A study on the success factors of the Iran Martial Arts Federation

The research had a mixed-methods type and was qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase, the statistical population consisted of ۱۵ faculty members in sports management and economics and all people with experience in the management of martial arts teams as well as senior managers of the Martial Arts Federation. The samples were selected using the non-random (judgmental) purposive and snowball sampling methods. To answer the questionnaire of the present study, the statistical population consisted of ۱۰۰ athletes, club managers, and managers of the Martial Arts Federation according to Morgan's table, and ۸۰ final samples were selected to answer the questionnaires. The reliability of the questionnaire was used using Cronbach's alpha of ۰.۸۳. The questionnaire had ۷ components and ۲۷ indices, including coaches (۴ questions), administration (۵ questions), women (۴ questions), finance (۵ questions), athletes (۳ questions), foresight (۳ questions), and information technology (۳ questions). SPSS ۲۵ was used to perform descriptive and inferential statistics calculations, and the PLS ver.۳ software was utilized for structural equation modeling.  The index of rent in selecting coaches with ۷۱\% correlation in the component of coaches, the index of unfavorable training courses with ۸۱\% correlation in the administrative component, the index of training restrictions in the women's hall with ۸۱\% correlation in the women component, the index of economic problems of athletes and their lack of total compensation with ۸۷\% correlation in the financial component, the index of non-commitment of the Sports Medicine Federation to support athletes after injury with ۸۶\% correlation in the component of athletes, the non-implementation of projects with strategies of revenue-generating from athletes' championship with ۹۰\% correlation in the forecast component, the index of recording the information about championship databases and provincial delegations in the database for easy access to information with ۷۱\% correlation in the information technology component had the highest correlation with the above-mentioned components. Furthermore, the financial component was the highest effective component with a path coefficient of ۰.۸۵۳, and the administrative component was the least effective component with a path coefficient of ۰.۵۱۹. All components had a positive and significant effect on the success of the Martial Arts Federation.  Given the above-mentioned factors, the managers of the Martial Arts Federation must implement strategies such as new economic, motivational, educational, information technology, and support programs for athletes and coaches to achieve organizational success and goals in domestic and foreign fields.

Keywords:

Federation , Futures studies , Economics , Administrative System