shahram Nazari; Mohammad hosein Ghorbani; Mohsen Khomarloo; Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
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The study is to assess the job competencies of public relations managers of the General Departments of Sports and Youth in Iran. This research was applied in terms of purpose and was survey in terms of strategy. The statistical population included all managers and employees of public relations departments ...
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The study is to assess the job competencies of public relations managers of the General Departments of Sports and Youth in Iran. This research was applied in terms of purpose and was survey in terms of strategy. The statistical population included all managers and employees of public relations departments in the Ministry of Sport and Youth (n=25), General Departments of Sports and Youth of the provinces (n=82) and Sports and Youth Departments of provincial centers (n=53) (total=160). Based on the whole sampling method, all individuals in the community were selected as the sample. To collect the data, Ranjbar (2017) “Public Relations Managers Competency Questionnaire” was used. To analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis models were used in Amos software and Friedman test in SPSS software. Research findings showed Model of job competencies of PR with 3 dimensions of Public, Social, and function Competence and 12 components of Perceptual, Contingent, Executive, Workgroup, Leadership, Networking, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Social Relationship Has public relations professional, event management, crisis communication management and cash management. Also, according to the results of Friedman test, the competencies of PR managers in the order of priority were: social competencies, public competencies and functional competencies. Sports organizations should pay attention to the selection of managers with general, social, and functional competencies , since these competencies are important factors in enhancing communication skills and improving relationships with the community and individuals.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami; Habib Honari; Gholam Ali Karegar; Javad Shahlaei Bagheri
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Understanding issues and problems of sport requires a scientific, experimental and developmental viewpoint. The study is to explore the effective factors in the development of chess in Iran with international approach. The used research method was survey and exploratory and the required information was ...
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Understanding issues and problems of sport requires a scientific, experimental and developmental viewpoint. The study is to explore the effective factors in the development of chess in Iran with international approach. The used research method was survey and exploratory and the required information was obtained using documentary studies and interviews with experts. The statistical population of the study contained university professors with specialization in chess in different levels and national and international levels. The sampling method was theoretical and the interview protocol tool was used to reach the theoretical saturation with experts (17 interviews with 14 people). Also, the reliability of the interviews was obtained by re-test method (0/83). In total, the data were identified and categorized using open, pivot and selective coding, which includes 22 open codes, 7 pivot codes and 4 selective codes. In general, there were 4 main concepts of development of chess in Iran with international approach including implementing a desirable model of development, globalization, technology and sport diplomacy which attention to the above factors would lead to the development of chess in international level.
