Identifying effective factors in the management of sports fans based on a meta-synthesis approach

Sport is a phenomenon whose achievements are an important socio-cultural indicator. On the other hand, sport in general and football in particular are tied to the concept of fans. With a deep look at the different degrees of socialization, it can be seen that advocacy is accepted as a culture in society. The management of this stratum of society is intertwined with various factors. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the management of sports fans. For the present study, the method of meta-synthesis technique, which is one of the types of meta-study methods, using the systematic review approach and qualitative meta-synthesis, analyzes the results and findings of previous researchers and performs the seven steps of Sandlowski and Barroso method, which is a method for analysis. The quality of the text and the extraction of concepts, factors and effective roles are categorized. These steps include; ۱- Arranging research questions, ۲- Systematic review of texts, ۳- Searching and selecting appropriate sources ۴- Extracting source information ۵- Analyzing and combining the findings, ۶- Quality control and ۷ Presenting the results. From other studies, new results were combined to identify the effective factors in the management of sports fans. To evaluate the quality of the initial studies, the CASP Critical Assessment Skills Program, which is a tool in qualitative research, was used to ensure the quality of the research findings. Based on this, these factors were analyzed and categorized into ۹ categories, ۱۴ concepts and ۵۵ indicators. Managerial, political, cultural-social, sociological, economic, infrastructure, technical, security and communication categories were identified. Therefore, based on the results, it can be stated that the country s sports officials and managers, in addition to paying special attention to the identified factors, should consider the necessary measures for each section to manage the fans.

کلیدواژه ها:

Fan Management ، sports fans ، Football ، meta-synthesis Technique