Personal Skills and Their Relationship to Administrative Creativity Among Managers of Sports Federations and Clubs in the Kingdom of Bahrain

The current study aimed to identify the level of personal skills among managers of sports federations and clubs in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as the level of administrative creativity they possess. It also sought to determine the significance between personal skills and administrative creativity. The study was conducted on a purposive sample of 163 individuals, including presidents, vice presidents, secretaries-general, and managers from 41 clubs and 44 federations. The research employed a questionnaire designed to assess personal skills and their relationship with administrative creativity. The final version consisted of 56 items measuring personal (mental and social) skills and traits of administrative creativity among the respondents. A five-point Likert scale was used to evaluate the questionnaire dimensions. The results revealed that the mental skills dimension scored high, with a relative importance of 83.7%, while the social skills dimension also recorded a high level, at 84.6%. Similarly, the administrative creativity dimension showed a high level of 82.5%. All sub-dimensions—mental skills, social skills, and administrative creativity—were rated at high levels. Moreover, Pearson correlation coefficients indicated statistically significant and positive relationships at the 0.01 level between personal skills and administrative creativity. The study concluded with several recommendations, most notably the importance of enhancing both mental and social personal skills through targeted training programs and workshops, as well as creating an environment that supports administrative creativity in sports federations and clubs, while avoiding bureaucratic practices in sports management.