Sport Management Studies

Identifying and Evaluating the Factors Affecting Competitive Corruption

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

ali naseri 1
Bahram yousefi 2
zohreh hasani 3
Aliashraf khazaei 3

1 Faculty of Sports Sciences Razi University

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sports Science, Razi University

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Science, Razi University of

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2022.12494.3623
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the factors (internal and external) affecting the ecosystem of corruption in sports, so by identifying these factors, competitive corruption is analyzed. The research population is 23 university professors who have a history of research and study in the field of corruption. Based on the literature review and research background, 11 indicators were identified and extracted in 4 main dimensions: a) Contemporary Sports Characteristics. b) Governance. c) Extrapartial Levels. d) Consequence. To analyze the data, the combined method of fuzzy multi-criteria decision theory including ANP based on DEMATEL was used. The results showed that the “Consequence” index and “Extrapartial Levels” were the most effective factors, as well as the indicators of the “Contemporary Sports Characteristics” and “Governance”, were recognized as the most Impressive factors. The results of factor prioritization showed that the main indicators of Governance have the highest final weight. Although the Consequence in the corruption cycle is the last stage of this phenomenon, but in the effectiveness cycle, as the first and most effective indicator, it affects other criteria, because as the primary stimuli, the possibility of perceiving the risks associated with participation. It also explains the profit and loss conditions of corrupt activities. By adapting the system of crime and punishment, increasing financial crimes and severe disciplinary sanctions of corrupt people, severe restrictions on pardoning corrupt officials and preventing their re-entry, and establishment of monitoring systems can play an effective role in reducing sports corruption.

Keywords

"Governance"
"corruption"
"sport"
"Commercialization""Medicalization"
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Sport Management Studies
Volume 15, Issue 80
September and October 2023
Pages 181-210

  • Receive Date 03 April 2022
  • Revise Date 27 June 2022
  • Accept Date 02 July 2022

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