Engineering Entrepreneurial Agency Compared to Learning Organization for Sport Expansion from the View of Executives of Sport and Youth Administrations in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province

Subject Areas : Sports Science and Healthy

Mahmood  Hematiyan Dehkordi ¹ (PhD. Student, Sports Management Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Ali  Hematiyan Dehkordi ² (Master's Degree, Director of Physical Education, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran)

Received: 2023-03-12 Accepted : 2023-08-14 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: Sport, Executives, Sport and Youth Administrations, Entrepreneurial Agency, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Learning Organization,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present research is to study commonality and differences between two theories of entrepreneurial agency and learning organization from the view of executives in sport and youth administrations in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari province and also review the impact of main constructs in the first theory on the completion of the second one. The research statistical population consisted of all executives and deputies in sport and youth administrations in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari province. Due to limited statistical population, the sample of study was considered to be equal to the whole population including 50 members. The results showed that constructs of the second practical model and double-loop learning have a significant role on recognition and usage of opportunities. Therefore, they complete the theory of entrepreneurial agency and expand sport activities.

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