جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « مدیران ورزشی » در نشریات گروه « تربیت بدنی »

 Given the importance of deeply understanding the complex phenomenon of narcissism in sports managers for their success and effectiveness, the main issue of this qualitative research is identifying the dimensions, components, and characteristics of narcissism in senior, middle, and operational managers of professional sports clubs and organizations responsible for championship sports in Iran. The aim is to design a comprehensive model of narcissism in sports managers, providing a new theoretical and practical framework for understanding and managing this phenomenon.

 The research method is grounded theory. This study was conducted from March 2023 to August 2023. Participants were selected using the snowball sampling method among professors, researchers, psychologists, consultants, and experienced and successful managers in professional sports clubs and organizations responsible for championship sports across Iran to ensure diversity and richness of data. Data were collected using library studies and in-depth semi-structured interviews with 15 individuals. Lincoln and Guba's (1985) evaluation criteria were used to examine the quality and validate the qualitative results. ،The intra-subject agreement method between two coders was used to calculate the reliability of the interviews, resulting in a reliability coefficient of 91%.

 The findings revealed that the narcissism model of sports managers includes positive aspects (leadership and inspirational ability, high self-confidence, motivation and ambition, creativity and innovation) and negative aspects (grandiosity and excessive pride, self-centeredness and disregard for others, intolerance of criticism, dominance, and control, lack of empathy and understanding of others, refusal to accept failure and mistakes).

 To leverage the benefits of positive narcissism and prevent its negative consequences, it is essential to provide training in interpersonal skills, emotional management, balanced manager selection, and appropriate supervision. Establishing feedback systems and encouraging collaboration can reduce adverse effects and enhance positive aspects.

Often, organizations, managers and employees tend to be accountable only in cases where they have problems, this has added to the problems of the organization, especially sports organizations, so the purpose of this study is to understand the consequences of managers' accountability in Sports organizations use grounded theory. The method of this qualitative research is the data theory of the foundation and the approach was the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin. The participants in the research were scientific and executive experts of sports in the country, and 12 of them were interviewed in depth through snowball sampling method based on theoretical saturation. Three overlapping processes of open coding, axial coding and selective coding were used to analyze the data. Findings can be followed under the influence of causal, contextual and interventionist conditions of accountability from both administrative and non-administrative aspects. In contrast, macro-level and micro-level strategies are considered, which result in transparency and ambiguity, performance improvement, increased trust, persuasion, prevention of misuse and waste of resources, increased empathy. , Empowering managers and the effectiveness of actions emerge.

Empowerment of female sports managers affects the performance of sports organizations. The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual model of professional empowerment of female managers in sports organizations. The statistical population included two sections of human resources (managers, professors, etc.) and information resources (books, articles, documents, etc.) related to the research topic. Adequate sampling with a judgmental method based on achieving theoretical saturation (n=17) with research tools included systematic library study and structured exploratory interviews. The validity of the instrument was evaluated and confirmed based on the legal and scientific validity of the sample, expert opinion and agreement between the correctors. The conceptual model consisted of three consecutive levels of contextual, structural-process and functional (89 components, 22 dimensions and 10 perspectives). Background level in two perspectives of national management and sports environment; A structural-process level component also includes five perspectives; Strategy, system capacity building, information supply, organizational context and job preparation; Functional levels also included perspectives on empowerment, professionalization, and professional empowerment outcomes. Based on the research findings, it can be said that the professional empowerment system for female sports managers is a systematic process from contextual factors to consequences, and its implementation, despite the complex organizational conditions, can have a significant effect on performance and teaching gender justice in the sports organizations.

The aim of this study was to identify the benefits of institutionalizing strategic thinking in sport federations.

This research work was a qualitative exploratory study that was conducted through a thematic analysis. The statistical population included experts of sports management with the experience of familiarity with the principles of futurology, and according to the research nature, 16 experts were interviewed through snowball sampling until reaching theoretical saturation. The tool used in the research work was a semi-structured interview. The intra-subject agreement method was used to ensure the reliability of the interviews, and the validity was confirmed by consulting sport management experts and reviewing based on their opinions.

The thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke’s (2006) method led to the extraction of 168 codes, 12 sub-themes, and 4 main themes. The findings demonstrated that "Sports Development", "Economic Development", "Organizational Excellence" and "Coping with Crisis" were different benefits of institutionalization of strategic thinking in sports federations.

