Sport Management Journal

Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM) of Sport Diplomacy Components

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Yousef Bagheri 1
Mahdi Shariati Feizabadi 2
Abbas Nazarian 3

1 Member of Sport Management Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD of Management and Planning in Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2016.60248
Abstract
 
The aim of this study was to design Interpretative Structural Model (ISM) of the components of sport diplomacy. The present study was applied in terms of aims and descriptive with regard to data collection. With review of related literature and qualitative interviews (content analysis) with 13 Iranian and foreign experts of sport diplomacy, components and items of sport diplomacy were identified. In the next phase, 7 experts' opinions were used to validate interpretive modeling and to analyze MICMAC. After data analysis, the components of sport diplomacy were categorized into 7 classes and ISM graph was designed based on these classes. 'Cultural development' was located at the first class while ' branding and international prestige' was in the last class. After MICMAC analysis, the components were classified into 3 sections based on their influence and dependency power: linked (cultural development, peace and friendship), independent (media communications, national unity and identity, political development, anti-isolation) and dependent (dark side, economic development, branding and international prestige and smart power development).

Keywords

international relations
interpretative structural modeling
sport diplomacy
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Sport Management Journal
Volume 8, Issue 5
Autumn 2017
Pages 797-821

  • Receive Date 05 October 2015
  • Revise Date 17 August 2016
  • Accept Date 17 August 2016

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