Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Ph.D. in Sports Management, Tehran University
2 M.Sc. in Sports Management, Mazandaran University
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the role of directors’ board of football clubs from a governance perspective. The study was of an applied purpose and of an analytical and descriptive methodology. The study population, totaling a number of 165 individuals, was comprised of all board members, chairpersons as well as all administrative staff of the current football clubs in the Premium League of 2017. The index yielded by Muyeh, Taylor, & Hoye (2007) was employed for data collection. CVR forms were also utilized for assessment of content validity for which a questionnaire was submitted to 10 expert assessors. The conceptual model of the study was evaluated through the Structural Equation Modeling as per the Partial Least Squares method using Smart PLS (V 3). The obtained results were then analyzed in two parts: the measurement model, and appropriateness of the model. The yielded findings of the study exhibited that the collected experimental data supports the theoretical model of the study, and thus, the roles evaluated in this study can be employed in the directors’ board of Iranian football clubs. As yielded by the study, the two-tier structure of leadership-supervision is recommended for the directors’ board of football clubs.
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