Considering the special benefits that the institutionalization of strategic thinking brings for sports federations, the focus of sports management trustees on the development and strengthening of strategic thinking in sport federations, and sports managers can be the source of significant changes in the field of sports.

This research aimed to analyze the phenomenological consequences of sports managers' cognitive errors using the three-pronged model.

The current research was one of the qualitative researches that was carried out in the field. The qualitative method used in this research was phenomenological based on the three-pronged model. The participants in the current research included people who are in the environment of the sports organization; They have understood the phenomenon of managers' cognitive errors and have experienced this problem. The data collection tool in this research was a semi-structured interview. In order to analyze qualitative data, thematic analysis was used.

The results of this research show that the main concepts including laws and regulations, decision-making aspects, economic systems and management systems were identified in the structural branch. Thus, 21 consequences of managers' cognitive errors in sports organizations were identified in the structural branch. The results of the present research show that in the content branch, the main concepts including motivational aspects, behavioral aspects, psychological aspects and content weakness were identified. Thus, 16 consequences of managers' cognitive errors in sports organizations were identified in the content category. The results of this research show that the main concepts including environmental aspects, cultural aspects and value aspects were identified in the contextual branch. Thus, 12 consequences of managers' cognitive errors in sports organizations were identified in the relevant field.

According to the results of the present research, it is suggested providing decision-making support to reduce the effects of cognitive errors, as well as the existence of operational plans in sports organizations to control cognitive errors, to improve the control of cognitive errors of sports managers.

Given to the significance of identifying the dimentions of strategic thinking that is specific to sport setting, the aim of this study was to identifying the elements of strategic thinking in sport federations. This research was a qualitative exploratory study through a thematic analysis. The statistical population included experts of sports management with the experience of familiarity with the principles of futurology, and according to the research nature, 16 experts were interviewed through snowball sampling until reaching theoretical saturation. The tool used in the research was a semi-structured interview. The intra-subject agreement method was used to ensure the reliability of the interviews, and the validity was confirmed by consulting sport management experts and reviewing based on their opinions. The thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke’s (2006) method led to the extraction of 147 codes, 13 sub-themes and five main themes. The findings demonstrated that "transformationism", "surveillance", "fluidity of mind", "intelligence", and "political thinking" were different elements of strategic thinking in sport federations. Paying attention to the findings of the research shows that the elements of strategic thinking in sports federations are different from other existing models of strategic thinking that are mainly presented in non-sports fields, because of the specific atmosphere governing sports. This difference can be due to the different nature of sports compared to other non-sports fields in the literature.

The study is to design a succession model based on the competence of sports managers. It was conducted with a qualitative approach. The statistical population in the qualitative part included the experts in the field of sports management that in-depth interviews with purposive sampling method continued until the researcher reached theoretical saturation and adequacy (16 interviews). This research was conducted with an exploratory nature and with the aim of expanding the existing knowledge and understanding in relation to the succession breeding model based on the competence of sports managers. Hence it falls into the category of fundamental research. This research was also based on data search, having a combined or mixed nature for data analysis. Three overlapping processes of open coding, axial coding and selective coding were used. These analyzes were performed with the help of Maxqda software.
The analysis of the findings showed that competencies and their levels are a function of three levels: individual, organizational and strategic. Competency-based succession also includes effective program implementation, programming, talent management, organizational needs identification, promotion path, training, process evaluation, organizational support, and foresight. Finally, it was found that personal development, organizational growth and organizational readiness are the consequences of the succession program model. The findings showed that out of the total set of requirements, the categories of talent management, planning, identification of organizational needs, process evaluation and organizational support are of an impact on the success of competing sports managers based on competence.

The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between political skills and Pro-social rule breaking among sports managers with a mediating role of assertiveness. In terms of purpose, this research was an applied research with a quantitative approach , it was considered as a correlational research. The statistical population of this research includes the Iran's sports (N=373), based on the Karjesi and Morgan table, 191 people were considered as a sample. The research collection tools were Fries et al.'s political skills (2007), Wardaman et al.'s (2014) pro-social rule breaking, and Ratos assertiveness (2007) questionnaires. According to the results of the research, it was found that the state of political skill and courage in the Iran's top sports managers was at a favorable level, while the state of benevolent law breaking was not significantly different from the average level. The results showed that there was political skills had a direct and significant relationship between pro-social rule breaking (r = 0. 68), political skills and assertiveness (r = 0. 89), and assertiveness on pro-social rule breaking (r = 0. 30) in senior sports managers. The results also confirmed the existence of a significant and positive effect of political skills on pro-social rule breaking with the mediation role of assertiveness in senior sports managers (r = 0. 26). The research model also had a good fit. The presence of political skills in sports managers creates a phenomenon of assertiveness in these people and increases pro-social rule breaking.

