نشریه پژوهش های معاصر در مدیریت ورزشی
پیاپی 20 (پاییز و زمستان 1399)

The purpose of this study was the role of knowledge acquisition capacities in the General Department of Sports and Youth of Khuzestan Province with emphasis on organizational entrepreneurship and innovative performance. Descriptive-survey research method and in terms of applied purpose that was collected in the field. The statistical population was all employees of sports and youth departments of Khuzestan province that finally 150 people participated in the research. The Garsiamorales et al. (2013), Martin Rojas et al. (2013) and Gandhi et al. Formal and content validity were reviewed by 5 professors of sports management and broadcast after corrections. Convergent and divergent validity also indicated the validity of the questionnaire constructs. Findings showed that absorption capacity indices have a significant effect on organizational entrepreneurship and innovative performance (P <0.05). In general, the absorption of knowledge in its various dimensions has an impact on organizational entrepreneurship and innovative performance and can increase this organization to develop and promote entrepreneurship and use the creative capacities of managers and the entire workforce in the organization and make it useful. Deliver organizational entrepreneurship can be developed when the knowledge and creativity of employees can reach the stage of exploitation, and through this, the organization will be guided for a different performance than before and an innovative performance in line with organizational goals.

The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the effective indicators on the development of social capital through sport in urban society and presenting the model. The purpose of this study is to investigate the type of research in terms of the type of data search (quantitative and qualitative) and in terms of analytical and descriptive-exploratory data analysis. The statistical population of the research is in the qualitative section including management experts and sport sociology. The snowball sampling method was selected by 20 people. The society in the quantitative section includes all faculty members of sport management and sociologists of universities of the country. According to Morgan's sample table, 155 were selected and randomly selected. A tool for collecting research data in the qualitative section of the deep and exploratory interview and in the small part of the researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 113 questions and 6 components. To analyze the data and to answer the research hypotheses, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods were used with SPSS version 21 and LISREL 8/8. The findings of the research showed that the identified indicators affecting the development of social capital through sport in the urban community include the component of voluntary associations, the component of sports participation, component The center of sports fans' support is the sport championship component, the component of sports media and the component of ritual sports.

This research was aimed at designing an IT infrastructure model from the perspective of experts in sport organizations. The present study was conducted in terms of qualitative method and in terms of information gathering with phenomenological strategy and deep interviewing. The statistical population of the study was a group familiar with the topic of sports experts (Sports Information Technology Activists, university professors, technology and infrastructure players in sports organizations). In terms of collecting information, snowball method with 15 experts' opinion was reached on theoretical saturation The findings of the deep interview with the open, focal and selective coding of the technology infrastructure model have come to the attention of the sports experts that the technology knowledge, network communication, architecture and data services, technology management, technology foundations, compatibility and technology speed are the main components This infrastructure was considered to be more reliable than encoding factors with software The MaxQDE version 12, with two familiar codecs and a % 81 agreement rate, could be used to facilitate the launch of technology in sport.

Strategic thinking is a process that the top managers view the daily crises from a wide perspective and offer different solutions in order to solve organization problems. Chess is an intellectual sport that involves higher thinking ability and a chess player strategically moves his or her pieces on the chessboard. Chess management model not only modeling the game, it has also been an integrated part of all the management and leadership styles that have emerged in the world. The purpose of the present study was to construct and validate a tool to measure chess management for Iranian sport organizations. The study was conducted through a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methods. First, by studying the theoretical background and consulting with the experts, the qualitative data were prepared and as the result the initial form of questionnaire was constructed. The initial data were analyzed in an exploratory factor analysis to determine the factors through using the principal component method in orthogonal rotation. In order to evaluate the psychometric indices, a sample of 120 participants from the population responded to the questionnaire. After quantitative and qualitative processes were conducted, a final chess management questionnaire with 36 items was constructed and in the final stage a sample of 334 participants from the population responded to the questionnaire. The results of exploratory and confirmatory showed that the constructed instrument has sufficient stability and validity to measure chess management processes in Iranian sport organizations.

