Provide a model for nurturing and developing the competencies of international marketing managers in free trade zones

Given the central role of international marketing in the development and success of free trade zones, international marketing managers must have special skills and competencies. The present study aimed to provide a design model and accreditation model for international marketing managers in free trade zones. The present study is an applied-developmental research that has been done by heuristic mixed method. It is also a cross-sectional survey in terms of data collection method and time period. The statistical population of the quality sector includes 23 managers of free trade zones. In a small part, the views of 186 international marketing managers of free trade zones have been used. Data collection tools are semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire. The content analysis method and partial least squares were used to analyze the data. The results show that the competencies of international marketing managers include knowledge, skills, personal characteristics, ability and credibility. Skills competencies include professional skills and interpersonal skills. Knowledge competence includes specialized knowledge, general knowledge and international knowledge. Creditworthiness is divided into two categories: public credit and professional credit. Ability competence includes managerial, marketing and emotional ability. Finally, personal competencies also include moral, personality, and professional characteristics. moral, personality, and and professional characteristics.