فهرست مطالب علی صفرپور

The current research was carried out in order to identify and explain the main and essential drivers affecting the professionalization of sports federations in Iran. This research is one of mixed research (a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods) in terms of its implementation. In addition to the qualitative study with the theme analysis method using semi-structured interviews, in the quantitative part, the model arising from the research was tested with the confirmatory factor analysis method. The statistical population of this research in the qualitative part was made up of managers and officials of the National Olympic Committee and sports federations, university professors, as well as specialists of organizations and organizational strategy (12 people). The interviewees were selected by purposeful sampling. In the quantitative section, employees of the National Olympic Committee, selected sports federations and the Ministry of Sports and Youth were selected (210 complete and correct questionnaires). The results obtained from the research identified two endogenous and exogenous factors during the professionalization process with subcategories including the expectations of the subgroup members, the management department, the structure of the decision-making process, the specific characteristics of the federation, pressure from stakeholders, and the competitive environment. Confirmatory factor analysis data also showed a good and sufficient fit for the identified factors. In general, professionalization is known as a multifaceted and complex phenomenon various factors influence its formation and creation. In the meantime, sports federations should be able to use the best solution in the face of professionalization in the sports environment by knowing the factors.

This work is carried out in order to identify the effective factors in cloud computing adoption among the staff of the Physical Education faculties in Tehran. For this purpose, 400 persons from the staff of the Physical Education faculties in Tehran are selected, and 278 valid questionnaires are used for the statistical analysis. The research tools are two questionnaires including the cloud computing adoption (12 components including 47 items) and adoption intention questionnaire (3 items) designed by the researchers. The path analysis test shows that 11 factors affect positively and the complexity negatively affects the intention to cloud computing adoption. Technology readiness also has the highest impact on the cloud computing adoption. The technology readiness, data security, and reduced complexity among the Physical Education faculties have been identified as the most important factors in the cloud computing adoption.

The purpose of this work is to identify the effective factors in cloud computing adoption among the staff of the Physical Education faculties in Tehran.

In terms of purpose, this work was a kind of applied research, and in terms of data collection, it was descriptive-survey. For this purpose, the staff of the Physical Education faculties in Tehran (400 persons) were sampled, and 278 valid questionnaires were used for the statistical analysis. The research tools were two questionnaires including the cloud computing adoption (12 components including 47 items) and adoption intention questionnaire (3 items) designed by the researchers. The face validity of the instrument was confirmed by 12 faculty members in sport management, and the content validity was confirmed by the confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of the instrument was assessed by Cronbach's alpha for the whole effective factors’ questionnaire (α = 0.921) and the adoption intention questionnaire (α = 0.769).

The findings showed that the research instrument was well-suited to measure the effective factors in cloud computing adoption, and the path analysis test showed the effects of 12 factors on the intention to adopt cloud computing. 11 factors affected positively, and the complexity negatively affected the intention to cloud computing adoption. Technology readiness also had the highest impact on the cloud computing adoption. Based on the results obtained, 12 effective factors in cloud computing adoption were identified and evaluated among the Physical Education faculties in Tehran. Technology readiness, data security, and reduced complexity among the Physical Education faculties were identified as the most important factors in cloud computing adoption and could have a beneficial effect on a faster cloud computing adoption.

The present study was conducted to investigate burnout condition among Iranian sport journalists and to study the role of workload on job burnout. The method of this study was a descriptive survey which was carried out as a field. The study was conducted in the winter of 2018 among the population of sport journalists including writers, office staff, editors and sport photographers. Questionnaires were used to collect data: the general version of Maslach's Burnout Inventory (MBI-GS) and its two main subscales of emotional burnout and cynicism were used to measure the burnout of sport journalists. Also, Liu and Lu (2018) questionnaire was used to measure the workload of sport journalists. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to measure the reliability of the questionnaires: for burnout questionnaire (0.85) and for workload questionnaire (0.89). In addition, the validity of the instruments used in the study was confirmed by 5 sport management professors. Finally, data were analyzed using the completed questionnaires (287 questionnaires) with SPSS version 22 and Lisrel 8.50. The results of the study showed that Iranian sport journalists had moderate burnout. Also, editors felt higher levels of burnout among journalists. Finally, workload had a positive and direct effect on emotional burnout, but this effect was not significant on cynicism.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Role of emotional Labor Strategies on the Turnover intention of sport coaches with the mediation of the burnout. The statistical population of the study consisted of all active sports coaches in East Azarbaijan province and 301 of them were selected purposefully. The Brotheridge and Lee (2002) and Diefendorff et al (2005) questionnaires, were used to collect emotional Labor information and Researcher made questionnaire was used for coach burnout. The Meyer et al (1993) questionnaire were used to assess coaches' intention to quit. Also, the validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed. The results showed that surface acting has a significant positive effect on the coaches Burnout and has indirect effect on the coach’s turnover intention. Deep acting also had a negative and direct impact on Burnout and indirect effect on the coach’s turnover intention. However, the genuine expression had no direct or indirect effect on burnout and turnover intention.

The study aimed at designing the model of the effect of physical environment of sport facilities (aesthetics and access) on customer behavioral intentions considering the mediating role of the emotions. The method was descriptive-survey and applied in terms of objectives. Firstly, a questionnaire with 30 items was developed considering the research variables. Face validity was confirmed by 7 sport management professor and content validity was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient for aesthetic constructs (0.91), access (0.70), positive emotions (0.90) and behavioral intentions (0.87). The statistical population of the study included 390 customers of swimming pools in Tabriz city and 245 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The results showed that both components of the physical environment, namely, aesthetics and access, and positive emotions directly influenced the behavioral intentions. Furthermore, based on these findings, the indirect effect of aesthetics and access through positive emotions on behavioral intentions was significant. That is to say the aesthetics and access to sport facilities can influence customer behavioral intentions through creating positive emotions. Therefore, it can be concluded that those facilities that are aesthetic and more accessible create better and more positive emotions in the minds of customers and the result is an effect on behavioral intentions and reuse of those sport facilities.