davod azizi; Parvaneh Gelard; Mehdi Salimi
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The study is to present a qualitative model for self-efficacy of top sports managers. This study was a qualitative one which was conducted using Grounded Theory with the approach of Charmaz. The statistical population was composed of experts aware of the field of research who were sampled purposefully ...
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The study is to present a qualitative model for self-efficacy of top sports managers. This study was a qualitative one which was conducted using Grounded Theory with the approach of Charmaz. The statistical population was composed of experts aware of the field of research who were sampled purposefully and by snowball method. In this study, the data reached the stage of theoretical saturation after conducting 13 interviews. The data were analyzed at three stages: open, axial and selective coding using MAXQDA software. After discovering the open codes at the first stage, 14 axial codes were provided and entitled as organizational factors, organizational performance, thinking style, job solution, trust, persuasion, individual performance, professional development, emotional intelligence, learning, group performance, experiences, and collective and individual self-efficacy. Based on the combination of the layers extracted from the theoretical coding stage (components of self-efficacy, effective factors (circumstances) and desired outcomes), the research theory and final model were created. According to the research results, studying and strengthening the components affecting self-efficacy can affect the self-efficacy of sports managers at the individual and collective level and ultimately lead to performance improvement at different levels in the organization.
Mona Rezaei; Ahmad Hassan Zadeh; Keyvan Molla Norouzi; Morteza Ghalibaf Tousi Nejad; Behrooz Montaghemi
Volume 19, Issue 49 , December 2020, , Pages 295-310
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The study is to examine the relationship between the self-efficacy and imagery ability with the performance of elite table tennis players. The statistical population included 57 elite table tennis players under the age of 21 years who managed to attend the national final tournament of single player ...
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The study is to examine the relationship between the self-efficacy and imagery ability with the performance of elite table tennis players. The statistical population included 57 elite table tennis players under the age of 21 years who managed to attend the national final tournament of single player to determine the rank of players from 1 to 32. Thirty-two of these players were randomly selected through the accessible sampling method. The research method was a descriptive-correlational one by which Bandura Personal Self-Efficacy (2009) (PSE) (α = 0/87(questionnaire was used as the tool for measuring data. Gold and Weisberg questionnaire was employed to measure internal-external mental imagery ability (2010) (α = 0/8 (. Data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics as well as Spearman correlation coefficient to test the association between the self-efficacy and internal-external mental imagery ability and performance. The results indicated that there was a significant association between the external mental-imagery ability and performance, but no such relationship between the internal mental-imagery ability and performance. It was concluded that self-efficacy is a good predictor of performance in competition.
