Oral Presentation

Paper ID : 1301-SSRC

¹دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی

²دانشگاه آزاداسلامی تهران

The purpose of this research was to present a model of good governance in Iran Sports Federation for empowerment. The research method is analytical, for this purpose qualitative methodology was used. The research strategy was to use the theory arising from the data. The statistical sample of the present study included 16 experts in sports management, sports sociology, coaches and veteran athletes, and sports managers of the federation, and the sampling method in the qualitative part was purposeful and with maximum diversity or heterogeneity. Content analysis of interviews and coding were used to analyze the data. The research tool was open interview and the results were analyzed based on three stages of open, central and selective coding. The findings showed that the existence of behavioral capacity, normative synergy, individual factors, socialization factors were the indicators of causal factors. The background factors included environmental compatibility, infrastructure and appropriate platforms, values and norms, interpersonal relationships and trust. Also, the intervening factors included lifestyle factors, social mobility, professionalization of athletes, and motivation. The solutions of associational relations, financial and economic factors, support, formed the effective strategies of the governance system in sports. Finally, the social consequences, the development of the four levels of educational sports, the improvement of the health index in the society, and the personal consequences formed the consequences of the current research. The results of this study led to the presentation of effective factors in good sports governance with the aim of prioritizing and setting measures to improve governance in sports.

Good Governance; Sports; Environmental compatibility