Arsalan Choulaki; ramazan karimi
Abstract
In the field of sports, due to rapid technological developments, knowledge-based affairs and intense competition, the selection and appointment of qualified managers based on specific criteria is one of the most important and sensitive issues in the work process of sports federations.The main purpose ...
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In the field of sports, due to rapid technological developments, knowledge-based affairs and intense competition, the selection and appointment of qualified managers based on specific criteria is one of the most important and sensitive issues in the work process of sports federations.The main purpose of this study is to identify the drivers of the election of heads of sports federations in Iran. This research is applied, qualitative and has an inductive approach. In order to analyze the data obtained from semi-structured interviews, the thematic analysis method was used. The statistical population of the study was knowledgeable individuals of sports federations and faculty members of universities who were selected using purposive sampling method with snowball approach. The data from the semi-structured interviews were saturated after the 23rd interview. The result of qualitative data analysis was the identification of 123 concept codes, 65 basic themes and 7 organizational themes including "socio-communication parameters", "sports specialization requirements", "communication skills", "political behavior" and "managerial abilities", "intellectual capital management". And "personality parameters" were presented in the form of a model. Finally, based on the results, some suggestions were made in this area. Finally, in addition to designing and presenting the network model of research topics, it was found that managerial abilities with 408 repetitions had the most role and political behavior with 61 repetitions had the least role in selecting the presidents of sports federations.