Presentation of Humanitarian Logistics Development Model by Athletes

Humanitarian logistics refers to the provision of assistance during disasters by volunteer human forces. The expansion of the popularity of athletes in the national arenas and the trust of the people of the society in the athletes has caused them to have a potential in the way of charity work and also in the direction of implementing humanitarian logistics. The current research was designed and implemented with the aim of providing a humanitarian logistics development model by athletes. This research is descriptive-analytical in terms of its applied purpose. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the champion athletes of Iran, and 384 people were considered as a statistical sample using the available sampling method, based on the Krejcie and Morgan table. The data collection tool in this research is a researcher-made questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS and Amos software. The results of exploratory factor analysis show that 5 factors: managerial, cultural, human, legal, and facilities-technological are effective in the development of humanitarian logistics by athletes, and these 5 factors can explain 68.044% of the variability (variance) of the variables. Also, based on the findings of the research, the role of management factors with a total effect of 0.781 has the most impact on the development of humanitarian logistics by athletes.

Presentation of Humanitarian Logistics Development Model by Athletes Keywords:

Social Responsibility , Humanitarian logistics , Champion Athletes