Author(s): Amir Rahimi, Mohammad Ehsani, Marjan Saffari, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hossini
Iranian sports science faculties (ISSF) need to incorporate various activities that have not previously existed in their traditional functions to become innovative and entrepreneurial. For this reason, an effective model must be designed and developed to facilitate entrepreneurial research, independence of the faculties, development of their relationships, and application of sport sciences. Therefore, because of the importance of this issue, the purpose of this study was to present a model of academic entrepreneurship assessment in Iranian faculties of sports science. Using snowball sampling and based on the theoretical adequacy of the research, 11 people were interviewed. Regarding, the grounded theory was used to analyze the categories and indicators affecting the academic entrepreneurship assessment process. Also, Charmaz Grounded Theory approach was used to analyze data. These findings include four categories of requirements, enablers, activities, and consequences, for which 19 sub-categories were identified. The results can be used to evaluate, rank, and compare the entrepreneurial activities of academic actors, managers, and majors in sports science, as well as allocated grants and credits to units associated with academic entrepreneurship and commercialization.