Designing a paradigm model of strategic alignment in Iran's sport federations

The present study was designed and implemented with the aim of designing a paradigm model of strategic alignment in Iran's sport federations. In the qualitative section, the statistical population includes prominent sports professors with a history of working in sports federations and some managers of selected sports federations, and in the quantitative section, it included the managers and employees of sports federations. In the qualitative section, 15 participants were selected through purposive sampling, and in the quantitative section, 176 participants were selected through random convenience sampling. In this study, the data collection tools were the semi-structured interviews and the researcher-made questionnaires. The present study applied the grounded theory approach in the qualitative section and the structural equation method in the quantitative section to analyze the data using SmartPLS software. The qualitative section found that the items were grouped in 9 categories and 43 concept codes within six dimensions of the paradigm model. The quantitative section found that all six primary components of the study had an appropriate fit; therefore, in total, the study model had a good fit. Also, the relations in the research model were confirmed (t value greater than 1.96). Since strategic alignment in sports federations can significantly influence all aspects of sports development in the country, it is recommended that the necessary measures be taken based on the proposed model to increase strategic alignment in sports federations.