Sport Management Studies

Study the Factors Affecting the Outbreak of Negative Pressures of Stakeholder’s Professional Soccer Clubs of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Younes Mohammad Zadeh Afkhami 1
Mohammad Rahim Najaf Zadeh 2

1 Ph.D. Student in Sports Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2020.6632.2367
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to Study the factors affecting the outbreak of negative pressures of stakeholder’s professional soccer clubs of Iran. The present study wasdescriptive analytical that it was done on the fieldbase.The statistical population of the study consisted of all members of the Football Federation Association, the Based on the selection of all the numbers, all members identified as a research sample. In order to investigate and analyze was used the Structural Interpretation Modeling whith use Mic-Mac software. The results of the research also revealed that the factors of ambiguity in stakeholder power in clubs, the marginalization of some mass media, the inability of clubs to stabilize their economic resources, low managerial communication skills, the lack of necessity and concern in responding to stakeholders in the club The existence of financial problems in sports clubs were of the key independent variables. With this in mind, managing the identified pressures and controlling these pressures can alleviate existing stresses while reducing stress in clubs.

Keywords

Stakeholders
Negative Pressures
Communication Skills
Financial Problems
Sports Clubs

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Sport Management Studies
Volume 11, Issue 58
January & February 2020
January and February 2020
Pages 119-140

  • Receive Date 06 November 2018
  • Revise Date 24 November 2019
  • Accept Date 14 January 2020

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