Journal of Advances in Para-Sport Science
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Global virus vs. global industry: explaining and classifying the effects of corona outbreaks on sports industry

Authors

Ehsan Asadollahi 1
Reza Heydari 2
Malihe Sadat Aghaei shahri 3
Homeyra Shojaei 4
Marko Perić 5

1 Faculty member of Sanabad Golbahar University, Golbahar, Iran

2 Ph.D candidate Sport management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

3 3 Department of physical education and sport science, faculty of Alzahra, khorasan razavi branch, technical and vocational University (tvu), Mashhad, Iran.

4 PhD in Sports Management, Urmia University, Urmia

5 University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Primorska 42, 51410 Opatija

https://doi.org/10.52547/hases.1.1.1
Abstract
Abstract: The spread of coronavirus in the world has had various effects on industries, especially the sports industry. The purpose of this study was to explain and classify the effects of coronavirus outbreak on the dimensions of the sports industry. The present study was applied in nature, mixed in terms of data retrieval and descriptive-exploratory in terms of data analysis method that data collection was done in the field. The statistical population in the qualitative section included sports experts, 18 people were purposefully selected, and the statistical population in the quantitative section included all activists in the field of sports and sports industry, of which 600 samples were selected by simple random sampling. Data collection in the qualitative part was done by the systematic method of data theory and in the quantitative part, using a researcher-made questionnaire obtained from the qualitative part of the present study with 79 items in 2 dimensions of direct effects and indirect effects on a 5-point Likert scale. Research data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods with the help of SPSS24 and Amos statistical software. The results showed that the outbreak of coronavirus had a direct and indirect role in the production and distribution sectors, private and public sectors, sports education and research, trade, events and competitions, technology, services and economics of the sports industry. This finding can help the country's sports managers and officials to improve the situation of the sports industry in the post-Corona era.

Keywords

Sport
outbreak effects
Corona Virus
Sports Industry
trade and sports economics
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Journal of Advances in Para-Sport Science
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2021
Pages 1-20