Reza Abdollahi Godollo; Seyyed Mohammad Kashef; Roghayeh sarlab
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Objective:The purpose of this research is to design a model of factors influencing organizational mobbing (psychological terror) management among physical education teachers in West Azerbaijan Province.
Methodology:This research is applied in terms of approach and qualitative in terms of strategy and ...
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Objective:The purpose of this research is to design a model of factors influencing organizational mobbing (psychological terror) management among physical education teachers in West Azerbaijan Province.
Methodology:This research is applied in terms of approach and qualitative in terms of strategy and is of the grounded theory type.The statistical population of the study comprises all physical education teachers in West Azerbaijan Province.Among them, 18 expert and elite physical education teachers were selected using purposive and snowball sampling methods until theoretical saturation was achieved.The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews.For examining the reliability of the data, the test-retest method and two coders reliability were used.For assessing the validity of the data, member checking, triangulation, Peer Examination, and credibility strategies were employed.
Results:Through three stages of open, axial, and selective coding, indicate the extraction of 45 final codes and 17 concepts, within a conceptual model, causal factors (conflictual,individual,organizational,political and power groups, managerial, cultural), contextual factors (livelihood and economic,social,educational system), intervening conditions (environmental factors, legal void in dealing with mobbing), The central category (workplace mobbing), strategies (coping and prevention), and outcomes (individual, organizational, and social) were categorized that oganizational mobbing explains the situation of physical education teachers and shows the relationships between them.
Conclusion:Therefore, the results of this research can serve as a guide for policymakers and human resource planners, especially educational managers to identify and recognize disruptive behaviors in the work environment, to recognize how to deal with and manage the phenomenon of mobbing and to reduce its effects,take useful and effective measures.
Nahid Ghavipanjeh; maryam hoseini; Halimeh Piri
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Purpose: This study was conducted with the aim of designing 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 ...
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Purpose: This study was conducted with the aim of designing 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 effectively contribute to the analysis of the research topic.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 of14interviews were conducted.The primary research tool was semi-structured exploratory interviews.
Findings: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.
Discussion and 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.
Ali Afrouzeh; Farzaneh Majidi; Mohammad Hemmati Nejad
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Objective: The aim of the present research was to identify the challenges of implementing inclusive physical education in schools.
Methodology: This research employs a qualitative approach. Participants were purposefully selected using snowball sampling. Accordingly, the participants included physical ...
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Objective: The aim of the present research was to identify the challenges of implementing inclusive physical education in schools.
Methodology: This research employs a qualitative approach. Participants were purposefully selected using snowball sampling. Accordingly, the participants included physical education teachers from regular schools who had at least one student with physical disabilities in their class during the academic year, ensuring that they were directly involved in implementing inclusive sports and had relevant experience in this area. Ultimately, 12 physical education teachers were selected as the sample for this study. The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews conducted via telephone. Considering the advantages of thematic analysis, such as flexibility, the ability to summarize large amounts of data, and the capability to analyze and develop policy data, the researchers employed thematic analysis for data interpretation.
Results: The analysis of the data revealed that the challenges of implementing inclusive physical education included individual characteristics, lack of scientific and professional preparedness among teachers, the competitive nature of sports, lack of suitable environments and equipment, different learning levels, lack of supportive environments, and inadequate educational planning.
Conclusion: The results indicated that, at a macro policy level, there is little attention paid to inclusive physical education in schools. Furthermore, despite the existence of Farhangian University as the body responsible for training specialized personnel, appropriate curricula for inclusive physical education have not been designed either before or during service.
Mohsen Vahdani; Amir Hossein Labbaf
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Objective: This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by volunteers during the 16th Cultural and Sports Olympiad for male university students in Iran, hosted by the University of Isfahan.
Methodology: The research method was qualitative and applied in purpose. The study population included event ...
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Objective: This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by volunteers during the 16th Cultural and Sports Olympiad for male university students in Iran, hosted by the University of Isfahan.
