Designing a comprehensive model for evaluating the performance of Iranian sports delegations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Sport Management Payame Noor University of Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management Farhangiyan University of Qom, Iran

Abstract

The role of performance appraisal in promoting organizational productivity and monitoring the use of organizational resources is important and each organization should use an appropriate evaluation model to advance its goals and policies. The present study aimed to design and present a suitable model for evaluating performance in this field by considering the legal missions and duties of the country's sports delegations. For this purpose, using a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by 12 senior sports managers of the country and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of (0.92 ) then sent through 51 sports federations and 31 provincial sports and youth departments to all sports delegations in the country that were designated as a statistical population . In this study, to analyze the data, test the hypotheses and in general, to generalize the results from sample to statistical population, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, T-sample, Friedman, structural equation modeling and PLS Smart and Spss software were used. .
Based on the findings of the exploratory factor analysis of this study, 27 items have priority as performance evaluation indicators that sports delegations should will evaluate in the 7 factors or functional areas; Development and public, financial and resources, training, talent identification, competitions and events, camps and deployments as well as legal so it is recommended that delegations in all dimensions Perform functionally continuously.

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