Development and Psychometrics "Green Management Scale of Iranian Sports Venues and Facilities"

Green management is the effective and efficient use of all facilities, material and human resources to guide and control the organization to achieve environmental goals. The aim of this study was to design and psychometrics "Green Management Scale of Iranian Sports Venues and Facilities".

The present research is a methodological method that has been done in two parts: qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population in the present study included faculty members in the field of management of sports facilities and environment. In the qualitative section, 12 people (non-randomly selected by snowball method) were selected from the community. Data in the qualitative section were collected through semi-structured interviews. In the quantitative part, the Content Validity Index (Waltz & Bausell) and face validity were measured qualitatively by 15 people. The construct validity by exploratory factor analysis with 220 samples (non-random quota sampling) from the above population was measured. In addition, the criterion validity was calculated simultaneously with the "Green Resource Management Scale" in a sample of 30 people. Reliability was calculated by internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbachchr('39')s coefficient and combined reliability by 30 people. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis and quantitative data in SPSS. 20.

From the findings of the qualitative section, the "Green Management Scale of Iranian Sports Venues and Facilities" with 43 terms was obtained. Then, in the quantitative part, by performing content and face validity, 22 items remained on the scale. The results of construct validity were obtained by exploratory factor analysis of 21 items and 6 subscales and simultaneous criterion validity was 0.78. Reliability was calculated by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient between 0.70 to 0.87 and combined reliability between 0.83 to 0.91.

“Green Management Scale of Iranian Sports Venues and Facilities" with 21 items and 6 subscales is valid and reliable. It is suggested that this scale be used to measure the green management of Iranian sports venues and facilities.