Presentation of the performance management model based on the structural-interpretive approach with the mediating role of emotional intelligence (Case of study: Cycling Federation)

The purpose of the research was to present the performance management model of the cycling federation based on the interpretative structural approach with the mediator role of emotional intelligence. This research is practical in terms of purpose and research data was collected in the field and in a mixed way (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population consisted of 18 experts in the qualitative section and 74 people in the quantitative section, the directors of the federation, the directors of the first level cycling clubs and the heads of the cycling boards of the provinces. Due to the limited number of members, the population was equal to the sample. The research tool in the first part was a researcher-made questionnaire, including 35 performance management indicators of the cycling federation, and in the second part, a structured self-interaction questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 sports management professors of the university and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test (α = 0.88). Also, Baron's standard questionnaire (2006) was used to calculate the level of emotional intelligence. In order to structure the components of cycling performance management, interpretive structural modeling technique was used. The findings showed that the performance management of cycling federation has 9 components and 35 indicators and the components were structured in six levels. The components of financial resources and the growth-creating and motivational system at the infrastructure level and executive processes were placed at the first level of the model. Such emotional intelligence plays an important role in performance management. It can be said that incentive mechanisms, development of learning and marketing capacities, income generation and attraction of financial sponsors, raising the level of emotional intelligence, creating or strengthening other performance management components of the cycling federation will facilitate and help the development of this sport.