The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the components of developing the effectiveness of directors of sports organizations. This research was mixed method (in qualitative section, classic modified Delphi method and in quantitative section, descriptive- analytical), respectively. The populations in the qualitative section consist of top level directors of the sports organizations that sampling was targeted and accessible (n=30). The statistical population in the quantitative section includes the directors of the Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee, the provincial general managers of youth and sports, the directors of sport federations (chief, vice president and secretary), the heads of provincial sports councils, and the directors of cities sports and youth departments (N = 2079) and the sample size of the study was (n = 314) that selected with Quota Sampling. Data Collection tools was interviews in qualitative section and a researcher-made questionnaire in quantitative section. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by 8 sports management professors. Reliability confirmed through Cronbach's alpha that obtained 0.83. Data analysis was done through using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with Spss20 and CFA was performed with using LISREL 8.5. According to results, six efficiency indicators of sports managers based on priorities are as follow: individual skills development (0.927), environmental support development (0.864), organizational behavior development (0.861), scientific development (0.725) and development of personality traits (0.682). According to the findings of the study, reinforcing the skills identified in the managers of sports organizations can increase their effectiveness.

The purpose of this study is to introduce and present a model of strategic behavior called mentoring behavior of sports managers.

The present research method has been done using a constructivist approach in the data theory of the Charms Foundation (2006). Data collection and analysis were performed consciously and simultaneously and logical purposeful sampling method with snowball sampling technique was used for in-depth interviews and the interviews continued until theoretical saturation. For this study, 26 interviews were conducted with individuals with experience in the field of sports management individually. Data analysis method was a four-step process of free, centralized, pivotal and theoretically constructive coding.

In the initial coding stage of the interviews, about 115 sentences were implemented. About 80 initial codes were identified and marked by the researcher in the first stage. In the next step, the initial codes of the previous step were transformed into 25 basic concepts and 5 categories. In centralized coding, finally, five behavioral characteristics were classified with titles, conformist behavior, perfectionist behavior, self-directed behavior, role-oriented behavior, and effective behavior, so that each of these behaviors includes other concepts.

Due to the different types of leadership styles and personality types and due to the presence of knowledge and skills in sports managers, a knot is expected regarding solving problems inside and outside the organization and unique decisions by managers due to masterful behavior. In general, the results showed that mentoring is the relationship between the mentor and the disciple, which is a direct and long-term relationship between an experienced and knowledgeable person and a newcomer in order to nurture the professional and professional development of the disciple. According to the results of the research, the guiding behavior of managers in sports organizations for all levels of management is considered and emphasized. This is especially important for new middle managers and operations managers when they are first hired for such an organizational position. It is also hoped that the managers of other organizations will use the characteristics of mentoring behavior and use the research results to develop human resources and managers. The findings of this study introduce the characteristics and behaviors of mentors in the form of five behaviors including compliance behavior, perfectionist behavior, self-directed behavior, role-oriented behavior and effective behavior. First, masterful behavior emphasizes the need to pay attention to others, preferring the interests of others to one's own interests, which includes empathy, altruism, willingness to serve and forgiveness, humility and friendship. Second, perfectionist behavior, which is based on the individual's enduring desire to set complete and achievable criteria that constructively highlights the behaviors of sports managers that emphasize the concepts of criticism, futurism, spiritual attitude, justice and confidence-building power. Is included. The third behavior is self-directed behavior, which emphasizes the manager-centered behaviors that are related to employees and includes responsibility, positivity, honesty in information and comprehensiveness. Role-oriented behavior that focuses on the need for managers in the career path of employees, which emphasizes role modeling, role mastery, information scaffolding, guidance, desire for the ideal of career advancement, desire for team building. Effective behavior emphasizes behaviors that are used to persuade and influence others, including encouraging curiosity about teach ability, competitiveness, ideation, and communicative attractiveness for influence. Due to the different types of leadership styles and personality types and due to the presence of knowledge and skills in sports managers, a knot is expected to solve problems inside and outside the organization and unique decisions by managers due to the guidance behavior. They open. Overall, the research findings on the proposed model open a new horizon for understanding and drawing the behavioral pattern of managers in a sports organization that can contribute to the development of knowledge retention and organizational memory and the development of knowledge boundaries in organizational behavior. Therefore, achieving the model of managerial behavior of managers opens new doors in the literature of organizational behavior that can be the source of future studies of thinkers and researchers.

