نشریه مدیریت منابع انسانی در ورزش
سال یکم شماره 1 (پاییز و زمستان 1392)

The purpose of this study was finding relationship between empowerment and job security in sport and youth office employees in Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.
The research population was all sport and youth office employees in Kermanshah and Ilam provinces that in the years (2013-2014), were 150 people. Statistical sample according to Morgan sampling method was 108 that selected by random. In order to collect the necessary information about empowerment and its components, we used two questionnaires made by Spreitzer et al and Sverke et al. Data collected from the tests were analyze by Pearson's correlation and regression.
The results showed that there is positive correlation between empowerment and job security (r =0.70, p =0.001). In addition, there is a direct significant relationship between the sense of significance, competence, independence (self-determination), and influence with job security. At last, regression analysis showed that more than 50 percent of the job security variations is predictable by components of empowerment.
Physical education offices can increase their staffs’ ability to meet their job needs as well as job security by means of investing in their empowerment. The results of this research showed that the sense of significance, competence, independence (self-determination), and influencing on organizational outcomes are necessary to improve job security

The purpose of this research was to analyze the existing problems in female championship sports in Guilan province.
It was an application research which uses descriptive-survey as its methodology. The statistical population included all active female athletes- at national, international, super league levels- in Guilan province as well as female coaches, sport experts, board deputies and referees. Statistical sample were 300 people who were chosen by self oriented way. A researcher made questionnaire which was approved by university professors and experts and was tested by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient (α =0.91) was the data gathering tool. Descriptive and deductive statistical methods (Friedman, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and independent variable) were also used for data analysis.
The results indicate that influential factors in female championship sports fall into social, economical, managerial, technical and personal categories. Prioritizing the factors, it was found out that social and economical factors have the most and personal factor has the least influence. A significant difference also exists among respondents with different educational level and age groups in prioritizing the factors.
Female athletes have the potential to highest achievements in championship sports, but only if there would be administrative support to overcome the obstacles especially social and economic ones. Improvement in media coverage, attracting sponsors, decreasing athlete's economical problems, increased budget, change in social attitude and increased social support of championship sports as well as setting an example for young female athletes can solve the issues of this sector of sports in Guilan province.

The purpose of the study was relationship of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among full time staff of the selected sport federations.
The methodology was descriptive and type of correlation. The population was 220 full-time employees of eleven elected federations of sports medicine, athletics, cycling, judo, basketball, swimming, karate, archery, bowling, chess and table tennis. Instruments used for the research was an emotional intelligence questionnaire of Siberiashring (1998), organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire of Netemeyer and et al (1977) and organizational commitment of Mowday, Steers and Porter (1979). For analysis of data used descriptive and inductive statistics (simple linear regression and sequential regression).
Results showed that positive and significant relationship was between emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior (r =0.40, p =0.001). Also, positive and significant relationship was between organization commitment and organizational citizenship behavior (r =0.46, p =0.001). Regression results showed that age, job background, emotional intelligence and organizational commitment in total anticipated 28% of organizational citizenship behavior variance.
Concluded that emotional intelligence and organizational commitment and some demographic factors including age, job background has important factors in showing organizational citizenship behavior of employees in sport federations. Suggest that for increase of efficiency in sport federations, managers had the particular attention to psychological factors.

The purpose of this study was the analysis of expert’s views on the challenges of National coach evaluation with decision-oriented approach.
This study was conducted on descriptive survey way. A questionnaire consists of 35 components that have been used by Hamidi & Memari (2012). For collecting the data, were asked 450 people as professors, and elite athletes, elite coaches, and managers with high experience in athletics sport, and experts that were active in first and second ranked federations. Finally, 407 questionnaires were analyzed.
Coach Evaluation priority was leadership skills & technical skills, and special skills & practical skills have been equal priority, and finally, communication skills were final priority. In the desired status, difference between the five groups at all examined criteria was significant (P Most coaches are evaluated based on their leadership skills, but according to the result of view, that is better, their especial skills and leadership skills, and subsequently based on their technical skills and operational skills are the next priorities.

