مجله مطالعات مدیریت ورزشی
پیاپی 29 (خرداد و تیر 1394)

Today، development in champion sport is a symbol of power in countries and undoubtedly sport marketing causes survival and growth in champion sport in all levels. Therefore the object of this study was to evaluate the obstacles of Iran’s sport marketing development. The obstacles were classified in four groups: 1- Political obstacles، 2- Obstacles are relevant to rules، 3- Scientific، specialty and research obstacles، and 4- Technical، managerial and organizational obstacles; after library studies and conversation by eminent masters of sport management. The research’s statistics samples were 14 people of eminent masters of sport management; 19 people of top-level managers in NOC and sport & youth ministry; 18 people of top-level managers in federations and professional clubs; and 14 people of top-level managers in economical companies. For gathering the information used of two questionnaires: 1- seven scales (by 20 questions) and 2- dual comparison between obstacles (by 47 questions) and for analyzing them used of AHP& TOPSIS methods in Fuzzy Environment. The research’s results indicated that no believing to sport marketing for accessing to income among industrial companies’ top-level managers، no giving attention to sport within other economic sectors، no compatibility between financing in sport and policy in development، no economic laws that encourage financiers to invest in sport marketing، and no possibility in indication of sport marketing’s accurate income for investors، are the most important of Iran’s sport marketing development obstacles.

Based upon conflicting of economic، social، cultural، and ecological indices role on sports medals، this study was conducted to identify influential factors of athletic performance in Iran. The present study was performed as a descriptive-analytical field design during 2005 to 2009. The statistical sample was equal to population and consisted of 30 the Youth and Sports Organization of Iran. The number of world and Asia Sport medals was determined as the championship performance of each province. The Gross Domestic production، population، life expectancy، Gini coefficient، educational rate and Climate condition were determined by a questionnaire from statistical center of Iran. The normal data was analyzed by the multiple regression method. The total sport medals in 2005 were about 62 percent higher than in 2009. GDP، life expectancy، climate conditions and Gini coefficient in interaction together have effect on the championship sport performance. According to the results، it can conclude that the increase of GDP، improve income distribution and health indicators (life expectancy) in the provinces of Iran have effect on improvement of the championship sport performance. Therefore، the essential planning is recommended to improve the influential factors and eliminate impediments of sports performance in international fields.

Happening of lots of major sport event and survival of many sport organizations depends on volunteers. Many countries use volunteers for improvement of their official plans as well as lots of sport organizations for organizing their major events like Olympic and universal games. So، the aim of this research is developing a patent for sport volunteering management of Iran. To this extent، qualitative research method was conducted through Delphi interviews with experts of sport volunteering management. Theoretical sampling method was used and 12 experts were interviewed. Through Grounded theory and with open coding process، different elements of sport volunteer management were found. Then، these elements formed 6 categories which were managerial، organizational، cultural-social and economic factors، type of event and type of volunteers. Eventually these categories placed in coding paradigm and relation between them was connected. This paradigm includes core phenomena، casual condition، context condition، strategies and consequences. So sport volunteering management patent of Iran was developed.

The aim of the present study was to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of organizational capital model of Iranian sports federations. This study was descriptive-correlation and an applied research. Questionnaire Validity evaluated by the content and construct validity and reliability was assessed through Cronbach''s alpha reliability coefficient. The population included presidents، vice presidents، general secretaries، committee’s managers، coaches and experts in sports federations of Islamic Republic of Iran. From this population، 312 people selected by the targeted sampling method. In order to data collection a researcher made questionnaire was used and in order to data analyses، exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was applied. The result of exploratory factor analysis of organizational capital indicators shows that this concept consists of seven factors named organizational culture، organizational learning and knowledge management، management systems and processes، organizational structure، financial systems، research and development، and inter organizational relations. The reliability of the instrument was 0. 87. The result of testing the factorial structure and confirmatory factor analysis of organizational capital model show that the model had a good fit and its factorial structure is acceptable. Model and tools derived from this study can be served as a supplement to the financial reporting system، decision making، performance reporting system، and also in developing strategic plans، benchmarking، and compensation system in the sports federation.

The purpose of this study was to feasibility of implementing TQM in the physical education department has Mazandaran province. The research method was descriptive survey of 125 employees selected. Results were analyzed using SPSS statistical software، t-test and Friedman test univariate. The results showed that all six factors: senior management commitment، responsibility and service، employee training، employee participation، physical، tangible data significant is the average score. The highest responsibility and employee training in quality management had lower ranks. The findings suggest that a comprehensive quality management system in all six variables in the physical education department of the province and is enforceable.

The purpose of this study was to the survey of environmental factors affecting on sport entrepreneurship and developing a model. The research was descriptive analytical one and was conducted as a survey. Statistical population consisted of sport clubs managers، top managers in sport organization، PhD students and professors at sport management. On the basis of regression analysis، there was significant relationship between structure and educational planning with entrepreneurship development، but it about elements such as technology and developmental policies was not significant. So، can be said that fortifying and developing structural factors influence development entrepreneurship in sport and elements including technology and developmental policies didn’t have any effect on sport entrepreneurship in Iran. It seems considering policies without application and ineffective training and unsuitable technology regarding society needs didn’t have any significant effect on sport entrepreneurship.