 The purpose of this study was Structural equation modeling of relation between communication skills with cultural intelligence and classifies sport managers in Isfahan Province.

 Descriptive study was conducted through a survey. The study population consisted of Isfahan’s Sport Managers. In this research 550 sport manager’s as a population was considered. 207 As the population was selected from Statistical population. Measuring instrumentsconsisted ofdemographicquestions, BartonG.Thereliability ofcommunication skills(0.81), cultural intelligence questionnairewas (0.88) and reliability of classify sport managers questioner was (0.84). Statisticalmethodsincludedanalysisofbothdescriptive and inferential statisticsusingSPSSsoftwareandsoftwareLISRELand structural equation modelingwas performedto assess therelationshipsbetween variables.

 The results show that the communication skills and cultural intelligence and classify sport managers, there are significant relationship, the output shows the application of structural equation model is appropriate (RMSEA=0.037 ، GFI=912.، AGFI=0.902).

 Hence the required proper planning in order to improve their communication skills and cultural intelligence organizations for sports managers in these organizations is effective as ever. Because of the significant aims of the athletic directors, managers tend to imitate and Ambassador Therefore, the authorities have the right people in the suitable strategy for post  management have, Because it seems intuitive managers and analysts can better brighter prospects for the exercise of the imagination.  The general conclusion of the present study is that the variables of communication skills, cultural intelligence and classification of sports managers showed that the rate of all these variables in sports organizations is moderate. These cases indicate a weakness in communication skills and cultural intelligence of sports managers. In other words, because managers do not have good communication and interpersonal skills, they ignore the role of employees in decisions, do not encourage people to communicate in the organization, do not organize well in line with the goals of the organization and thus Measures have lowered the level of job satisfaction among employees. Since a significant percentage of sports managers tend to imitate managers and ambassadors, it should be noted that officials should adopt appropriate management strategies in order to achieve the optimal level of communication indicators and cultural intelligence in the selection. Suitable people to pay special attention to different levels of management positions, because it seems that with the presence of analytical and intuitive managers, a clearer vision for sports can be imagined.

Although sports activities lead to mental and physical health, they can also lead to a variety of injuries and accidents. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between professional and scientific skills of sports managers and the occurrence of sports accidents and insurance obligations of athletes in Fars province. The research was a field-study. The statistical population of the study was all managers and members of sports boards with inquiries from sports and youth departments (N = 2100) who were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling method and based on Morgan table 330 people. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by 20 experts and its reliability was confirmed by the retesting method with a coefficient of 0.86. To analyze the information from descriptive and inferential statistical methods and structural equation model AMOS and SPSS software were used. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between scientific-professional capabilities of sports managers by reducing sports injuries and other research components (p≤0.05). However, athletes' insurance and sports liability insurance are legal requirements. It is suggested to pay serious attention to the technical knowledge and their scientific-professional skills, especially in the field of insurance and the science of practice, in appointing and employing managers and members of sports boards.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of managers of physical education faculties at the Islamic Azad University with a 360-degree evaluation approach. For this purpose, by studying research literature and reviewing the research background; dimensions, components, and evaluation indicators of the managers were extracted, and based on this, a questionnaire with a Likert scale in 11 dimensions and 100 questionnaires was designed. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by using the consensus of experts. The reliability coefficient was obtained and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test as 0.92. The statistical population of the study included students, staff, professors, faculty directors, and physical education departments and heads and deputies of universities with a faculty of Physical Education at Islamic Azad University. The statistical samples were obtained by census method and also by using the Morgan table. The results of the research showed that the ranking of the evaluated subjects of managers varies from the viewpoint of the evaluating groups so that from the point of view managers, professors, heads, deputies, students, and staff, respectively, the dimensions of leadership skills, technical and vocational skills, work communication and quantitative and qualitative processing of information have the highest priorities and dimensions of judgment, leadership skills, change and innovation, leadership skills and change and innovation, respectively have the lowest scores and ranks. There is a significant difference between the assessing groups in the eleven dimensions discussed. The evaluation of managers from their point of view, professors, superiors, and students is optimal and from the employee's point of view, is moderate.

