Sport Management Journal

Presenting a Model of Privatization of Sports Facilities and Spaces in Tehran Municipality

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mehdi SeyedAli 1
Farshad Emami 2
Seyed Jafar Mosavi 3

1 Department of Sports Management, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

2 ,Department of Sports Management, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

3 Department of Sports Management, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2022.343283.2950
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to present a model of privatization of sports facilities of Tehran Municipality.
Methods: The research method was qualitative using a systematic design of data-based theory and semi-structured interviews were used to collect information. Then, data analysis was performed by Strauss and Corbin method and a paradigm model. The statistical population of the study included managers, executives, professors and experts of sports venues and sports spaces of Tehran Municipality Sports Organization who had the necessary expertise in the field of research, including privatization of sports venues, investment and marketing, 15 people were interviewed. And obtaining the necessary information in relation to the subject under study was selected in a completely non-probabilistic manner using theoretical and targeted snowball techniques. Open, axial and selective coding were used to analyze the data.
Results: 158 basic conceptual propositions with 11 categories in the form of 6 dimensions of a paradigm model, including causal conditions (2 categories of place conditions and managerial conditions), main phenomenon (privatization of sports venues and spaces), strategy(2 categories of corrections and review and performance improvement), Underlying characteristics(2 categories of community conditions and individual conditions), intervening conditions(2 categories of deterrents and stimulus factors) and consequences(3 categories of change in the promotion of municipal affairs, change in the quantitative and qualitative level of places and change in service) were identified.

Keywords

Municipal Sports
Model
Privatization
Qualitative Method
Sports Venues and Spaces
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Sport Management Journal
Volume 15, Issue 3
Autumn 2023
Pages 332-317

  • Receive Date 18 May 2022
  • Revise Date 23 August 2022
  • Accept Date 23 September 2022

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