Determining the responsibility hierarchy pyramid and its relationship with demographic characteristics in Asian elite soccer and futsal referees

The aim of this research was to determine the pyramid of responsibility hierarchy and its relationship with demographic characteristics in Asian elite soccer and futsal referees.

The research method was descriptive and survey type. The statistical population of this research included Asian elite football and futsal referees in both men's and women's divisions who were in the elite list of Asian referees in 2017 (N=317), and finally 292 respondents participated in the research. In order to collect data, descriptive indices and Kolmogorov Smironov tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, Friedman and path analysis were used in SPSS and EQS statistical software.

The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between age and experience of arbitration with responsibility. On the other hand, the results showed that economic, social, legal and ethical factors have a positive and significant effect on responsibility. Also, the results of the responsibility hierarchy pyramid showed that the order of factors from the highest part of the pyramid are: social, legal, economic and moral responsibility.

By considering social, economic, legal and ethical factors, the level of responsibility in judges can be raised, which ultimately leads to the improvement of their performance.