The aim of this work was to investigate the relationship between the strategic thinking and the organizational change capacity of the sport managers in the Mazandaran Province. 360 people, selected as the sample, answered the questions of the 2 questionnaires of strategic thinking and organizational change capacity. The results obtained showed that strategic thinking had a positive and significant effect on the organizational change capacity. Introduction Today, human beings live in a world that is changing rapidly. Given the dynamics of the internal and external organizational factors, this change is inevitable. On the other hand, strategic thinking is important for the organizations in order to ensure sustainability in a competitive world. Therefore, the use of strategic thinking leads to the development of better strategies to deal with the environmental changes.

The research method was descriptive-correlational, and was applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the work was 193 people that, due to the limited statistical population, was a whole number sampling. For data collection, the two questionnaires of strategic thinking of Lidka (1998) and organizational change capacity of Judge (2005) were used. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 10 professors in the field of sports management. Also the values of reliability, divergent, and convergent validity of the questionnaires were estimated. The results obtained were analyzed using the structural equations.

The results obtained showed that most of the subjects were men, and had a master's degree, and most of them were between 31 and 40 years old. Also the standard coefficient of the path of the effect of strategic thinking on the capacity for organizational change was 0.313, which was the value of statistic (2.906); this means that the strategic thinking variable has a significant effect on the organizational change capacity. Given the importance of strategic thinking and organizational change capacity at different levels of the organization, it is suggested that courses are held to increase the manager's awareness of the effects of strategic thinking in order to better understand the components of strategic thinking and their relationship with the organizational change capacity against environmental changes. The organizations can create a special capability by emphasizing on strategic thinking. This capability makes an organization more flexible and adaptable to change, and helps the organization to achieve the principle of continuous improvement for organizational survival. In order to develop the capacity of the organization in the dimensions of strategic thinking and the capacity of organizational change in order to successfully implement future changes, it is necessary to emphasize on the balanced development of all dimensions and design mechanisms to strengthen them in the management team. Therefore, the need for this change and preparation for environmental change is the existence of strategic thinking. Also the establishment of strategic thinking at the individual and organizational level causes the organization to be more flexible and adaptable to change, and helps the organization.

The study is to present a qualitative model for self-efficacy of top sports managers. This study was a qualitative one which was conducted using Grounded Theory with the approach of Charmaz. The statistical population was composed of experts aware of the field of research who were sampled purposefully and by snowball method. In this study, the data reached the stage of theoretical saturation after conducting 13 interviews. The data were analyzed at three stages: open, axial and selective coding using MAXQDA software. After discovering the open codes at the first stage, 14 axial codes were provided and entitled as organizational factors, organizational performance, thinking style, job solution, trust, persuasion, individual performance, professional development, emotional intelligence, learning, group performance, experiences, and collective and individual self-efficacy.  Based on the combination of the layers extracted from the theoretical coding stage (components of self-efficacy, effective factors (circumstances) and desired outcomes), the research theory and final model were created. According to the research results, studying and strengthening the components affecting self-efficacy can affect the self-efficacy of sports managers at the individual and collective level and ultimately lead to performance improvement at different levels in the organization.

Political behavior in the organization is a paradoxical issue, and despite its positive and negative bipolar view, it is an integral part of the organizational life. The purpose of this study is to present a model of political behavior in the strategic decision making of sports managers in the country. Its method has been qualitative and it is exploratory-fundamental in nature. Research data were collected through snowball sampling technique and based on in-depth interviews with 12 physical education elites in university sports (including senior managers of university physical education departments and managers and experts of general directorate of physical education). Data were coded and analyzed based on grounded theory and Charms' constructivist approach. Results of analyzing the qualitative data obtained from the interview, presenting the model of political behavior and decision-making of sports managers in the form of 8 main codes of integration of categories were formed based on the existing relationships between them, based on the political behavior of managers. The conclusion of this study is our reasoning about the positive and negative aspects of political behavior, which is the influencing ability of these factors on the strategic decisions of sports managers. According to many interviewees, the most important positive aspect of the political behavior is also achieving goals in the shortest time with the least cost, and deviating from the goals of the organization is mentioned as a negative factor in the political behavior of sports managers.

