Designing of the internal model of championship sports of Khuzestan province based on interpretive structural modeling

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student of Departement of Physical Education and Sports Sciences , Shoushtar Branch , Islamic Azad University , Shoushtar , Iran

2 Assistant Professor Departement of Physical Education , Ahvaz Branch , Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz , Iran

3 Assistant Professor,Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar,Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to designing the internal model of championship sport in Khuzestan province based on structural-interpretive modeling. This research was based on the purpose of the applied type and in terms of the depth of the scope, it was of the exploratory type. The method of conducting this research was qualitative. The target population included scientific elites (university professors) and experimental elites (sports managers at the level of responsible departments). The selection of the interviewees in the qualitative section was purposeful and 13 experts were interviewed. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. Acceptability, transferability and verifiability were used to determine reliability and the coefficient (86.20%) was obtained and the reliability of the interviews was confirmed. Micmac software was also used to draw the structural-interpretive model. After analyzing the interviews, 37 indicators were obtained in the form of 5 concepts in the field of weaknesses and 17 indicators in the form of 3 concepts in the field of strengths. The result of interpretative-structural modeling showed that the highest level of influence was related to the weak component of the management system and the highest level of influence was related to the weakness of sports economy. Considering the high impact of the weakness of the management system on other components, it is suggested that meritocracy along with effective supervision be implemented in the management structure.

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