The purpose of this study was to design a model of professional competences in selecting sport managers.The method of this study was causal-descriptive which was done by survey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 5101 managers of different levels related to the subject of research (high level, middle level and low level) of Isfahan province. The sampling method of this stratified randomized study (management levels) was proportional to sample size and based on Krejcie and Morgan table 361 individuals were selected as statistical sample. The research instruments were library studies, Delphi method and researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.91 after conducting a preliminary study and determining the variance of the questions through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Structural equation test was used to analyze the findings.The results showed that the respondents' average view of the status of professional competence in the selection of sport managers in the components of: Business procedure, communication, supervision and evaluation, management and technique management/risk management, sport foundation, programming techniques, organizational culture and professional ethics, performance management and learning improvement, and responsibility/result oriented. Therefore, consideration of the key indicators in the selection of sport managers will help these managers move better toward predetermined goals.

The general purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction in relation between organizational justice and job commitment in sports federations staffs. A correlation experiment was conducted using a structural equation modeling study was conducted in a sample including 410 employees of sports federations. To collect data, Colquitt organizational justice, Caliskan & Baydar Satisfaction Scale for Athlete, and Allen & Meyer's job commitment questionnaires were used. Analyze of data, was done by correlation, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS and LISREL softewares. The results showed that the organizational justice significantly explained, the changes in job commitment (42%), and job satisfaction (53%) of staff (p < 0.01) and Among the dimensions of justice, dimensions of distributive justice and procedural justice affect job satisfaction and job commitment (p < 0.01); But relational justice dimension does not have significant effect on job satisfaction and job commitment (p>0.05). In addition, justice and job satisfaction affect the emotional and normative dimensions of job commitment (p < 0.01). According to the results of study, the efforts of the Federations' heads to treat employees equally and to promote justice in the workplace can enhance employee job satisfaction and the development and improvement of justice, which leads to the improvement of job satisfaction, can benefit their federation from the positive individual, collective and organizational consequences of organizational justice and job commitment. Therefore, the organizational environment should be such that employees feel equal, fair and satisfied and the motivation to work in that environment increases in them.

The aim of this study was to develop a framework for controlling and compensating for financial losses in the sports industry (Case study: prevalence Corona virus in Iran). The research method was a two-step exploratory combination of instrument making. In the qualitative section, using targeted sampling method and theoretical saturation technique, 18 experts in the field of sports management (to identify the framework of control strategies and compensation of financial losses in the sports industry. The tool used for Identifying the framework for controlling and compensating for financial losses in the sports industry, semi-structured interviews with focus groups (and document study). Linoleum and Guba evaluation methods were used to ensure the validity and reliability of the study. And in a small part, the research method was descriptive-survey the statistical population is studied by all sports specialists and economic and sports activists in the country. According to the sample size of Cochran in uncertain conditions, 384 people were considered as samples. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and structural equation model were used to evaluate the suitability of the research model. The results of the research in the qualitative section showed that the three structural dimensions, the background dimension and the social and supportive dimension emerged as a framework for controlling and compensating for financial losses in the sports industry. And in the quantitative part, the relevant T-value of each factor has a significant effect and all the framework of control strategies and compensation of financial losses in the sports industry was approved. The results also showed that the research model has a good fit.

Organizational identity is one of the most challenging issues in organizations which heavily influences their development. Universities are no exception to this in their attempt to enroll more students in the present competitive situation. The present study aimed at analyzing the effect of organizational identity on the loyalty of students and their willingness to stay longer with the university and participate in the sport activities, taking into account the motivation as an intervening variable. The study was applied in nature and the field data were collected through questionnaires. A sample of 162 participants were selected from the population of 285 people based on Morgan’s Table. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test was used to analyze the obtained data and control the normality of distributions. In order to evaluate the research hypothesis, correlation test was employed and eventually, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the conceptual model of the study using SPSS and LISREL software. Findings suggested that the components of organizational identity had a significant effect on the students’ motivation and as a result, on their loyalty and repeating purchase. It was also found that customers’ motivation had a significant effect on their loyalty and continuous participation in sport activities. The organizational identity is recommended as one of the most important factors affecting the success in enrollment of more students in universities and higher education centers.