Spectators like athletes are main customers of sport who their attendance motivation in competition is very important. So the purpose of this study was to examine spectators’ attendance motivation and satisfaction of Iran Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling super league competitions.
This was a descriptive study and Statistical Population were all spectators over than 14 years old (100,000 people) who attending to watch competitions that 384 people were selected as sample according to Morgan Table. Researcher-made questionnaire of Spectators’ attendance motivation and satisfaction was compiled by using the theoretical study of basic variables and investigating five external questionnaires which reviewed and refined by 8 management and psychology experts. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient Confirmed with the 0.67 and 0.85 respectively. Data has been analyzed by using Friedman test and Spearman correlation (p The results showed that the motivations of sport and team identity, success and enjoyment and technical and administrative position were the most important factors of wrestling spectators’ motivational attendance respectively. However there was a low and significant relationship between all aspects of motivational and satisfaction of spectators, but there was a more relationship between loyalty motivation and interest and access with satisfaction of spectators.
The positive relationship between motivation and satisfaction’ spectators in all aspects, show as much reinforce the motivational factors and provide spectator’s attendance, so meet their satisfaction and their re-presence will be further.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relation between Knowledge Management and employees Creativity in Physical Education Organization of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad .
The statistical population of this study was all the employees members of the physical education organization of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (N=50) and the size of the population were selected as, the size of the sample. For gathering data, two standard questionnaires, driven from knowledge management ( Lowson, 2003) and creativity ( Randsepp, 1979) were used . Validity of questionnaires was achieved through considering the comments of professors of management and planning in physical education course and by using Cronbach’s alpha test the reliability of knowledge management and creativity questionnaires were found to be 0.90 and 0.92, respectively. The research method is correlational and has been done through field method. Descriptive scales and Kolmogorov - Smirnov statistical tests, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
The results of correlation test indicated th at there is a positive and significant relation (r=0.733, P=0.001) between Knowledge Management and Creativity . Furthermore between components knowledge creation (r=0.423, P=0.014), the absorption of knowledge (r=0.62, P=0.002), the knowledge of organizati on (r=0.391, P=0.024), the knowledge of stored (r=0.553, P=0.001), the knowledge of Publication ( r=0.796, P=0.003), the knowledge of application ( r=0.652, P=0.001) with creativity and positive and significant relationship was observed .
Furthermore the results of regression analysis showed that knowledge publication is expect ed to qualify creativity . As regards that knowledge management has a significant role in improving employees creativity , the sports responsible should seek to remove barriers and provide the settlement context of knowledge management in organizations are and labor organizations have a role in improving performance over the pastdrawn attention.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational learning capabilities and organizational agility in Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth.
Research method was the type of descriptive-correlation and the statistical population included of all experts of this ministry in the year 2013. According to Morgan table, 169 subjects constituted the study statistical sample (n=169). For this purpose, organizational learning capability (Gomez, 2005) and organizational agility (Spitzer, 2007) questionnaires were used that reliability by Cronbach's alpha was (α=0.945 & 0.938). Descriptive and inferential statistics methods were utilized for data analysis at a significant level (p≤0.05).
Research results indicated that the systems perspectives subscale for organizational learning (2.48±0.45) and total quality management for organizational agility (2.62±0.57) acquired the highest average in comparison with the other variables dimensions. Also, there was a positive and significant correlation between organizational learning and organizational agility (p=0.001, r=0.816). According to the linear relationship among variables and the assumption of errors independence from each other, predictor variables (organizational learning capabilities) revealed 64% changes in the rate of organizational agility.
Totally, according to the findings of this research, it is recommended that the Officials and policymakers ministry of sports and youth to pay special attention to the staff learning and provide creative and innovative ways to improve the structure and functioning of the organization In order to achieve have an agile organization.