Ali Khaledifard; Seyedeh Nahid Shetab Bushehri; Amin Khatibi; Sedighe Heydarinejad
Abstract
The study is to identify and analyze the contextual and intervening factors affecting the creation of sustainable employment of sports sciences graduates. It was conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach. The statistical population consisted of experts was aware of the research topic. ...
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The study is to identify and analyze the contextual and intervening factors affecting the creation of sustainable employment of sports sciences graduates. It was conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach. The statistical population consisted of experts was aware of the research topic. The sampling method was theoretical. In-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts to collect the data. The data reached theoretical saturation after 16 interviews. To assess validity and transferability, the research findings were presented to the participants and their points of view were applied. The intra-subject agreement method was used for reliability which was reported about 0/82.
The findings related to contextual factors represented 29 main concepts and 4 sub-categories (Policy and planning, economic and financial factors, university relationship with society and industry, professional competence in sports) and the findings related to intervening factors represented 27 main concepts and 5 sub-categories including (Technological, cultural and social factors, political factors, reconstruction of sports science, communication and networking). Therefore, in order to make the right decision in the field of creating and developing sustainable employment for sports sciences graduates by policymakers in the field of sports, it is necessary to identify the importance of contextual and intervening factors and providing the best conditions.
