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Adoption of Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Sports Tourism in Developing Countries
Reza Heydari 1,
Mohammad Keshtidar 1,* ,
Haywantee Ramkissoon 2,3,4,5,
Mahdi Esfahani 6 and
Ehsan Asadollahi 7
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Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948979, Iran
2
Centre for Contemporary Hospitality & Tourism & Centre for Business Improvement, College of Business, Law & Social Sciences, Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK
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College of Business, Johannesburg Business School, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2092, South Africa
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Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management Taylor’s University, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Excelsia School of Business, Sydney, NSW 2113, Australia
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Sports Centre, Imamreza International University, Mashhad, Iran
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Sanabad Golbahar Higher Education Institute, Golbahar, Iran
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For correspondence.
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Received: 21 June 2021 Accepted: 2 March 2022 Published: 28 March 2022
Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the adoption of entrepreneurial behaviours in sports tourism in developing countries. This research is a qualitative study. The systematic method of Strauss and Corbin has been used to analyse the data. Based on the results of in-depth interviews with stakeholders (n = 25), 75 indicators of sports tourism entrepreneurship were identified. Our research findings show that the necessary institutional arrangements in regulatory/legal/administrative dimensions (rule of law, government policies), normative/cultural (social norms, values, and beliefs), cognitive/educational (promotion of elite knowledge, promotion of social knowledge) and guidance measures/supporter (public sector support, private sector support, complementary attraction and information technology) have potential to improve the rate of entrepreneurial behaviours by increasing the ability and willingness of entrepreneurs to take advantage of entrepreneurial opportunities in the field of sports tourism. Our findings suggest that co-actors need to engage in a multi-stakeholder engagement approach to promote the tourism sports industry in developing countries. The existence of a legal, normative, supportive and educational environment may influence the ability and desire of market participants to identify and embrace entrepreneurial opportunities in the sports tourism sector.
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entrepreneurship; sports tourism; legal factors; educational factors; cultural factors; supportive factors
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Heydari, R.; Keshtidar, M.; Ramkissoon, H.; Esfahani, M.; Asadollahi, E. Adoption of Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Sports Tourism in Developing Countries. Highlights Sustain. 2022, 1, 41–53. https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain1020004
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Heydari, R., Keshtidar, M., Ramkissoon, H., Esfahani, M., & Asadollahi, E. (2022). Adoption of Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Sports Tourism in Developing Countries. Highlights of Sustainability, 1(2), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain1020004
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