Investigating the Strategies and Consequences of Improving Cooperation Within the Football Federation in International Re

Subject Areas : Sports Science and Healthy

Mostafa Mostafapour ¹ , Mozafar Yektayar ² , Mozhgan KhodaMoradpour ³ , Meisam AllahMoradi ⁴

1 - PhD student, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Baneh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Baneh, Iran

Received: 2023-08-22 Accepted : 2023-09-03 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: Football Federation, International Relations, Sports,

Abstract :

The aim of the current research was to investigate strategies and consequences for improving cooperation within the Football Federation in international relations. This research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in nature, and employs an exploratory mixed research design in terms of variables. The statistical population in the qualitative section included 12 experts in sports diplomacy and international relations, members of the academic faculty of sports management in the country, and officials of the international relations of the football federation, who were selected using standard sampling methods. In the quantitative part, 129 individuals from the presidents and the football board of the provinces, as well as experts from the football federation, were selected as a statistical sample using the available method based on Morgan's table. The analysis of the qualitative findings was conducted using thematic analysis with MaxQda 10 software, while the quantitative findings were analyzed using the structural equation model with Lisrel software. The findings indicated that strategies and consequences are the most significant factors influencing the model of effective inter-organizational communication in sports within the Iranian Football Federation.

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