The purpose of this study was to develop a model for selecting the head coach and athletes of the Iranian national basketball team using the hierarchical analysis (AHP) method. The applied research method was descriptive. Using the 360-degree technique, the community and statistical sample included presidents and directors of federations and clubs, coaches of club teams, basketball experts, masters of style in basketball, referees, players, reporters, members of the media and leaders. . The sampling method was selected as targeted and snowball. The tools used were interviews and library studies, the interviews were semi-structured. In data analysis, people were first allowed to record the interview, then the interviews were opened using code. In the next step, the open codes were defined as axial codes that were categorized using the hierarchical method of factor analysis. The results showed managerial factor, personality traits, athletic backgrounds and personal characteristics, technical ability, psychology, professional knowledge and behavior and leadership for the criteria for selecting trainers and five technical, physical and physiological factors, background,.

This study aimed to explain the effect of information and communication technology on Intelligencing Iranian sports federations considering the mediating role of knowledge management. The research method was survey descriptive and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads and experts of the country's sports federations in 1398 (N = 750), who were selected as the sample by simple random sampling (256 people) according to the volume. Data collection tools were the standard questionnaire for Hernandez et al.'s ICT, and McCubby’s strategic intelligence questionnaire (2007), emotional intelligence (wang & lo, 2002), environmental intelligence (Agha hoseini, 2001), competitive intelligence, organizational intelligence and stractural intelligence (Rach & Santi) was used to measure various components of organizational intelligence. Structural equation modeling of variance-based approach using PLS software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the highest effect was on the relationship between knowledge management and intelligent organization. ICT also had a relatively high impact on knowledge management, with moderate-intensity ICT affecting the intelligent organization. Information and communication technology had also a positive and significant effect on the intelligent organization through the mediation of knowledge management. It is suggested that the presidents of sports federations invest more in successful knowledge management in order to create the appropriate infrastructure for information and communication technologies in federations. The knowledge management system should be used as a dynamic learning process in problem solving, strategic planning and decision making in order to make the federations smarter.

The purpose of this study was to present the management model of Iranian basketball club fans. The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative. The research approach was mixed (qualitative-quantitative) by exploratory method. In the quantitative section also included managers of the basketball federation, sports management specialists, coaches and players of the Premier League, fans of Iranian basketball clubs. In the qualitative section, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 members of the qualitative community to achieve theoretical saturation, and in the quantitative section, considering that between 5 and 10 samples are required for each question, 428 people were selected as the sample size. The stratified sampling method was considered: the measurement tool of the research in the qualitative part included a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative part of the questionnaire was 63 questions taken from the interview.Exploratory factor analysis was used to psychometric the research structures. The validity of the structure and the confirmation of the factors identified in the previous stage (exploratory factor analysis), the factors were used using the confirmatory factor analysis test by partial squares method. The model fit index was reported to be GOF = 0.42 and the Nash results He said that 9 factors of welfare facilities, fan center, safety and security, cultural and social, information technology, design and attractiveness of the stadium space, marketing, public relations, evaluation affect the management of fans of Iranian basketball clubs.

Sport events would not be feasible without volunteers; therefore, the aim of this study was to functional patohology of voluntary management in the Iranian university sport events.With respect to the main aim of the study, the methodology was qualitative. The sample consisted of those who had the most relevant data from the subject of the study; therefore in this study were used of the purposive sampling documents and interviews that the researcher after 11 interviews with experts people and experienced in this field, reached to theoretical saturation. In accordance with qualitative researches, data were analyzed simultaneously with data collection. Also, for analyze the research data was used of the Wolcott (2008) theme analysis method. The results included the 151 sub-themes and 8 main themes were discovered from the initial codes, from which it was derived of the 103 basic themes and 5 institutor themes. As a result, much reduction in the number of volunteering students for the Iranian university sport events arises from factors and multilateral functional problem, that lack of attention or less attention to each of them leads to major obstacles to development.