The purpose of this study was Structural equation modeling of relation between communication skill with management skill and the effect of that on organizational culture in sport organization. Descriptive study was conducted through a survey. The study population consisted of Islam Shahr city’s Sport Managers. Statistical society of this research was 127. As the samples was same Statistical society. Measuring instruments consisted of demographic questions، communication skills، management skill and organizational culture questionnaire. Statistical methods included analysis of both descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software and software LISREL and structural equation modeling was performed to assess the relationships between variables. The results show that the communication skills and management skills and organizational culture، there is significant relationship، the output shows the application of structural equation model is appropriate. So planning for improve communication skills and management skills in sport mangers is one of the most important factor for sport organizations.

The purpose of this research was to compare the dimensions of service quality perspectives spectators’ equestrian club (Private) and volleyball (public) in spectators of volleyball and championship course of Gonbad. The statistical population was all over 18 years old spectators who watching major sports in Gonbad sport facilities. Statistical samples based on the Morgan table were 384 for equestrian Spectators and 357 for volleyball Spectators Data collection was done from a stratified random sampling method. Data analysis was done by analytical and descriptive statistical the minimal level of significance was set at. The results showed that there was a Significant difference between the service quality of dimensions including program quality with (t=1/95)، interaction quality (t=4/59)، environmental quality (t=1/91،) and outcome quality with (t=2/31) in perspectives spectators equestrian club and volleyball club. In all the above aspects، the quality of services offered to the spectators in equestrian club، compared to volleyball club was better.

The purpose of present study is ethical decision-making based on position of coaching and coaching experience. The research method is descriptive and survey. The population of the study is coaches working in the East and West Azarbaijan. 206 cases were selected randomly. All the participants in this study had the experience of participating in sport events and competitions. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The Results showed that there was no statistical significant difference between the position of coaching (coach، head coach، fitness instructor and others) and ethical decision making. The results also showed that there was a significant difference between coaching experience and ethical decision.

Spirituality at work is one of the issues discuss about of behavioral sciences of personnel. The aim of current study is determining the relationship between spirituality at work and organizational effectiveness. The population included at the personnel worked at Sport and Youth offices of Khorasan provinces (440 cases). Data analysis was accomplished by descriptive and deductive statistics. The results of the regression analysis showed that spirituality at work plays a decisive role in the prediction of organizational effectiveness. The results of the Stepwise regression analysis showed that Among the Components of spirituality at work، only two factors، organizational and individual can explain 56% of the effectiveness variance with each other. Respectively each contribution is 55 and 1 percent. Considering the spiritual Dimension of personnel in sport and youth organizations are of important factors that can lead to increase the effectiveness.

The aim of this study was investigate the effect of club''s social responsibility on the fan''s team identification. Population of this study was consists of the fans of three teams that selected of the Iranian Football Pro League. By using the formula to determine the sample size، it for infinite population obtained 384. For data collection، the social responsibility questionnaire and team identification questionnaire were used. In order to verify the normality of data distribution، the Skewness، and Kurtosis indexes were used. For data analysis، statistical tests such as mean، standard deviation، factor analysis، Pearson correlation، and multiple regressions were used. Results showed that social responsibility have a positive effect on fans identification. It can be said activities such as participating in the games aimed at helping needy people، support of sport for all and activities such as these enhance the fan identification.

The aim of this study was investigate the effect of club''s social responsibility on the fan''s team identification. Population of this study was consists of the fans of three teams that selected of the Iranian Football Pro League. By using the formula to determine the sample size، it for infinite population obtained 384. For data collection، the social responsibility questionnaire and team identification questionnaire were used. In order to verify the normality of data distribution، the Skewness، and Kurtosis indexes were used. For data analysis، statistical tests such as mean، standard deviation، factor analysis، Pearson correlation، and multiple regressions were used. Results showed that social responsibility have a positive effect on fans identification. It can be said activities such as participating in the games aimed at helping needy people، support of sport for all and activities such as these enhance the fan identification.

Emotional intelligence (EI) plays an important role in facilitating problem solving and efficiency of group members and sociability. Expanding positive emotions within the group facilitate cooperation and participation in members، reduce conflicts and enhance the efficiency of group members. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) with organizational socialization (OS) and group work (GW) in employees’ of physical education department of Khorasan Razavi province. In this descriptive and correlative study 52 employees were selected as statistical sample. In this study employees responded to 3 standard questionnaires. The result of pearson’s correlation test reveald a significant positive relationship between EI and its subscales with OS and GW. No significant relationships were observed between demographic characteristics with EI، OS and GW. The result of step by step multiple regression showed that among emotional intelligence subscales self – management، self- awareness and self-motivation were predictors of GW and social skills & self – management were the only two subscales of EI which were the strongest predictor of OS. Based on the result of study it is recommended that organizational management pays special attention to the Emotional intelligence and sociability of employees in recruiting new staffs.

The purpose of this study is to define the relationship between the aspects of participative management and resistance to change among the executives of educational office of Tehran province. The entire population of study was 376 executives among which 190 were selected. The results at the level of revealed that there is a negative relationship between participation in planning and setting the goal and resistance to change، between participating in decision-making and problem solving and resistance to change، between participating in controlling and supervising and resistance to change and between participating in implementing and resistance to change. It is، therefore، claimed that by using more participative management methods in Tehran province، resistance to change will decrease among the physical education executives.