Authors
1 Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran.
2 University of Guilan
3 Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to analyze the success factors of the elite stage of the professional path of Iranian football athletes.
Methodology: The research method was mixed. The qualitative part was systematic in terms of qualitative type and practical in terms of purpose and was conducted as a case study (football). The statistical population included Iranian football experts and experts. The statistical sample was purposefully selected based on theoretical saturation (18 people). The research tool was structured exploratory interview. The method of coding and conceptual framing was used to analyze the findings. Quantitative part was of descriptive-correlational type and structural-interpretive modeling (ISM) method was used to determine relationships between components.
Findings: Based on the findings in the qualitative section, the barriers were categorized in the form of 33 codes, 6 concepts and 5 categories based on open coding and selective coding in three levels of macro, intermediate and individual factors. In the quantitative part, based on MICMAC analysis, the obstacles in this path were classified and leveled into four categories of dependent, independent, linked and autonomous variables.
Conclusion: In order to remove the obstacles in this path in the elite stage, on the one hand, there is a need to give comprehensive attention with a systemic approach to individual, intermediate and macro factors, and it should be noted that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between these factors.
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