Methodology: The research method was qualitative and applied in purpose. The study population included event volunteers and managers. Participants were selected through purposive sampling until theoretical saturation was reached, resulting in interviews with 15 volunteers and 5 managers. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews lasting 20 to 30 minutes each. Braun and Clarke's six-step method was used for data analysis. Strategies such as rich descriptions, ethical considerations, peer review, critical friends, and member checking were employed to ensure the credibility of the findings.
Results: Managerial challenges included four sub-themes: 1- time management and planning 2- volunteer organization 3- communication and team coordination and 4- legal and contractual issues. Support and empowerment challenges encompassed four sub-themes: 1- provision of equipment and financial resources 2- physical support and care 3- training and capacity building and 4- safety and security. Emotional and motivational challenges included two sub-themes: 1- volunteer motivation and satisfaction and 2- psychological-emotional difficulties. Finally, social and cultural challenges consisted of two sub-themes: 1- interpersonal conflicts and issues and 2- cultural challenges.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that the training and empowerment process of volunteers in sporting events requires precise planning and the implementation of appropriate training programs. Additionally, proper support, specialized capacity-building in various dimensions, and addressing volunteers' basic needs (autonomy, relatedness, and competence) can significantly mitigate potential challenges.
hakimeh motefakeri; Najaf aghaei; Fariba Askarian; Mohammad hasan Peymanfar
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Objective: The current research has studied the position of human capital and the quality of education in the ecosystem of sports start-ups in the country.
Methodology: The nature of the research is qualitative and exploratory. We gathered data from 16 experts in the field of entrepreneurship and sports ...
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Objective: The current research has studied the position of human capital and the quality of education in the ecosystem of sports start-ups in the country.
Methodology: The nature of the research is qualitative and exploratory. We gathered data from 16 experts in the field of entrepreneurship and sports startups, including founders of sports startups, managers of science and technology parks and growth centers, university professors, and elites in sports entrepreneurship. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted. Sampling was purposeful and snowball. Then the data was analyzed by thematic analysis method.
Results: The results demonstrated that the ecosystem of sports startups is impacted by appropriate content, educational and research policies, improving the quality of human capital through the knowledge and skills needed by start-up businesses, improving entrepreneurial capabilities and cognitive characteristics of entrepreneurs, agile and dynamic management, and the ability to build a team.
Conclusion: It seems that the atmosphere prevailing in our schools and universities is not very suitable for the training of human resources required for entrepreneurial and startup activities. Therefore, revising the courses offered in schools and universities can be an important step toward improving the ecosystem. On the other hand, in order to stop the unjustifiable process of brain drain, the government must implement the necessary policies to preserve the young and educated workforce, especially the engineers and elites of the nation.
Majid Khorsandifard; Mohammad Keshtidar; Ehsan Hasannezhad; Batool Vatankhah
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Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing and identifying the three factors of personality and investigating its effect on managers' flip management with the mediating role of family cohesion in sports managers.
Methodology: This study was a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) ...
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Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing and identifying the three factors of personality and investigating its effect on managers' flip management with the mediating role of family cohesion in sports managers.
Methodology: This study was a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) and exploratory type of research that was conducted in the field. In the qualitative part, the data were collected through interviews with sports management experts and analyzed using Glazer's grounded theory method. Then, evaluation and ranking were done using the interpretive structural combined method - Fuzzy Dimetal. In the quantitative part, the researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among 234 sports managers after verifying the validity and reliability. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Findings: The results of the qualitative part showed that the bright triad of sports managers' personality includes six main components, and in the stratification of these factors, personal strength, adaptability and support at the first level, empathic communication and emotional intelligence at the second level, and communication skills at the third level. were placed The results of the quantitative part showed that the manifestation of the clear triad of personality has a positive and significant effect on the management of flipping and family cohesion plays a mediating role in this relationship.
Conclusion: This research showed that the positive personality traits of sports managers play an important role in improving the flip management, and this effect is strengthened through family cohesion, and in the selection and evaluation of sports managers,
Mahbobeh Shokohiniya; Gholamreza Khaksari; Majid Solimani; Adel Afkar
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to design a model for delaying employee retirement in sports organizations.
