Job Anchor Analysis of Official Iranian Football Agents Using Method PLS

Subject Areas : Sports Science and Healthy

Ali Fahimi Nezhad ^{1 *} , Asadollah Amini Jahromi ² , Mostafa Tayebisani ³ , Bagher Morsal ⁴

1 - Islamic Azad University, Sharood,, Iran
2 - Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
3 - Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
4 - Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

Received: 2023-11-02 Accepted : 2024-06-05

Keywords: Key Words: Job Anchors, Job performance, , Football Agents , Shine Questionnaire, Patterson questionnaire,

Abstract :

The underlying philosophy of job anchors is to discover the latent abilities of people in career promotion, and the purpose of this research is to analyze the status of job anchors with the performance of official Iranian football agents with the help of the PLS method. The mentioned method is one of the new methods in the field of structural equation modeling, which considering that the sample size is sensitive in other statistical methods, this method is not sensitive to the sample size and can be used in the sample volume is less than the number of variables to estimate the model. The current research is a survey descriptive research and is applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population, all of whom were selected as a sample due to the limited population, were the official football agents of Iran, who responded to Schein's occupational anchors questionnaire (2006) in a targeted manner. The results of the research show that there is a significant difference at the 0.05 level between the job anchors of agents, and the adjusted coefficient of determination is 0.788, which indicates a good fit. The technical variable has a significant effect on job anchors at the 0.05 level. If the value of the variance inflation factor (VIF) is greater than 10, then there is collinearity in the model. Regarding the job anchors of security, challenge and creativity for agents, it is an expression of the value that football agents have for protecting their job security, doing valuable work in their profession and also removing obstacles. had existing the findings are similar to the findings of Bromly (2004). On the other hand, the highest averages in the career anchors of creativity, service and technical of agents show the value that agents have for service and also the desire to focus on the technical way of their job, which these findings It is also consistent with the findings of Chen Wen (2006) and Tan & Quek (2001). There was a significant relationship between the two anchors of challenge and creativity with performance. The results are not in line with the findings of Qalavandi et al.'s (2010) research, but they are in line with Choo Quek and Hoon Tan's (2001) research. Creative individuals are somewhat independent and have relatively good analytical and self-reliance skills, and ultimately, they all have the power and potential to influence others. It can be concluded that agents who are creative are more likely to bring out creative thoughts in players and coaches, which is also an important effect of agent performance, and this anchor has a direct impact on agent performance. Agents who have it are risk-takers who always find new and effective points in their jobs and therefore increase their positive performance. In explaining the pure challenge, it should also be said that society and individuals are always faced with new challenges. These special challenges may be due to specific environmental conditions or may be posed by players and coaches. An agent can overcome it by effectively overcoming the difficult issues and problems they face. Brokers who have this anchor will be able to do it easily.