The Relationship between Information Technology and Psychological Empowerment of Educational Managers in District One of Sari

Subject Areas : Educational management

Maryam  Taghvaee Yazdi ¹ (Assistant Professor of Educational Management Department, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran)

Received: 2014-10-16 Accepted : 2015-01-03 Published : 2015-08-01

Keywords: education, Information technology, Managers, Psychological Empowerment,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between information technology and psychological empowerment of education managers in district one ofSari. This applied study adopted a descriptive-correlational approach as its methodology. The statistical population of the study was 220 educational managers in Sari district one in academic year of 2013-14, of whom 136 were chosen as the study sample using Krejcie and Morgan table. Data collection tools were two researcher-made information technology questionnaires consisting of 15 modified questions with a reliability of 0.91 and Spritzer psychological empowerment standard questionnaire including 15 questions with different reliabilities at different dimensions of being competence 0.88, being effective 0.89, being meaningful 0.86, self-determination 0.88 and trustworthy 0.84. The obtained statistical results were provided in two parts of descriptive and inferential statistics, which included the Pearson correlation and the linear regression tests. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between information technology and empowerment of education managers, feeling of being meaningful, feeling of being effective, feeling of self-determination, and feeling of being effective. But there was no significant relationship between information technology and feeling of competence.

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