Designing and Validating of Good Governance Model on Athletic Federation of Islamic Republic of Iran

The purpose of this study was designing and validating of Good Governance Model on Athletic Federation of Islamic Republic of Iran. The research method was a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and according to qualitative data collection in the first step and quantitative validation it in the next phase was mixed exploration. The statistical population in in the qualitative section were all experts in the academic or executive. In the quantitative section, the statistical community included athletics stakeholders (federation staff, referees, coaches, and athletes), which announced 749 athletes by the Athletics Federation. In the qualitative part, the judging and snowball sampling used. Interviewing continues until theoretical saturation (23 participants). The sampling method in the quantitative section was classified and available. Data collection tools in the first step were interview and after coding and identifying themes and indexes a questionnaire was drafted and used to design and validate the model. Data analysis was done in the qualitative section by using theme analysis and in the quantitative part by using SPSS and PLS software. The results showed the model of good governance in the Athletics Federation formed by five main components, including the " the role and the rule of law", "participation", "transparency and accountability", "controlling and monitoring" and "health of system". Also, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit model.