Investigating the Relationship between Communication and Political Approach and Effectiveness of Football Club Managers (Tehran)

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1 MSc. Department of Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between communication and the political approach and effectiveness of football club managers (Tehran). The statistical population of this study was the managers of the current clubs in the national leagues competitions with the priority of Tehrani teams present in these competitions as well as the managers of the teams present in the Asian Vision, First and Second Division of Tehran (N = 360) using the Cochran formula of 186 individuals. They were randomly selected. To meet the goals of standard software, political communication (Atashpour, 2009) and the Managers Effectiveness Questionnaire (Talgott Parsons, 1969), both questionnaires were tested at 10 and 30 minutes. Cronbach's alpha was calculated as political communication (0.823), effectiveness (0.755). Multivariate analysis was used. The results showed that political communication has a positive and meaningful relationship with effectiveness, and political communication has the ability to predict managers' effectiveness variable. Also, political communication status is above average and effectiveness is above average and it is recommended. Managers of football clubs try to use their communications with Swedes to increase the effectiveness of managers

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Communication Management in Sport Media
Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 29
October 2020
Pages 101-111

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  • Receive Date: 12 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 02 December 2019
  • Accept Date: 02 January 2020

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