A qualitative study of organizational factors affecting participation in leisure time sport activities in Iran

The purpose of this study was to investigate organizational factors affecting participation in leisure time sport activities in Iran. The research method was qualitative and the statistical sample consisted of 21sport experts and managements. Deep interviews were used to collect data. Validity of the research was confirmed by giving the feedback to the interviewees and using their comments and reliability of the research was approved by Cohen's kappa coefficient (0.736). The grounded theory method was utilized to analyze data. The results showed some organizational factors including “planning”, “education”, “financial resources”, “human resources”, “partner organizations”, “marketing”, “infrastructures and equipments”, “development strategies” and “regulations and rules” affect participation of people in leisure time sport activities. So, different organizational factors are effecting in participation of people in leisure time sport activities that should be noticed.

Sport activities, Leisure time, Organization, Qualitative