Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

//Identifying the background factors affecting the social responsibilities of the general sports and youth departments of the country//

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student in sports management, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad branch, Mashhad, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran
3 Ferdowsi university of Mashhad; faculty of sport sciences; Mashhad; Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
10.22034/spmi.2025.476652.2645
Abstract
The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the background factors affecting the social responsibilities of the sports and youth departments of the country. This research was done in the framework of mixed approach. The statistical population of expert participants present in this research includes: general managers of sports and youth departments of the country, deputy directors of the general sports and youth department of the country and employees of high and middle organizational levels and experts in the field of social responsibility with articles and publications; They were. The statistical sample was 15 people who were selected for a semi-structured interview as a purposeful sampling. In the quantitative section, 210 employees of sports and youth departments were selected as a sample according to the observable issues. Data analysis was done in the quantitative section with Bartlett, Keyser-Meier, O'Klin and Friedman tests and with the help of spss version 24 software. The validity of the data in the qualitative section was confirmed based on the intra-subject agreement percentage equal to 0.88. And in the quantitative part, Cronbach's alpha was obtained as 0.91. The results showed that the background factors affecting the social responsibilities of the sports and youth departments are interaction with the media and other organizations, financial control, individual characteristics, hardware and software equipment, and administrative and social efficiency. Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the prioritization of the background factors affecting the social responsibilities of the general sports and youth departments of the country, so that among the financial control factors, they have the highest rank and hardware and software equipment have the lowest rank. It is suggested that in order to create a desirable social responsibility in sports and youth departments, the factors to achieve the goal should be provided by managers and employees.
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