Sport Management Studies

The Role of Human Resources in the Economic Growth of Irans Sports Industry

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Seyed Abdolhamid Jalayee 1
Hosein Bakhshandeh 2
Mohsen Esmaili 3
Mehdi Rasooli 3

1 Professor of Economics, Shahid Bahonar University

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Vali Asr (aj) university of rafsanjan

3 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Sport Science Research Institute

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2017.3624.1730
Abstract
The success of any organization depends on the allocation and use of tools, equipment, money, material and human resources of the organization. Among the production factors, human resources that is principal, no doubt has a key role in providing services and is considered as the most important asset of an organization. This study invastigate the effect of short-term and long-term of human resources on the economic growth of Iran’s sports industry, using auoturegresive distributed lag model in the period of (1353-1391). For this purpose, econometric method implemented by using data on sports value added, government size, capital stock of the sports sector and Active population of Sport. The results showed the human resources of sports sector has in the short-term and long-term a positive and significant effect on economic growth of the sports industry of Iran. The role of human resources in the growth of the sports industry is greater than the capital. To economic growth of the sports industry, it is better to investment in human resources.

Keywords

Sports Industry
Economic Growth
Econometrics
Human Resources
Value Added
Subjects
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Sport Management Studies
Volume 10, Issue 48
May and June 2018
Pages 67-88

  • Receive Date 11 February 2017
  • Revise Date 22 May 2017
  • Accept Date 13 June 2017

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