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1- Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, International Campus of Tehran University, Karaj, Iran , taherehrahmati20@gmail.com
2- Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3- Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
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The purpose of this study was to determine the prioritization and comparison of communication skills as a selection criterion of Iran's national table tennis coach from the sport elites perspectives. As this was a descriptive study, survey methodology was employed. The study population consisted of 100 table tennis sport elites of whom 80 subjects were randomly selected using the Morgan table. Questionnaires designed for the study consisted of 15 items. To determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha was used. McLean and Zakrajsk model was used in examining communication skills as a selection criterion of Iran’s national table tennis coach. Results of this study indicate that there is no difference among the participants in prioritizing communication skills as a criterion (P>0.05).

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Type of Study: Rapid Communications | Subject: Sport Management and its related branches
Received: 2013/07/17 | Accepted: 2014/01/3

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