Methodology: The research method used was qualitative with a grounded theory approach field for data collection. The statistical population included all experts and specialists in ...
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to design a model for delaying employee retirement in sports organizations.
Methodology: The research method used was qualitative with a grounded theory approach field for data collection. The statistical population included all experts and specialists in organizational management, professors of sports management, and managers of sports organizations, as well as officials from the Ministry of Sports and the Departments of Sports and Youth with over 25 years of work experience, and those who have published articles, books, research, or taught in the relevant field. Managers of organizations related to the retirement fund were also included. A purposive or theoretical sampling method was used to select 17 participants. Data analysis for open, axial, and selective coding was carried out using a grounded theory approach. Open coding was performed through interview analysis.
Results: Based on the identified open codes, axial codes were formed, and a theoretical model was developed using selective coding.
Conclusion: The paradigmatic model was then validated by experts. The model for delaying employee retirement in sports organizations is influenced by causal conditions (individual characteristics, personality traits, job and family characteristics) and considers extractive strategies (motivational and job-related), which are influenced by contextual conditions (managerial, organizational culture, and organizational regulations) and intervening conditions (economic, health, unemployment, job challenges). This model can lead to psychological and professional outcomes.
Mostafe Mehravaran; Hassan Bahrololoum; Nahid Darooghe Arefi
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to role of spiritual well-being on the quality of work life of football referees with the mediating role of coping skills in Fars province.
Methodology: The current research method was descriptive-correlational . The population of the research was football referees ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to role of spiritual well-being on the quality of work life of football referees with the mediating role of coping skills in Fars province.
Methodology: The current research method was descriptive-correlational . The population of the research was football referees of Fars province, The research tools were three questionnaires of coping skills by Smith et al. (1995), quality of working life by Ilgan et al. (2014) and spiritual well-being by Golparvar et al. (2013). The content validity of the research was confirmed by ten experts. SPSS23 and Smart-PLS 3.2.8 software were used to check the research hypotheses.
Findings: The results of the research showed that spiritual well-being has a positive and significant effect on the quality of work life and coping skills of judges. Also, coping skills have a direct and significant effect on the quality of work life of judges. Also, The findings showed that coping skills play a mediating role in the effect of spiritual well-being on the quality of life of football referees in Fars province.
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, spiritual well-being, as well as coping skills, are important and complementary factors in creating and improving the quality of work life of football referees in Fars province. Therefore, officials and referee committees should organize professional development courses and coping skills workshops for referees. Encouraging referees to participate in community and charitable activities can enhance their sense of belonging and purpose, ultimately improving their quality of life.
Ahmad Moradi; Nahid Darooghe Arefi
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Objective: Abusive supervision, as an obvious form of the emergence of destructive leadership, is a complex social problem that has always existed in work environments, and it can impose a lot of cost on the organization and employees. This study was conducted to estimation the effect of abusive supervision ...
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Objective: Abusive supervision, as an obvious form of the emergence of destructive leadership, is a complex social problem that has always existed in work environments, and it can impose a lot of cost on the organization and employees. This study was conducted to estimation the effect of abusive supervision on organizational citizenship behavior with the mediating role of employees’ engagement of sports and youth departments.
Materials and Methods: This research was a descriptive-correlational study. The research population was included the entire of employees of sports and youth departments of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces that 106 people were selected using the total population sampling. Data were collected using three standard questionnaires: abusive supervision by Tepper (2000), employee engagement of Shuck et al. (2017), and Oregon and Kanowski's citizenship behavior (1996). Structural equations and SPSS and Smart-PLS software were used to test the research hypotheses.
Results: The results showed that abusive supervision has a negative and significant effect on citizenship behavior and work engagement. Also, work engagement has a direct and significant effect on citizenship behavior. Furthermore, it was shown that work engagement has a mediating role in the effect of abusive supervision on citizenship behavior.
