Sport Management Studies

An analysis of the interactive relationships of factors affecting the development of coalition building of social movements in sports

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student in Sports Management, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Sports Management, Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, Gorgan, Iran

4 Assistant professor, Department of Physical Education, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.

Abstract
The present study was designed and conducted with the aim of analyzing the interactive relationships of factors affecting the development of coalition building of social movements in sports. The present research is one of the mixed researches which was done in the form of qualitative and quantitative methods and according to its application in organizational environments is one of the applied researches. Fuzzy Delphi method was used in the qualitative part and Demetel method was used in the quantitative part. The method of data collection in the present study was field. The statistical population of the present study included experts aware of the subject. In order to identify these samples, purposive sampling method was used. Finally, 16 people were identified as the research sample. In other words, due to the nature of the quantitative research method (Dimtel approach) that need experts and people aware of the research topic; Therefore, the statistical population of the research was qualitatively and quantitatively the same. The collection tool of the present study in the qualitative section is a semi-structured interview. In the quantitative analysis of the research, Demetel method was used. Because the Demetel method examines the relationships between factors and determines that the effect on one factor causes the effect on other factors, the above method was used to study and analyze the relationships between the effective factors. All research data analysis process was performed in EXEL software.

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Sport Management Studies
Volume 15, Issue 78
May and June 2023
Pages 213-234

  • Receive Date 27 June 2022
  • Revise Date 08 December 2022
  • Accept Date 18 January 2023

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