Sport Management Studies

Codifying the Professional Competencies Model among Iranian Football Premier League Referees

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Farshad Emami 1
Alireza Faghani 2
Seyed Hossein Alavi 3
Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani 4

1 Ayatoolah Amoli

2 ayatollah amoli

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran

4 Research of Physical Education

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2021.10105.3318
Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop a model of professional competencies of referees in the Iranian Football Premier League. The present study was a qualitative research in which the qualitative part of the data theory theory approach (grounded theory) with Glaser (1992) approach was used in the form of interviews and content and structural analysis of the interviews. The statistical population of this research in the qualitative part consisted of 5 coaches with A Asia coaching degree, 1 sports reporter, 8 international football and futsal referees, 10 international assistant referees and 9 referee veterans in total of 33 people. The sampling method was continued in the form of snowballs until theoretical saturation (up to 13 interviews). Maxquda software was used to analyze the data and the determined codes were analyzed through this software and the final model of professional competencies of the referees of the Iranian Football Premier League was represented. The most important indicators of professional competence of the referees of the Iranian Football Premier League were: sociological competence dimension including 2 central codes and 10 open codes, managerial competence dimension including 2 central codes and 16 open codes, psychological competence dimension including 2 central codes And 16 open codes, physical competencies dimension including 2 pivotal codes and 7 open codes, basic competencies dimension including 2 pivotal codes and 8 open codes, technical competencies dimension including 11 open codes, knowledge competencies dimension including 2 pivotal codes and 7 The code was open.

Keywords

Professional competencies
referees
Iranian Football Premier League
  1. Ai, K., Oldrich, R., Tan, H., & Xu, P. (2020). Sustainable innovation in football referee training in Czech Republic. Sustainability, 12(7), 2821. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072821
  2. Amani, F., Monadi, M., & Akhavan Tafti, M. (2018). Effectiveness of program based on successfulness on social competence and academic achievement of adolescent girls in city of Mashhad. Journal of Instruction and Evaluation, 11(43), 69-91.
  3. Aragao e Pina, João; Passos, Ana Margarida; Carvalho, H., & Travis Maynard, M. (2019). To be or not to be an excellent football referee: Different experts’ viewpoints. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(6), 692-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1522940
  4. Brojerdi Alavi, M., Forghani, M., & Ranjbar, M. (2016). A conceptual framework for competencies of public relations managers: dimensions, factors and indicators. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 9(1), 129-146. doi: 10.22035/isih.2017.236
  5. Dohman, D. (2005). Social pressure influence decisions of individual: Evidence from the behavior of football referee. IZA Discussion Papers, No 1595. Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp1595.html (Accessed    ).
  6. Duvinage, C., & Jost, P.-J. (2019). The role of referees in professional sports contests. Journal of Sports Economics, 20(8), 1014-1050. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002519851145
  7. Fatah Pourmarandi, M, S. M, K., M. H, A., & Shaji, R. (2017). Competency pattern of managers in sport and youth general offices with grounded theory approach. New Trends in Sport Management, 4(15), 23-38. http://ntsmj.issma.ir/article-1-863-fa.html.
  8. Firek, W., Płoszaj, K., & Czechowski, M. (2020). Pedagogical function of referees in youth sport: assessment of the quality of referee–player interactions in youth soccer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3), 905. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030905
  9. Giel, T., & Breuer, Ch. (2020). The determinants of the intention to continue voluntary football refereeing. Sport Management Review, 23(2), 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.01.005
  10. Hanna, A. S., Ibrahim, M. W., Lotfallah, W., Iskandar, K. A., & Russell, J. S. (2016). Modeling project manager competency: An integrated mathematical approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(8), 04016029.
  11. Hoshyar, V., & Rahim Nia, F. (2013). Developing a competency model of managers in the banking system. Journal of Development & Evolution Mnagement, 1392(13), 55-68. http://www.jdem.ir/article_406.html?lang=en.
  12. Javadifard, F., Amirkabiri, A., & Dehgan, M. (2021). Designing And explaining competency model of Tehran municipal managers. Journal of Human Resource Studies, 11(1), 102-12610. doi: 22034/JHRS.2021.130507. (inPersian(.
  13. Lane, A. M., Nevill, A., Ahmad, N., & Balmer, N. (2006). Soccer referee decision – making: Shall I Blow the whistle? Journal of Sport Science and Medicine, 5, 243-253. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827566/
  14. Lidbom, P. , & Priks, M (2010). Behavior under social pressure: Empty Italian stadiums and referee bias. CESifo working paper, No. 1960. Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/p/ces/ceswps/_1960.html (Accessed    ).
  15. Loghmani, M., Taylor, T., & Ramzaninejad, R. (2017). Job characteristics and psychological states of football referees: implications for job enrichment. Managing Sport and Leisure, 22(5), 342-357. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2018.1426488.
  16. Płoszaj, K., Firek, W., & Czechowski, M. (2020). The referee as an educator: Assessment of the quality of referee–players interactions in competitive youth handball. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 3988. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313078/
  17. Ramazani, R., Loghmani, M., & Poorsoltani Zarandi, H. (2014). An empirical study of job characteristics model in sport settings: Evidences from the soccer referees. Journal of Sport Management, 6(3), 559-574. doi: 10.22059/jsm.2014.51514 (in Persian).
  18. Ranjbar, M., Khaef Elahi, A., Danaee Fard, H., & Fani, A. (2014). Measurig competency model for managers in the health sector (Structural equation modeling approach). Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 23(109), 104-113. http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-3272-fa.html.
  19. Rudzitis, A., Kalejs, O., & Licis, R. (2014). Model characterizing sports game referees. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 10, p. 00039). EDP Sciences. Available at: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Model-characterizing-sports-game-Rudz%C4%ABtis-Kalejs/adbb402773ad5c06a506782f6cce11555645d32c (Accessed ).
  20. Naghavi, M., Hosseini, S., Ramezani Nezhad, R., & Keshkar, S. (2019). Designing of personal brand competency model for professional sports coaches. Journal of Sport Management and Motor Behavior, 15(30), 343-360. https://dx.doi.org/10.22080/ jsmb.2020.12206.2614. (in Persian).
Sport Management Studies
Volume 14, Issue 73 - Serial Number 73
July and August 2022
Pages 203-228

  • Receive Date 31 January 2021
  • Revise Date 30 September 2021
  • Accept Date 02 October 2021

Home

Publication Ethics

Submit Manuscript

News

Journal Metrics

Contact Us