A comparative study of the design quality of the websites of private sports clubs in Iran and Germany based on the Web Assessment Index method
Subject Areas : Human Resources Excellence
Ali Korooki
1
,
Mina Hakakzadeh
2
,
Mohammad Pourranjbar
3
1 - Ph.D. student in sports management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, School of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Keywords: Web Assessment Index, Website design, Iran, Sports club, Germany,
Abstract :
The purpose of the current research was to study the comparative quality of the design of the websites of private sports clubs in Iran and Germany based on the Web Assessment Index method. The present research method is based on the descriptive nature which was based on the objective of the applied type. The statistical population of the websites of private sports clubs in Iran and Germany was a total of 40 official websites that were selected by the Google Map tool and its advanced settings (selecting a location for keyword search) and the keyword "private sports club" in Iran and in Germany. For evaluation, the research tool included the checklist of the Web Assessment Index model of Marincas and Vultur (2007) and standard offline and online software’s in this field, and for comparative comparison, paired t-test was used in SPSS26. The results showed that the design quality of Iranian sports clubs’ websites is 35% in unfavorable condition and 35% in average condition, and also 50% of German sports clubs’ websites are in favorable condition and 30% are in average condition. Finally, the design quality of German websites was much better than of Iranians’ Websites.
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