The Pattern of Optimal Utilization of Knowledge-Based Human Resources and Jobs with the Approach of Developing Sports Businesses in Tehran Province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani 1
Ali Saberi 2
Hamidreza Safari Jafarlo 3
1 Department of Management and Policy Making in Sports, Sport Sciences Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.
2 Department of Sports Management, School of Management and Accounting, Farabi Campus of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Jahrom University, Jahrom , Iran
10.22034/ntsmj.2024.2029543.1002
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the current research was to determine the pattern of optimal utilization of knowledge-based human resources and jobs with the approach of developing sports businesses in Tehran province.
Methods: The research method was qualitative and consistent with the grounded theory. The statistical community includes all executives, experts, and university professors, elites of economics, employment and sports entrepreneurship and knowledgeable about sports economics and human resources in sports in Tehran province. For sampling, the snowball pattern has been used until the saturation limit is reached. In this regard, theoretical saturation was achieved after conducting interviews with 19 participants. In order to data analysis, the theory derived from the data and the model proposed by Strauss and Korbin (1990) were used, and the coding method was used to identify each factors of the causal, contextual, intervening, strategies and the outcomes.
Results: In this research, after conducting interviews and coding the data, 108 initial independent codes were created. The point that has been repeated and noticed the most in these codes was the development of knowledge-based sports businesses, which was placed as the focal point of examining causal, contextual, intervening, strategies and the outcomes. 23 codes related to causal factors, 20 contextual codes, 17 intervening codes, 28 strategy codes and 20 codes related to the outcomes of the development of knowledge-based sports businesses were identified.
Conclusion: The findings of this research can be used as a desirable model for the optimal use of knowledge-based human resources as well as for the development of sports knowledge-based jobs and businesses.
Keywords
Intellectual Human Capital
Knowledge-Based Jobs
Sports Businesses
Tehran Province
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