Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of the impact of core competencies on the innovation of sports organizations by examining the mediating role of intellectual capital. This research is in the field of correlational studies and field of descriptive research. The statistical population of the research included managers and experts of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, sports federations and the National Olympic Committee (N=1200). According to the Kargesi Morgan table, the sample size was determined to be 291 people, which was done using a stratified sampling method. Four demographic information questionnaires, Ghasemi et al.'s core competencies questionnaire (2013), Bontis et al.'s (2000) intellectual capital questionnaire, and Jimenez et al.'s (2008) organizational innovation questionnaire were used. To confirm the formal and content validity of the questionnaire, the opinions of supervisors and several sports management professors were used. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by conducting a test on 30 members of the research community and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used using Kolmogorov Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation and multiple regression in SPSS software version 26 and structural equation model in Amos software version 24. The obtained results showed that there is a significant relationship between core competencies and innovation, core competencies and intellectual capital, and between intellectual capital and innovation in sports organizations of the country. Also, core competencies on innovation, direct effect; In addition, intellectual capital has a significant positive effect on innovation in sports organizations indirectly.
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