Maryam Amooei; Farahnaz Shams; Ehsan Tatari; leila mirvahedi
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Analyzing the Role of Social Capital in Sports Event Security Management: A Qualitative Study Based on Putnam's Theory
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This study aimed to elucidate the role of social capital in managing security at sports events in Iran, with a specific focus on three core components: trust, reciprocal ...
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Analyzing the Role of Social Capital in Sports Event Security Management: A Qualitative Study Based on Putnam's Theory
Abstract
This study aimed to elucidate the role of social capital in managing security at sports events in Iran, with a specific focus on three core components: trust, reciprocal norms, and collaborative networks.
Employing a qualitative research design grounded in the data theory approach, this investigation was conducted within a systematic Input-Process-Output (IPO) framework. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 key stakeholders, including security officials, sports administrators, spectators, and event organizers, and subsequently analyzed using a three-phase coding methodology (open, axial, and selective coding).
The findings demonstrate that these three dimensions of social capital serve as critical mediating factors influencing security outcomes at sporting events. The study reveals that enhanced interpersonal trust, the cultivation of responsible behavioral norms, and strengthened inter-organizational networks collectively contribute to reduced conflict incidents and improved public perceptions of safety. The proposed conceptual framework offers both theoretical and practical foundations for developing comprehensive security policies in the sports domain, suggesting a paradigm shift from purely regulatory approaches to more socially embedded security management strategies.
Keywords: Social Capital, Sports Event Security, Institutional Trust, Social Norms, Collaborative Networks, Grounded Theory.
Leila Mirvahedi; Zohreh Meshkati; Rokhsareh Badami; Sahar Faeghi
Volume 20, Issue 52 , September 2021, , Pages 41-58
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Cultural intelligence, as one of the most important communication skills of the 21st century in the field of sport, helps increase effective communication between athletes, coaches and sport managers, and with diverse cultural and social backgrounds to enable them to interact. Builders help promote their ...
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Cultural intelligence, as one of the most important communication skills of the 21st century in the field of sport, helps increase effective communication between athletes, coaches and sport managers, and with diverse cultural and social backgrounds to enable them to interact. Builders help promote their sporting goals. Due to the important role of this skill in the field of sport, the study is to identify the cultural intelligence outputs in Iranian sports community using meta-analysis approach among the researches. The method of the study is quantitative meta-analysis. Of the 32 valid studies (with validity and reliability), 17 documents were selected as sample size in terms of quality, validity and meta-analysis criteria. The data collected were analyzed by CMA software. According to the research findings, 11 variables were identified: Conflict resolution ability and quality of work life had the highest effect size, perceived enjoyment of the least effective physical activity and variables of effectiveness, motivation for success, leadership style, individual performance, team cohesion, ethical responsibility, job performance, and organizational intelligence. The overall effect size was (0/419). Given the importance of cultural intelligence skills in communicating effectively and enhancing the achievement of sporting success in the field of sport, the attention of cultural and sporting policymakers is essential to create, maintain and promote this in a strategic capacity.
