sedigheh salehi; mina mostahfezian; masoud naderian jahromi; shahram aroufzad
Abstract
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.
