Prioritization of the Main Factors for the Development of Sport For All in Isfahan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Sports Management, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH), shahre-rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Farhangian University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

10.22084/smms.2024.28810.3283

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this research was to analysis and prioritize of the main components of the development of sport for all in Isfahan province.

Methodology: The method of the present research is based on a mixed approach and qualitatively and quantitatively in an inductive analogical approach. In the qualitative part of the research, the data was collected by using a questionnaire, 18 professors of a qualitative community of sports managers, which was selected and collected by the snowball sampling method. The main dimensions of the development of public sports were determined by the triangular fuzzy method. The statistical population of the study was determined in the quantitative part, including 45 people, using the purposeful sampling method. The results of the analysis of the interviews using thematic analysis method and Atlas T software led to the identification of the main dimensions of the development of public sports.

Results: Based on the findings and results, 12 dimensions of the development of sport for all in the province included the components of personal, public factors, in the order to collective environment, economic environment, diplomatic environment, living environment, cross-border environment, environment culturally, priority of the components was human capital, support, joint finance, equipment and infrastructure, technical knowledge, mass communication tools.

Conclusion: The prioritization of these dimensions showed that based on the average of the second stage of de-fuzzification, the collective environment is the most important and the diplomatic environment is the least important aspect of the development of public sports in Isfahan province.

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