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Sport development in Kuwait: perception of stakeholders on the significance and delivery of sport

Aldousari, Badi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1089230549

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physical Activity and Educational Services.
This study analyzed the perceptions of some stakeholders of Kuwaiti sport regarding the importance of three domains of sport (i.e., mass sport, elite sport, and commercial sport), and the relative emphases to be placed on each of these domains. The respondents were also asked to indicate the organizational forms (public, nonprofit, profit, public-nonprofit combine, and public-profit combine) best suited to deliver related sport services in the country. The stakeholder groups were administrators of federations, administrators of clubs, administrators of youth centers, coaches of clubs, coaches of youth centers, and elite athletes. The statistical procedures employed to analyze the data included exploratory factor analysis, computation of Cronbach’s alpha, MANOVA followed by ANOVA, and chi square analyses. The results provided support for the subscale structure of the survey instrument by Cuellar (2003). Data analyses indicated that the participants considered elite sport as the most critical sport domain. However, when forced to place relative emphases on the three domains, the participants expressed that the greatest emphasis should be placed on mass sport instead. The participants also chose the Public and Public-Nonprofit Combine organizations as the most suitable to deliver most of the sport related services. They favored a partnership between Profit and Public organizations in building and maintaining sport facilities for Elite Sport. These results were interpreted as being influenced by Islamic and Arabic traditions which favor mass sport. Further, the choice of the Public and Nonprofit organizations to deliver most of the services was seen as a reflection of the current practice of Public organizations providing almost all sport related services in Kuwait.
Packianathan Chelladurai (Advisor)
133 p.
Education, Physical
Sport in Kuwait; Sport Development; Domains of Sport; Organization of Sport

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  • Aldousari, B. (2004). Sport development in Kuwait: perception of stakeholders on the significance and delivery of sport [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1089230549

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Aldousari, Badi. Sport development in Kuwait: perception of stakeholders on the significance and delivery of sport. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1089230549.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Aldousari, Badi. "Sport development in Kuwait: perception of stakeholders on the significance and delivery of sport." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1089230549

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