Presenting a Model for Developing Boundary‐Spanning in Iranian Sport Federations

The aim of this study was to present a model for developing boundary-spanning in Iranian sport federations. The present study is mixed method and is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey type in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the qualitative part of the study consisted of the elites and experts in the field of management who were aware of the subject of the research. The research instrument consisted of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Coding according to the Strauss and Corbin paradigm model was used to evaluate the qualitative data and the structural equation method was used in the quantitative part. Data analysis was performed in SPSS 20 and Smart PLS 2 software. The results of the present study showed that Boundary‐Spanning development model in Iranian sport federations includes causal conditions, field conditions, intervention conditions, consequences, strategies. The results of the present study also showed that the research model has a good fit.