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The organizational creativity skills of sports directors based on some demographic variables

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This study dealt with the perceptions of the staff working in five of the Provincial Directorate of Sports about organizational creativity skills of directors based on some demographic variables. The participants of the study were chosen from the Provincial Directorate of Sports in different cities. The positions they held in the organizations were as follows: 54 managers, 55 civil servants and 63 trainers. 38 of them were women (21.9%) and 135 were men (78.1%). Data were collected using a demographic information form prepared by the researcher and the organizational creativity perception scale. The data were analyzed through nonparametric methods using Mann Whitney -U test and Kruscal Wallis test. The study revealed that younger participants had higher senses of organizational creativity perception. Those who are new in the organizations were also found to be more creative. The staff with higher levels of education had higher levels of organizational creativity perception. The study also revealed that the managers were higher levels of organizational creativity perception than the trainers, the trainers than the civil servants and the males than the females.

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