The effect of information technology capabilities on innovation: the mediating role of empowering employees of sports and youth departments

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.ِD. in Sport management, Shahrood university of technology

2 Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

3 Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

10.22091/its.2024.11288.1000

Abstract

Rapid advances in technology have prompted organizations to utilize digital tools while empowering employees to effectively participate in innovative processes. Therefore, the aim of the current research was the effect of information technology capabilities of sports and youth department employees on their innovation with the role of empowerment mediator. The present research method is descriptive and correlational in nature. The statistical population of the research was all the employees of Khorasan Razavi Sports and Youth Department, 180 people were selected as a sample using random-cluster sampling method. The research tools included three standard questionnaires of information and communication technology capabilities of Mao (2020), organizational innovation questionnaire of Anasankosa (2013) and employee empowerment questionnaire of Spritzer (1995). Structural equations with variance-based approach were used to test research hypotheses. SPSS23 and Smart-PLS 3.2.8 software were used for data analysis. The research results showed that information technology has a direct and significant effect on organizational innovation and employee empowerment, and the mediating role of employee empowerment as a result of information technology capabilities on organizational innovation was also confirmed. According to the results of the research, it can be stated that the use of information and communication technology directly increases organizational innovation; but conditions such as empowering employees increase its effect. In this regard, the disparting of training and development strategies improved the skills of using new communication and information technologies can lead the development of organizational innovation.

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Information technology and sports
Volume 1, Issue 1
April 2025
Pages 1-17

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  • Receive Date: 02 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 02 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 03 October 2024

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