Sanctions and Sport: Analysis of the Effect of Sanctions on Iran Sport

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1 Sport management department, Sport management research center, sport sciences research institute, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Sport Management, Sport Sciences Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

3 PhD of Sport Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

 
Economic sanctions mean civilian actions that have undesirable effects on transfer of goods, services or capital to a particular country. Sport is also not an exception in Iran. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of sanctions on Iran sport. This was a field study using a mixed method. The sample included the experts of management and sport (n=92) in qualitative and quantitative phases. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data and its validity and reliability were confirmed. The exploratory factor analysis in SPSS software and confirmatory factor analysis in Amos22 software were used. The results indicated 5 significant factors resulting from sanctions in sport including financial problems, knowledge and technology, international interactions, marketing and economics. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed the construct validity of the questionnaire. Based on the obtained results, it is obvious that authorities should pay special attention to solutions offered in economic sectors, interactions, attention to production and privatization especially the economic and income-generating infrastructures in the sport sector in order to develop sport which could be the key to tackling this issue.

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