Investigating the relationship between multicultural management and sports in schools

Subject Areas : Sport Management

Atefeh  khodabakhshi ¹ (Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran)
Zynalabedin  Fallah ² (Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran)
Amir  Montazeri ³ (3 استادیار مدیریت ورزشی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه نیشابور، نیشابور، ایران)
Taher  Bahlekeh ⁴ (Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran)

Received: 2023-08-30 Accepted : 2023-10-10 Published : 2023-10-23

Keywords: Multicultural management, human resources management, physical education teachers, school sports.,

Abstract :

Abstract: The purpose of the current research was to investigate the relationship between the multicultural management model and sports in schools, which was done in a quantitative and mixed method. The statistical population of the quantitative part of the study included all the physical education teachers of the country (N=34000). The statistical sample in this study was considered to be 380 people according to the Karjesi and Morgan table, and the sampling was done using the random cluster method. The data needed to identify the components and analyze the measurement model were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, after obtaining validity (face, content and structure) and validation. Cronbach's alpha method (α=0.91) was used to calculate the reliability of the instrument, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equations were used to analyze the data. Data analysis was done using SPSS and Lisrel software. Examining and testing the structural equation model of the research showed that the general indicators of fit are in a suitable and favorable condition. So, the antecedent variable of multicultural management has a positive and significant effect on the variable of multicultural management process. Also, the multicultural management process variable has a positive and significant effect on the multicultural management results variable. In addition, the indirect effect of the antecedent variable of multicultural management on the outcome variable of multicultural management was significant, and in the meantime, the variable of multicultural management process played a mediating role. Therefore, the administrators and senior managers and decision-makers of the Ministry of Education should have a special look at multicultural schools and by strengthening and equipping these schools in a fair manner, they should create empathy in the country and prevent suspicions of ethnic discrimination.

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