Identifying and prioritizing factors affecting the security of sport facilities Based on Fuzzy Delphi and MADM

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Master of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of sport management, Faculty of physical education and sport science, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

https://www.doi.org/10.34785/J021.2020.787

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the security of Iranian sports complexes. The mixed research method is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The statistical population of this study consists of two parts: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative section, sports management experts have comprised 11 Delphi panel members. In the quantitative section, the statistical population of this study is managers and staff of Karaj sports complexes (N = 785). In the qualitative section, all 11 Delphi Panel Experts have been selected as the sample. In the quantitative section 121 questionnaires have been returned to the researcher. The process of performing this research can be described in two general studies. In the first study, based on the fuzzy Delphi method, experts have identified the most important factors affecting the security of sports complexes: Environmental Control, Entrance Control, Qualification and Accreditation, Physical Protection Systems, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Communications, Security Personnel, Training (Modeling and Simulation), Protection against Toxic Substances, Sports Location Structure and Cultural Activities. In the second study, the factors obtained from the previous study have been distributed among the members of the sample through a questionnaire and the factors have been prioritized using multi- Attribute decision-making methods. The results of this study show that physical protection systems are the most important factor in securing sports complexes, followed by security personnel, sports facility structure, qualification and accreditation, entrance control, emergency management, environmental control, Education, risk management, communication, protection against toxic substances and cultural practices.

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Sports Marketing Studies
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
October 2020
Pages 50-26

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