on the productivity of the employees of the Sports and Youth departments of the west of the country with the mediating role of organizational agility.
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Sport is one of the most important and fundamental ...
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The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of strategic thinking on the productivity of the employees of the Sports and Youth departments of the west of the country with the mediating role of organizational agility.
Introduction
Sport is one of the most important and fundamental factors in ensuring the health and vitality of the society, in which the country's Sports and Youth departments play a significant role in promoting the people's participation. Take a break because today's organizations are under increasing pressure to find new ways to compete effectively in the dynamic global markets.
Methodology and Approach
The statistical population of the work consisted of all employees of the Sports and Youth departments of the west of the country, among which 356 responders were selected as the statistical sample by random-cluster shape sampling. The measurement tools used were the Sharifi & Zhang's (2000) organizational agility, Goldman's strategic thinking (2005), and manpower productivity of Sarmad et al. (2011) questioners. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results and Conclusions
The research findings showed that the strategic thinking (r = 0.52) and organizational agility (r = 0.428) had a positive and significant effect on the organizational productivity. Also strategic thinking had a positive and significant effect on the organizational agility (r = 0.836). In addition, it was determined that the strategic thinking had a positive and significant effect on the organizational productivity through the organizational agility (r = 0.358). Considering the results of this research work, the prospective, conceptual thinking, system thinking, and clever opportunism of employees along with speed, competence, flexibility, and accountability of the organization could lead the employees to improve their productivity, which should be considered by the managers of the Sports and Youth departments of the west of the country.
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Purpose: The purpose of this work was to explain the effect of human resource competence on the organizational effectiveness considering the role of mediator of organizational innovation.
Methodology: The research method used in this work was descriptive-survey, and in terms of the applied purpose. ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this work was to explain the effect of human resource competence on the organizational effectiveness considering the role of mediator of organizational innovation.
Methodology: The research method used in this work was descriptive-survey, and in terms of the applied purpose. The statistical population of all employees of the sports and youth departments in the western provinces of Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Ilam, and Lorestan was 440 people. The statistical sample was determined on a Morgan table (200 people), randomly clustered. In order to measure the variables of the work, the meritocracy questionnaire (Moslehi, 2012), organizational innovation (Sarmad et al., 2011), and organizational effectiveness (Hui et al., 2009) were used. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed using the comments made by nine management professors and sports specialist. The reliability of the instruments was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha (worthy of 0.932, innovation 0.85, and effectiveness of 0.927). For data analysis, the confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations were used.
Findings: According to the findings of the work, meritocracy had the highest impact with a coefficient of 0.85 on innovation. Thus, it was 0.73 effective. Innovation also had an impact of 0.24 on effectiveness. Also, meritocracy was indirectly influenced by effectiveness through innovation.
Conclusion: Based upon the research findings, increasing the negotiation and participation of employees in decision-making, empowerment based on employee competencies, and creating a space based on the trust of managers and staff can be effective in organizational effectiveness.
