Sport Management Studies

Identifying Effective Solutions to Exit from the Financial Helplessness of Sports Delegations of Khorasan Razavi Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Reza Heydari 1
Ehsan Asadollahi 2
Reyhane Salari 3

1 Ph.D. Student in Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Sanabad Golbahar Higher Education Institute, Golbahar, Iran

3 M.Sc. Student in Leisure Management, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2020.8931.3036
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to identify effective solutions to exit from the financial helplessness of sports delegations of Khorasan Razavi province. The present study is a qualitative research with an analytical nature and is a type of applied research that was performed by interpretive structural method. The data collection tools were research, documentary studies, interviews and Delphi Questionnaire. The statistical population of the study included experts in this field, of which 25 people were selected as the target in each part of the study as a sample. An interpretive structural model (ISM) was also used to analyze the data. Finally, 33 indicators affecting the financial helplessness of Khorasan Razavi sports delegations were identified and in 5 dimensions of management solutions, economic activities, legal solutions, marketing activities and educational and executive activities were placed in 3 levels is identified That The legal solution was identified as the third level of the model. As a result, in order to get out of financial helplessness, sports delegations must pay special attention to the legal solution to provide the ground for the emergence and realization of other factors at the top levels of the model, Also, paying attention and focusing on the leveled solutions in the present study can be an effective move in solving the financial problems of sports delegations.

Keywords

Financial Helplessness
Sports Delegations
Interpretive Structural Approach
Effective Solutions
Khorasan Razavi

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Sport Management Studies
Volume 12, Issue 64
January and February 2021
Pages 173-206

  • Receive Date 15 May 2020
  • Revise Date 14 July 2020
  • Accept Date 27 July 2020

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