Systematic Review of Articles Related to Strategic Management in Sports by Content Analysis

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Sport Management, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Sports Management at University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

3 Professor of sports management at Guilan University

4 Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

Abstract

The current research is a systematic review of strategic sports management articles published in scientific journals in order to comprehensively categorize studies. This research is descriptive in terms of practical purpose, content analysis and documents in terms of implementation. The statistical population of the research includes 275 articles related to the field of strategic sports management until 1401, which were found in scientific databases and scientific publications by searching keywords such as strategic management, strategic management, strategic planning, and strategic planning. It was investigated through content analysis. The results showed that this field can be classified into 7 trends, the most important of which are: 1- Strategic management in sports organizations, 2- Strategic management in public sports, 3- Strategic management in championship sports, Tehran universities. , Azad University and Payamnoor University have focused more on this field and most of the articles have been published in the Journal of Sports Management Studies. Also, in citing this field, more Persian articles were used and quantitative research method was used in more than 46% of the researches. Considering the importance of strategic studies in sports and its impact on championship sports, as well as increasing health with participation in the field of public sports, it is suggested to build a body of knowledge in sports management, in addition to common topics, to pay attention to more specialized topics that arise from the field of planning in are sports, should be considered by students, professors and planners of this field.

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