Saied Ghorbani; Bahman Tayyebi; Gholam Hassan Rahman Nia; Kianoosh Deylami
Volume 17, Issue 40 , September 2018, , Pages 43-58
Abstract
The study is to identify factors influencing success and wane of talented sports in Golestan province during last decade. Statistical population consisted of all managers and experts of sport and youth office of Golestan province (including 180 individuals selected according to the Morgan table and filled ...
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The study is to identify factors influencing success and wane of talented sports in Golestan province during last decade. Statistical population consisted of all managers and experts of sport and youth office of Golestan province (including 180 individuals selected according to the Morgan table and filled both success and failure questionnaires) as well as officials of boards, trainers and athletes of to-be-investigated sports (48 for the success and 28 for wane part, all completed related questionnaires). So, statistical sample included 166 individuals for success and 146 individuals for wane part. Two questionnaires were used to identify factors influencing success and decline. These questionnaires included eight components of coaching and human resources development, motivation and support of human resources, athlete's talent identification and education, sports competitions and camps, management, hardware, budget and finance, and coordination and communication. Validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts and their reliability was evaluated by the Cronbach's alpha formula and their coefficient was higher than 0/80. The results showed that budget and finance, and coordination and communications were the most important factors affecting success of talented sports. Moreover, development of coaches and human resources, and athlete's talent identification and education were the most important factors influencing wane of talented sports. Beside the essential technical and task-oriented areas, factors such as budget and finance, human resources, and talent identification could be introduced as most important factors influencing success and wane of sports.
Bahman Tayebi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarrokhi; Mohammad Hashemi Siavashani
Volume 16, Issue 37 , December 2017, , Pages 195-203
Abstract
The study is to explain the variables determining education and empowerment at Sport Boards of Golestan Province. The research is Descriptive- Survey of executive opinion and applied on the basis of objective. The population is all ...
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The study is to explain the variables determining education and empowerment at Sport Boards of Golestan Province. The research is Descriptive- Survey of executive opinion and applied on the basis of objective. The population is all employees of the Sport Boards of Golestan Province (President, vice president, secretaries, treasurers, office officials). The sample is considered equivalent to the population. Data collection was conducted through standard questionnaires of education and empowerment that was set based on the Five-item Likert scale. To determine the validity, the content and face validity were used. To determine the reliability, the cronbach’s alpha calculated as per the education and empowerment and a total more than %70. To analyze the data, the one sample T-Test and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used. The results showed that education and empowerment are relatively favorable conditions and their score is above average. Also, in-service training is the most effective staff training among the explanatory variables. The most effective empowerment in Sports Boards at Golestan province is that Employees feel they deserve workplace.