Identifying and leveling factors affecting the management of the generational gap in public sports in the country
Subject Areas : Othersامیر ماهیان جاغرق 1 , shahryar kharazian 2 , احسان اسداللهی 3 , meysam rezaei 4
1 - Department of Physical Education, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - department of educational sciences and educational administration , mashhad branch , islamic azad university , mashhad , iran ( corresponding author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty Member of Sanabad Golbahar Higher Education Institute
4 - department of educational sciences and educational administration , mashhad branch , islamic azad university , mashhad , iran
Keywords: Intergenerational gap, mass sports, theme analysis, interpretive structural modeling,
Abstract :
The aim of the current research was to identify and stratify the factors affecting the management of the generation gap in the public sports of the country with an interpretative structural approach. This research was applied in terms of nature and purpose, and descriptive and exploratory in terms of analysis method. The statistical population included professors of sports science and sports management, experts in the field of public sports, experts in the field of sociology and sociology of sports, and sports managers of organizations in charge of sports such as municipalities, the Federation of Public and Recreational Sports, and the Federation of Student Sports. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part was thematic analysis and in the quantitative part, interpretive structural modeling. The findings of the theme analysis showed that there are a total of 51 open codes as factors affecting the management of the generation gap in public sports in the country, which are placed in 4 main themes and 9 sub-themes; also, according to the results of interpretive structural modeling, it was found that the dimensions are in 5 levels. In the first level of sports and individual factors, in the second level of education, in the third level of cultural and social factors, in the fourth level there were three indicators of planning, economic and financial and advertising and media, and in the last level and the most important level in terms of the influence of policy index for generational synergy.
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