Sports Governance in Iran: A Scoping Review

Subject Areas : knowledge Management

1 - PhD in Sports Management

Received: 2021-09-12 Accepted : 2021-10-24 Published : 2022-01-21

Keywords: Scoping review, Good governance in sports, Sports governance,

Abstract :

Given the challenges in the sports industry, this industry needs optimal management. A new approach that can help is governance. So the purpose of this paper is to review the current state of governance research in Iranian’s sport. This paper, In adopting Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, descriptively and library-based and based on the analysis and study of documents and sources, a comprehensive search of all published research in the form of articles, dissertations and dissertations reviews the concept. In these searches, 24 studies (20 articles and 4 dissertations) were identified by September 2021 that examined issues related to sports governance. Data analysis was based on repetition and theme analysis. Results show; Research in the field of governance in sports has become a concern of sports management researchers since 2016. Most of these researches include survey and quantitative studies and have paid attention to the public sector. The findings also showed; Of the three forms of governance (organizational, systemic, and political), most research was devoted to organizational governance. It seems that due to the challenges facing sports organizations in the country, such as the discussion of sanctions and suspension of federations, research in the two areas of political governance and systematic governance is needed.

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