Sport Management Journal

Analysis of Factors Affecting the Development of Cycling Culture with the Approach of Promoting Citizenship Sports

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mehdi Mahmoodi Yekta 1
Zahra Hemmatyar 2
Ali Khazaei 2
Mohsen Zarifi Khamene 3

1 Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Non-Governmental - Non-Profit Ivan Kay University, Semnan, Iran

2 Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Non-Governmental Non-Profit Ivan Kay University, Semnan, Iran

10.22059/jsm.2023.354151.3107
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of the research was to analyze the factors affecting the development of cycling culture with the approach of promoting citizenship sport.
Methods The present study was applied, the method of doing it quantitatively, the type of research of structural equation. The statistical population was all experts, cycling and citizenship experts who were selected by sampling (n = 175). The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire from library studies and interviews with experts whose reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.89). In order to investigate the instrument's factor structure, the exploratory factor analysis test was used to evaluate the structural validity of the exploratory factor analysis and to evaluate the instrument's confirmation factor analysis of the minimum squares through PLS software.
Results The results of the research showed that among various factors, such as communication management of the scientific and executive part of sports, focusing on youth skill development, principled planning, political-economic factors with a factor load (0.89), and support of related organizations (0.86) had the greatest impact.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the research, to promote and develop the cycling culture, the capacity of using bicycles should be increased at city level. In this regard, it is suggested that in addition to the all-around cooperation of the institutions in charge of urban sports, urban designers and planners should also follow the standard principles in planning cycling routes to motivate and attract citizens to cycling, subsequently changing their behavior and achieving urban social sustainability.

Keywords

Cycling culture Citizen sports Political-economic factors Women'
s cycling
Subjects
 
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Sport Management Journal
Volume 16, Issue 1
Winter 2024
Pages 170-151

  • Receive Date 22 January 2023
  • Revise Date 10 January 2024
  • Accept Date 08 May 2023

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