Conclusion: According to the results, abusive and insulting behaviors that managers usually do with the aim of pressuring employees to make them work harder, not only don't motivate them to perform the main tasks, but destroy voluntary or extra-role behaviors by reducing work engagement. Therefore, managers should refrain from such abusive behavior.
Tahmaseb Shirvani
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to develop a model of job enthusiasm among sports and youth employees in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province.
Methodology: The research method is exploratory and qualitative in nature, using the grounded data theory technique. The research population included ...
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to develop a model of job enthusiasm among sports and youth employees in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province.
Methodology: The research method is exploratory and qualitative in nature, using the grounded data theory technique. The research population included members of the sports management faculty, managers, and experts familiar with human resource management. The purposive sampling method and the snowball technique were used for sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. To confirm reliability, the test-retest and recoding method was used by other researchers, and the reliability was 88%.
Findings: The results showed that a total of 140 non-repetitive initial codes were created in the open coding process. These codes were placed in the form of 16 concepts based on thematic similarity. Then, these concepts were placed in the form of a category paradigm model. These concepts include: causal conditions (individual factors, organizational factors); background conditions (job factors); intervening factors (environmental conditions and limiting factors); The central category (work enthusiasm, mental enthusiasm, supportive enthusiasm, and value enthusiasm),strategies (employee empowerment and training, improving the quality of work life, paying attention to health and organizational justice, and promoting employee-manager relations), and consequences (personal development, organizational development, and trans-organizational development). Conclusion: If the organization pays attention to the effective factors and strategies presented in the research model for employee job enthusiasm, it will be an organization in which the sustainability of human resources is evident and it will have committed, loyal employees with better job performance.
Jamal Roshanzadeh; Gholamreza Khaksari; Majid Solimani; Sirous Ahmadi
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Objective: The present study was designed with the aim of presenting an algorithmic human resources development model in the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Iran.
Methodology: The present study was qualitative research that was implemented in the field. The qualitative method used in the present study ...
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Objective: The present study was designed with the aim of presenting an algorithmic human resources development model in the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Iran.
Methodology: The present study was qualitative research that was implemented in the field. The qualitative method used in the present study was of the grand theory type. The participants in the present study included experts who were aware of the research topic. The participants in this study were sampled using purposive sampling and with a homogeneous sample selection approach while observing maximum diversity, and 13 interviews were conducted until theoretical saturation was reached. The data collection tool in the present study was a semi-structured interview. In order to analyze the qualitative data, coding using the Glaser-type grand theory method was used in the form of open, axial, and selective coding.
Findings: The results showed that in order to develop algorithmic human resources in the Ministry of Sports and Youth, there is a process of foundation, training, establishment, culture building and continuity that should be implemented in a desirable manner. The results also showed that paying attention to some factors, including supervisory and promotional factors, have fundamental supporting role in this process, which can pave the way for the development of algorithmic human resources management.
Conclusion: Among these, promotional factors, including transparency, tools, monitoring, evaluation, and supervisory factors, including database, motivation system, management transformation and internal excellence, can have a supporting role in development of algorithmic human resources in the Ministry of Sports and Youth.
Nadiya Zolfaghari; Hossein Poursoltani Zarandi
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Objective: Iran's professional sports, as an important and central field for promoting the country's culture and communication, faces challenges such as racial and cultural discrimination. These challenges not only affect the stadium environment and team management, but also affect the players ...
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Objective: Iran's professional sports, as an important and central field for promoting the country's culture and communication, faces challenges such as racial and cultural discrimination. These challenges not only affect the stadium environment and team management, but also affect the players and fans.
Methodology: in this study, a multi-stakeholder scenario planning was developed to develop future scenarios to deal with the media apartheid management style in Iran's professional sports clubs, using stakeholders' points of view on critical trends and uncertainties and to create action-oriented strategies. The participants of the present analytical and exploratory study included 23 domestic and foreign stakeholders of Iranian professional sports who were selected based on targeted sampling. Data was collected through interviews and open questionnaires. Data analysis was done with the six-step model of combined scenario planning of Lipzig and Rollandberger.
