sedigheh salehi; mina mostahfezian; masoud naderian jahromi; shahram aroufzad
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the main purpose of this study is to examine the barriers to success development. It is in the general departments of sports and youth of Iran. Based on the purpose of applied research and in terms of data collection was done by mixed exploratory method. Participants included professors of sports management, ...
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the main purpose of this study is to examine the barriers to success development. It is in the general departments of sports and youth of Iran. Based on the purpose of applied research and in terms of data collection was done by mixed exploratory method. Participants included professors of sports management, managers of general departments of sports and youth of the country and the method of theoretical purposive sampling with snowball technique and based on theoretical saturation criteria was used. Data collection tools were semi-structured interview and structural self-interaction matrix questionnaire. In the first part, the data were categorized using thematic analysis method and in the form of basic, organized and comprehensive themes. Also, using the interpretive structural model, the identified obstacles were classified. Barriers to the development of substitution in the general departments of sports and youth as a comprehensive theme including 54 basic themes and 7 organizational themes (lack of meritocracy culture, individual barriers, poor management, economic barriers, legal barriers, structural barriers and Political-communication barriers) which were classified into 5 levels and it was found that the most basic barriers to the development of substitution in the general departments of sports and youth are structural barriers, economic barriers and poor management. By focusing on removing the identified barriers, we can expect the continuation of the quality of human resources in the general departments of sports and youth of the country.
hossein mazaheri; mina mostahfezian; masoud naderian jahromi; mahnaz marvi
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This Descriptive-correlational study aimed to provide a model to predict organizational performance based on unlearning and by considering the mediating role of intellectual capital and innovative behavior. The study population consisted of all employees of Sports and Youth Departments of Iran, among ...
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This Descriptive-correlational study aimed to provide a model to predict organizational performance based on unlearning and by considering the mediating role of intellectual capital and innovative behavior. The study population consisted of all employees of Sports and Youth Departments of Iran, among whom 384 individuals were selected as the sample using cluster sampling. The data were collected using paper and electronic questionnaires and analyzed in AMOS using the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. The reliability of the Unlearning Questionnaire (Navarro and Polo, 2008), Intellectual Capital Questionnaire of Bontis (1998), Bruce and Scott’s (1994) Innovative Behavior Scale, and Organizational Performance Questionnaire (Winand et al., 2014) was confirmed with Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.83, 0.96, 0.94, and 0.97, respectively. The proposed model fitted the data well; thus, the path coefficients were all significant. Unlearning had significant positive effects on organizational performance through intellectual capital and innovative behavior. In addition, unlearning had the largest impact (0.96%) on intellectual capital than on other research variables. Therefore, managers of Sports and Youth Departments of Iran are recommended to adopt unlearning strategies in the workplace to replace employees’ old knowledge with new knowledge, and thereby increase intellectual capital and promote innovative behavior and ideas in the desired organizations. This will help organizations to improve their performance in today’s ever-changing environment.
maryam magidi; hamid zahedi; mahnaz marvi; mina mostahfezian
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the factors affecting the socialization of disabled athletes through sports. In order to present the model, the theme analysis approach was used and the corresponding model was confirmed through exploratory factor analysis. In this research, a total of 20 interviews ...
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the factors affecting the socialization of disabled athletes through sports. In order to present the model, the theme analysis approach was used and the corresponding model was confirmed through exploratory factor analysis. In this research, a total of 20 interviews were conducted until theoretical saturation was reached. Then, the researcher-made questionnaire resulting from the qualitative phase was completed by 294 samples of disabled athletes. The findings showed eight factors: raising awareness and creating culture using the media, believing in the necessity of exercise and the impossibility of replacing it, creating a platform and the opportunity to access sports facilities by providing infrastructure, equipment and sports facilities in a fair manner, psychological and social empowerment, and improving health and style. Life can be improved by creating motivational platforms, supporting institutions and political support and executive bodies for the disabled, the supportive role of coaches and teachers and family in encouraging sports, the need for financial and economic support, overcoming the challenges of disability to enter the sports and competition arena. The socialization of disabled athletes through sports should be effective. According to these eight investigated factors effective in the socialization process of disabled athletes, it can be concluded that the socialization of disabled people through sports requires attention and efforts to create favorable conditions.
Mohamad Moradi; mina mostahfezian; Hamid Ghasemi; hamid zahedi
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The research is to design an organizational dynamics model for the Ministry of Sport and Youth. This research had a qualitative approach, which was carried out using data foundation theory. The statistical population included professors of sports management and managers of the Ministry of Sports and ...
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The research is to design an organizational dynamics model for the Ministry of Sport and Youth. This research had a qualitative approach, which was carried out using data foundation theory. The statistical population included professors of sports management and managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, which were sampled purposefully, using the snowball method. The data reached theoretical saturation after 14 interviews. To analyze the data, the coding method was used in three stages: open, axial and selective coding. The number of open codes was 382 and the core codes were 40, which included causal conditions (human resources, growth areas, management style, organizational culture, technology, acceptance of change, competitiveness, organizational policies, strategy, structure and flexibility) Underlying conditions (self-actualization, brainstorming, rapid change, competence, evaluation and control, collaboration, communication and creativity), intervening conditions (leadership style, poor human resources, rejection of change, dynamic complexity, high speed of change, poor response and lack of Flexibility), strategies (employing creative managers, continuous training, new leadership styles, flat structures, new ideas and new technologies) and consequences (organizational productivity, organizational performance, quick response, flexibility, organizational agility, taking advantage of new opportunities, Survival in the competition arena and customer orientation).
Therefore, the managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth and their subordinate organizations are advised to use the proposed model derived from the research, in order to develop dynamism in their organizations to respond faster and adapt to new rules and conditions, creatively and discover innovative processes and achieve the desired goals of the organization.
maryam vafakhah; Mehdi Salimi; mina mostahfezian; Reza Shajie
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Evidence in Iran shows that the management of sports facilities and venues is far from international standards. Meanwhile, the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSE) is one of the most complete and effective management systems that can help meet this challenge. Based on this, the present ...
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Evidence in Iran shows that the management of sports facilities and venues is far from international standards. Meanwhile, the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSE) is one of the most complete and effective management systems that can help meet this challenge. Based on this, the present study evaluates the sustainable performance of Azadi Sports Complex in Tehran with the HSE approach. This research is of descriptive-analytical type and has been conducted in the field-library. The time frame of this research is 1399 and its location is the sports venues of Azadi Sports Complex in Tehran, which are classified into two categories: places under the management of the complex and places under the management of sports federations. In this study, the data envelopment analysis approach was used to evaluate the sustainable performance of the mentioned places. The results showed that the relative efficiency of DMU1 (places under collection management) is equal to 0.44 and the relative efficiency of DMU2 (places under the supervision of sports federations) is equal to 1.0, which indicates the decision unit DMU2's decision making is relatively better than DMU1 decision making unit. Perhaps because the scope of supervision of places under the control of sports federations is more and they receive their budget directly from the company for the development and maintenance of sports venues in the country
