Evaluation and comparison of the design of private sports clubs’ websites in Iran based on two methods of WEB-QEM and WAI

Subject Areas : Others

Ali Korooki ¹ (PhD student in sports management, Islamic Azad University of Kerman branch, Kerman, Iran)
Mina Hakakzadeh ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Islamic Azad University of Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran)
Mohammad Pourranjbar ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, School of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran)

Received: 2023-06-14 Accepted : 2023-09-02 Published : 2024-02-20

Keywords: WEB-QEM, WAI, Website, Evaluation, Sports club,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the design of private sports clubs’ websites in Iran based on two models of WEB-QEM and WAI. The statistical population of the present study included the websites of private sports clubs in Iran, which were 20 official websites that were searched by Google Map tool and the keyword “private sports club”. The research tool was two checklists of WEB-QEM model by Olsina and colleagues (1999) and checklist of WAI model by Marincas (2007) and offline and online analysis software’s. The results showed that the WEB-QEM method in evaluating the design of private sports clubs’ websites in Iran with an average of (0.1188) jointly showed 35% in an unfavorable situation and 35% also in a moderate situation and in the WAI method in evaluating the design of private sports clubs’ websites in Iran with an average of (8.54) jointly showed 35% in an unfavorable situation and 35% also in a moderate situation. The results indicate that the design of private sports clubs’ websites in Iran is not suitable and needs to be improved and upgraded in terms of infrastructure and optimization of website design.