The origins of sport industries such as football are related to the talent identification of professional players and it is necessary to identify and determine those factors that affect talent identification to discover pure football talents. In other words, talent identification is possible with those variables such as sport managerschr('39') empowerments and sport coaches’ performance. Therefore, the present study examined the role of sport managers and the performance of coaches in developing Iran football talent identification. The research method was descriptive and survey in terms of objectives. The statistical population included the coaches of Iran Football Federation who had Asia A and B coaching degrees (N=3786) and 346 subjects were selected by Cochran formula and stratified random sampling method. To assess the role of sport managers in Iran football talent identification, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed; to evaluate the performance of coaches, Jowt and Mick questionnaire (2000) and the performance evaluation of football coaches, Rouhani et al. (2013) were used. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to analyze the data with SPSS and Amos software. Based on the results of factor analysis, the coefficient of determination (R2) of the performance of coaches was 0.638 and the R2 of sport managers was 0.571 in football talent identification. The "technical and educational" factors (0.615) and "supervision and evaluation in the implementation stage" were determined as the most effective factors in football talent identification. In general, the results show that the management of managers in talent identification should be in line with sport industry development within long-term goals. Also, talent identification coaches must consider all social, moral and professional aspects of football talent identification.

The research is to present a model for future studies of the presence of women at the level of Iranian sports management. The research methodology in terms of level was strategic; in terms of type was qualitative; in terms of strategy was process; in terms of purpose was functional and in terms of time was prospective. The statistical population consisted of two sections: human society (18 people) and information society (39 copies). The research tool consisted of three methods of library study, interview and Delphi technique. The validity of the tools was evaluated based on the scientific and legal credibility of the sample, content evaluation of specialists and the coefficients of agreement between the desired experts. Coding and conceptual analysis methods were used to analyze the findings. The results showed that there were significant gaps between current and desired status identified capacity management (organizational posts, seats and membership). Decisive factors are categorized by two approaches: A) system analysis including the factors of progression, processes and outcomes; (B) Surface analysis including individual, occupational, organizational and environmental factors. Future perspectives on women's sport management in Iran was investigated in the last three perspectives of the past, present and future and two theoretical and executive sections. Finally, the prospect model was outlined based on the necessary measures and considerations to improve the status of women in sports management in the country at five levels: challenges, capabilities, strategies, performance, and outcomes. Based on the findings, it can be said that the possible future for women's role in the sport of the country is more than relative and case improvement in some dimensions and indices, in order to desirable future of the whole dimensions and processes of the system under discussion. It is suggested that opportunities be created for the establishment of women's sports centers in order to be aware of the potential and the potential of the present.

One of the most important facts involved in the success of any organization is how human resources behave, especially the behavior of the managers inside and outside the organization. In fact, every manager who enters an organization should think that s/he has entered a competition, and thus it is necessary to be aware of all its rules and regulations and follow them during the competition. The managers are required to be aware of the strategic thinking with the spirit of teamwork and synergy, strengthen behavior, and transform the organization into a transformative and strategic organization. In this work, the analysis of the paradigmatic model of the strategic behavior of the Iranian sports managers is carried out. The present work will show that the behavior of the managers is based on their managerial knowledge, beliefs, and thoughts, and the researcher intends to provide a solution for the managerial processes according to the strategic barriers.

In order to gain a competitive advantage, the sports organizations are trying to select the managers who can identify the strategic threats and barriers of the strategic behavior, and make decisions in line with the goals of the organization using the features of the strategic thinking, resources, and facilities of the organization in the conditions of uncertainty. In the present work, we intend to design a strategic behavior model for the Iranian sports managers.

In order to achieve this goal, the qualitative methodology and research method of the data foundation theory was used, and in terms of purpose, it was in the category of the applied research. The research population included the elites in the field of physical education in the university sports (including the senior managers of the physical education departments of the universities and the managers and experts of the general directorate of physical education), and the subjects were sampled theoretically by the snowball’s method. The data collection tool was the semi-structured interviews, and the data from the interviews was coded and analyzed in a contextual method.

The achievements were identified in the form of six dimensionsof the paradigm model including the factors (12 categories), main causes (6 categories), strategy (6 categories), background factors (4 categories), consequences (8 categories), and intervention factors (6 categories). It seems that the managers can eliminate many strategic bottlenecks of the sports organizations by institutionalizing strategic thinking and making decisions based on the strategic behavior.