Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph. D. Student
2 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Sanandaj , University, Sanandaj, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop a model of strategic thinking skills, intellectual capital, core competencies and innovation in sports organizations in the country. The statistical population of the present study was 291 managers and experts of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, sports federations and the National Olympic Committee based on Morgan table were selected by stratified sampling method. The present research method is applied and descriptive-correlational. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data using SPSS software version 26 and structural equation modeling in Amos software version 24. The results showed that core competencies on innovation, core competencies on intellectual capital, core competencies on strategic thinking, intellectual capital on innovation and strategic thinking on innovation have a direct effect and finally core competencies through intellectual capital and strategic thinking on innovation in sports organizations as Indirect has a significant positive effect; Accordingly, the communication model of the effect of core competencies on innovation in sports organizations, the mediating variables of strategic thinking and intellectual capital has been designed and its fit has been confirmed. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that the managers of sports organizations in the country, more than the variables of intellectual capital and strategic thinking, focus on core competencies and improve its dimensions, functional competence, cognitive competence, social competence, meta-competence in the employees of these organizations.
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