Sport Management Studies

Identifying the Factors Affecting Good Governance in the Structure of National Championship Sports

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student in Sports Management, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sports Management, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Art University

4 Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting good governance in the structure of national championship sports. The present study was a type of sequential exploratory project. The statistical population in qualitative part consists of faculty members, sports policy makers and decision makers at macro level, and in quantitative part, members of Strategic Council of Ministry of Sports and Youth, senior staff managers of Ministry of Sports and Youth, middle staff managers of Ministry Sports and Youth, and vice-president and secretary of sports federations. The statistical sample was selected in qualitative section of 15 experts to reach theoretical saturation using theoretical targeted techniques and snowballs. Further, in quantitative section between 5 to 10 samples were needed for each item, so 294 people selected statistical sample. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview in qualitative part and researcher-made questionnaire in quantitative part. The reliability of the interviews was 0.79 by intra-subject agreement study. For content validity, from experts' point of view and construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), and combined reliability indices, Cronbach's alpha divergent and convergent validity, and structural equation modeling were used. Finally, the model of optimal governance in the structure of the country's championship sport with ten factors was presented. Therefore, it is proposed to document the governance structure based on the democratic structure, and support and evaluation of the government for the decision of the private sector and civil society, and the alignment and cooperation of all three sectors.

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Sport Management Studies
Volume 13, Issue 68
September and October 2021
Pages 197-229

  • Receive Date 09 February 2021
  • Revise Date 26 April 2021
  • Accept Date 20 May 2021

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