Identifying Factors of Affecting the Productivity of Iran-Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour on Self-Management and Profitability Systems with Qualitative Approach

The study is to identify the factors affecting the productivity of the international cycling tour Iran-Azerbaijan based on self-management and profitability systems. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach. The statistical population included all experts in the field of sports management and productivity who participated in the research using purposive sampling method of 12 experts. To analyze the interviews, three processes of open coding, axial coding and selective coding were used. The analysis were performed with the help of Maxqda software. The findings were extracted based on the results of pivotal coding, 12 pivotal codes to software codes: capital attraction, productivity management, emotional, efficiency, behavioral, human capital, financial structure, economic growth, hardware, performance and effectiveness.
According to the obtained results, it can be said that in order to provide the mechanism for the implementation of a cycling event, 1) self-management indicators, 2) profitability indicators and 3) productivity indicators should be considered. Given these cases, a bright future can be imagined for cycling events, especially the international cycling tour of Iran- Azerbaijan.