the lived experience of successful managers from the point of view of scientific skills using the method of narrative analysis

The purpose of the present study is to describe the scientific skills of the country’s sports managers in their career paths using the method of narrative analysis. the method of qualitative research and narrative analysis was based on the interpretative paradigm in social sciences. the statistical source is the senior sports managers of the country in different periods and the snowball sampling method was used. a total of 15 interviews were conducted and theoretical saturation was achieved in the 13th interview. in-depth interviews were used to collect data based on the research method. to analyze the data, the method of thematic analysis (methodical coding) was used. codes were extracted using maxqda software. 134 codes were extracted from the scientific skills of sports managers in the country, which were placed in the two components of managerial and leadership characteristics. cohen’s kappa coefficient for the reliability of the research results is 0.80 calculated. the most important factors that can be seen in the field of managerial characteristics in the country’s successful managers are attention to human resource management, strategic vision, risk management, conflict management, stability in management, attention to knowledge acquisition, and the presence of young and hard-working forces, jihadi management and organizational work. jihadi spirit, systemic view, and attention to shared leadership were associated with effectiveness and efficiency.