Results: The findings and analysis of the 29 main factors obtained led to the production of two key uncertainties, namely "the effect of government policies and legal laws on sports management" and "the effect of sanctions and financial needs on sports management" and four scenarios. Finally, the strategy of "sports cohesion: realization of justice and financial sustainability" was presented as the main strategy of this study.
Conclusion: The strategy acknowledges that this cohesion will help strengthen trust between members of the sporting community, create a sense of fairness and justice in access to sporting opportunities, and increase the financial sustainability and better performance of clubs.
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 by a qualitative approach. Data collection ...
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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 by a qualitative approach. Data collection was done by reviewing theoretical foundations, articles and theses, and semi-structured interviews. The research population included fans with experience of activity in social networks. The participants in the research were interviewed by purposeful sampling according to the nature of qualitative research. Validity and reliability of the research findings were done using the concept of Guba and Lincoln method. The analysis of data was done using the thematic analysis.
Results: The findings showed that managerial factors, technical factors, unprofessional behaviors are sports factors and 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.
Mehrdad Moharramzadeh; Mohammad Zare Abandansari; Tayyebeh Yanpi; Hamed Hamed Kheirollahi
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Objective: Reducing financial violations in Iranian Premier League football clubs is of significant importance. Financial misconduct damages club brands, reduces private sector investment, and leads to fan dissatisfaction and human resource challenges. This study aims to identify strategies to enhance ...
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Objective: Reducing financial violations in Iranian Premier League football clubs is of significant importance. Financial misconduct damages club brands, reduces private sector investment, and leads to fan dissatisfaction and human resource challenges. This study aims to identify strategies to enhance transparency and reduce financial violations among managers in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Methodology: This applied research adopts a qualitative approach using descriptive phenomenology. Participants included experts in the field. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions and analyzed using MAXQDA 2020. Validation was ensured through credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability criteria.
Results: Analysis identified 89 sub-themes grouped into six main themes: smart reporting, legal oversight by the federation, fan and media engagement, technological advancements in financial management, restructuring club management, and corruption prevention in contracts.
Conclusion: Reducing financial violations in Iranian football clubs requires structural, managerial, and legal reforms. Key measures include enhancing financial transparency and independent auditing, improving managerial structures and financial governance, enforcing strict resource allocation laws, engaging international regulatory bodies, and strengthening financial misconduct reporting mechanisms.
davood nasr esfahani; mehran haghparast; Narges Rafiei
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the differences in work values among different generations of human resources in Isfahan sports.
This research was conducted qualitatively using the Grand Theory strategy and Charmazs constructivist approach. The study population included 15 human resource ...
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the differences in work values among different generations of human resources in Isfahan sports.
This research was conducted qualitatively using the Grand Theory strategy and Charmazs constructivist approach. The study population included 15 human resource specialists, comprising managers and deputies of the General Administration of Sports and Youth, managers of sports boards, and faculty members of universities in Isfahan province, who were selected purposefully. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation and analyzed in three stages, including initial coding, focused coding, and axial coding.
After coding, 203 initial codes, 32 focused codes, and 12 axial codes were identified. The results showed that generational differences in the human resources of Isfahan sports in axes such as human capital, cognitive society, level of knowledge, leadership style, skill, psychology, nature of life and work, political and economic views, organizational culture, legal and educational attitudes have significant effects. Older generations emphasize job security, commitment, and loyalty, while newer generations have a greater tendency towards flexibility, teamwork, and the use of modern technologies. These differences can create challenges and opportunities for human resource management.
"Implementing managerial policies with generational characteristics can lead to improved interactions, reduced conflicts, and enhanced productivity in sports organizations. It is recommended to utilize the presented model for designing educational programs, motivational policies, and strengthening intergenerational interactions. Due to the limitations of the research community and the qualitative method, this study provides suggestions for expansion and generalizability in future research."
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