Designing and Explaining a Model of Accountability System in Sports Organizations (Case Study: Ministry of Sports and Youth)

This research is to design and explain a model of accountability system in sports organizations. The research method was of a mixed one (quantitative and qualitative) and the statistical population included two statistical societies, professors and experts in the field of sport and all managers and staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. In the qualitative section, 25 people from the professors and experts in sports were deliberately targeted. In the quantitative section, 211 people were selected from the directors and staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth by sampling. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used to validate the exploratory factor analysis, and its reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha (0/96). The results showed that functional responsiveness had the most impact on organizational accountability (49/0) compared to other studied variables. Followed by legal accountability (0/42) which was based on accountability, an organization was influential. Administrative responsiveness (0/36), technology and media accountability (0/35), financial accountability (0/27), moral accountability (0/20) and social accountability (0/11) were in subsequent ranks as the effective variables on organizational responsiveness. Also, democratic accountability had an effect (0/268) that its effect was not confirmed. It is suggested that the managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, as policy makers in the field of sports and youth, use the suggested model of the present study to increase the effectiveness of this organization.