Sport Management Journal

Determining the Competencies of Sports Event Managers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Navid Asadi 1
seyed Nasrolah Sajadi 2
mahmoud goudarzi 3
aram moradi 4

1 . PhD Student of Sport Planning and Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Sport Planning and Management Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Sport Planning and Management Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 PhD Student of Sport Planning and Management, Shomal University, Amol, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2015.55156
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the viewpoints shared by university professors and the managers holding sports events of federations on the competencies of sports event managers. The study was a descriptive survey conducted as a field research. The statistical population included all university professors with more than three years of experience of teaching courses related to management of sports events (N=39) and  managers involved in holding  sports events of federations (N=50). The statistical sample was equal to statistical population (n=89). The data were collected by the COSEM questionnaire of the competencies of sports event managers (Toh, 1997) consisting of 65 closed questions. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by university professors, and its reliability coefficient was 0.87. The inferential statistics of confirmatory factor analysis with varimax rotation and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and independent t tests were used. The results showed the most important competencies of sports event managers included event planning and management techniques, sports facilities management, and event marketing management. Also, there was no significant difference between the viewpoints of university professors and the managers holding sports events of federations.

Keywords

Competency
event manager
sports event
sport federations
University Professors

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Sport Management Journal
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
June & July
Spring 2015
Pages 159-174

  • Receive Date 16 March 2011
  • Revise Date 12 October 2015
  • Accept Date 10 January 2016

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