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Designing a Model of Competences of Entrepreneurs in Iran’s Sports Industry

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The purpose of this study was to design a model of competences of entrepreneurs in the sports industry. Research method was descriptive-survey and the sample consisted of 155 experts and professors in physical education and entrepreneurship fields. The research instrument consisted of a researcher-constructed questionnaire, model-based building block competency with 101 items that evaluated competences of entrepreneurs in the sports industry in 5 dimensions including personal skills, science and academic competences, workplace competences, science and principles of entrepreneurship, and sport industry-wide competences. Data were analyzed by using tests of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and Pearson's correlation coefficient with SPSS and LISREL softwares. Results showed personal skills, sciences and academic competences, workplace competences, science and principles of entrepreneurship, and sport industry-wide competences make up 5 main levels of the research model, and 24 components explain these dimensions. Finally, 100 indices were identified for competences of entrepreneurs in the sports industry. Also, results indicated that the indices of the model are appropriate and acceptable. The model developed in this study can be used as an instruction for developing the competences of entrepreneurs in students, staff and administrators in universities, sports organizations and other custodians and policymakers in sports.
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           
        
                
           
              
               


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  
         
              
          
 
       
          


  
            






  
  
1
. A.T. Kearney
2
. Laguador
3
. Kuratko & Hodgetts
4
. Foray
    




""

        
      
   
       
         
       
       




           




    ""
  

            





1
. Mak Kland
2
. Bygrave
3
. 10D
4
. Bygrave
5
. Draganidis & Mentzas
6
. Hutter, Pijpers & Oudejans
7
. PEAKS (Personality + Experiment + Attitudes + Knowledge + Skills)
8
. Morris & Webb
9
. Tripathi & Agrawal
 

        

         
        
    
    




 

            

""



        
    


1
. Hurd
2
. Building Block Competency Model
3
. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA)
4
. DOLETA
    

           
        







 .
   
       
   

   "     
"

1
. Inyang & Enuoh
2
. Bird
3
. Man
4
. Van Dam
 



  
       





 
           





        

     
           


     

  
-


1
. Mitchelmore & Rowley
2
. Baum
3
. Schlesinger
    
         


         







     

        


      

   



        




         
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        

          


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



     
        

          
            
       
  
            

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










           

   α        



   
1. Googledoc
 

  
          
      





   ± 




  






(RMSEA)
   
 
)NNFI(
  
 
)CFI( 

1
. SPSS 16
2
. Lisrel
3
. KolmogorovSmirnov
4
. Root Mean Square Error of Approximation
5
. Non-Normed Fit Index
6
. Comparative Fit Index
    
              
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    
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        
          
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
    







           

    
        
          




         


        
 
       


             




1. Smith & Valerton
 
         

         

           



         
     


         

           
  
     





            

  
         
          


    



 
         
        
          
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
 
     


           
          
     



 
     


            
     

          


1
. Anderson
2
. Mitchelmore & Rowley
 
     
           

 
   

         

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Designing a Model of Competences of Entrepreneurs in
Iran’s Sports Industry
M. H. Ghorbani1, M. Vahdani2
1. Assistant Professor of Sport Managment, Sport Sciences Research Institute*
2. Ph.D. Student in Sport Management, University of Tehran
Received: 2016/05/14 Accepted: 2016/09/10
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to design a model of competences of entrepreneurs in the
sports industry. Research method was descriptive-survey and the sample consisted of
155 experts and professors in physical education and entrepreneurship fields. The
research instrument consisted of a researcher-constructed questionnaire, model-based
building block competency with 101 items that evaluated competences of entrepreneurs
in the sports industry in 5 dimensions including personal skills, science and academic
competences, workplace competences, science and principles of entrepreneurship, and
sport industry-wide competences. Data were analyzed by using tests of descriptive
statistics and inferential statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and Pearson's correlation
coefficient with SPSS and LISREL softwares. Results showed personal skills, sciences
and academic competences, workplace competences, science and principles of
entrepreneurship, and sport industry-wide competences make up 5 main levels of the
research model, and 24 components explain these dimensions. Finally, 100 indices were
identified for competences of entrepreneurs in the sports industry. Also, results indicated
that the indices of the model are appropriate and acceptable. The model developed in
this study can be used as an instruction for developing the competences of entrepreneurs
in students, staff and administrators in universities, sports organizations and other
custodians and policymakers in sports.
Keywords: Competency, Entrepreneurs, Sports industry, Model
*Corresponding Author Email: ghorbani.moho@gmail.com
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