sedigheh salehi; mina mostahfezian; masoud naderian jahromi; shahram aroufzad
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The study is to identify barriers to substitution in the General Departments of Sports and Youth of Iran. It was applied research based on the purpose and data collection was done by mixed exploratory method (in the first part, the barriers were identified qualitatively and in the second part, ...
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The study is to identify barriers to substitution in the General Departments of Sports and Youth of Iran. It was applied research based on the purpose and data collection was done by mixed exploratory method (in the first part, the barriers were identified qualitatively and in the second part, the barriers were leveled quantitatively-qualitatively). The participants included professors of sports management, managers of general departments of sports and youth of the country and 12 interviews were conducted using theoretical purposive sampling method based on theoretical saturation criteria. The 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. The 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 substitution in the general departments of sports and youth are structural barriers, economic barriers and poor management. Therefore, given that structural barriers rank highest among other barriers affecting the establishment of a succession system, managers should define the job descriptions of key positions, and periodic evaluations of individuals should be made according to the talent of individuals, and then the positions are considered for them.
alireza kamalian; shahram alam; shahram aroufzad
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The study is to present a comprehensive model for the popularization of sports in Isfahan, for which the first (qualitative) purpose was referred to experts in the physical activity of sport for all in the province and through in-depth interviews based on grounded theory of data collection from them. ...
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The study is to present a comprehensive model for the popularization of sports in Isfahan, for which the first (qualitative) purpose was referred to experts in the physical activity of sport for all in the province and through in-depth interviews based on grounded theory of data collection from them. Then, the data obtained from fifteen interviews were coded and analyzed using the data theorizing method of the Foundation. This study was of a combined method of mixed exploratory research projects. Due to the quality of the study; the snowball sampling method was used. A total of 15 public sports experts in the province were interviewed. The statistical population and sample size in the second phase were 135 based on Morgan's table and the sampling method was stratified randomly. The data collection tool in the second phase was a 70-item questionnaire, which was prepared based on the public sports model of Isfahan province in the first phase. A total of 140 open-source codes were obtained from the analysis. The 140 extracted codes were converted into 64 core codes. In the third step, in grouping the codes, the core codes extracted from the interviews were grouped and then the created groups were compared with each other to identify and extract the main groups and dimensions of each one. In general aggregation of three levels, behavioral, organizational and environmental, and 16 components of the main level subset, 64 code-axis subset components were extracted. At the level of behavioral factors, the priorities of the components were: 1- General factors 2- Personal factors 3- Basic factors. At the contextual (environmental) level, the priorities of the components were: 1- Collective environment 2- Economic environment 3- Diplomatic environment 4- Living environment 5- Environment cross-border 6- Cultural environment. At the level of structural (managerial) factors, priority of components respectively was: 1- Equipment of the minister of structures 2- Rules and instructions 3- Human capital and financial support jointly 4- Technical knowledge 5- Supporters.
At the end, the suggestions taken from the research results are presented as solutions to improve the situation of sport for all in Isfahan province.
Alireza Zamani Nukaabadi; shahram aroufzad; Rasool Nazari; Ahmadreza Movahedi
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The goal of this study was identifying and confirming sport coaching' themes by using mixed method Approach. Participants in qualitative part were twenty sport coaches and athletes whom had specific criteria purposefully for deep interveiews selected. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis method. ...
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The goal of this study was identifying and confirming sport coaching' themes by using mixed method Approach. Participants in qualitative part were twenty sport coaches and athletes whom had specific criteria purposefully for deep interveiews selected. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis method. In a small step, a questionnaire was prepared using qualitative stage data and after obtaining confirmation of the content validity of the experts, it was completed by 380 respondents. The results of the structural equation model confirmed all the themes. The three basic themes included interpersonal, intrapersonal, and contextutal, respectively. Intrapersonal contained management (organizing, employment, direction, planning, evaluation), coaching skills (humanistic-comunicational, technical-instructional, perceptual-leadership, political), coaching behavior (directional-social, supportive-cultural, specific behavior) and social relations (with associates, stockholders, athletes, media). Intrapersonal theme contained characteristics (psychic, ethical, personal), philosophy (artistic thinking, love to coaching, core believes and values), knowledge (transfer knowledge, theoric, practical,), and interest to grow and excellence (continues learning, moral of research, apprentice,). Contextual themes contained play role (model, specialism, teacher), match situation (tactic, strategy, logestic readiness for match, winning), practice situation (instruction of tactic, technic, promot of fitness), and contextual situations (pupose of sport, players, sport environment). The findings showed that in addition to the themes related to the coach, they have many different roles, tasks and activities, so they need like an orchestration, their own knowledge and art to lay the groundwork for the components and use for each specific situation.
