Development of information technology communication model and human resource empowerment in education

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Shapoor Etehadnezhad ¹ , Abdolghalegh Gholami CHENARESTAN OLYA ² , Ali Pirzad ³ , Tahereh Etehadnezhad ⁴

1 - Ph.D of Public Administration , Department of Management, Faculty of humanities, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of humanities, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran.
4 - Ph.D student of Computer Engineering, Department of Engineerinng, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University,Yasooj, Iran .

Received: 2021-03-09 Accepted : 2022-03-06 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: Information Technology, education, Human Resource Empowerment,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between IT and human resource empowerment and design the relevant communication model. This research is of descriptive-analytical type and in terms of purpose is of user type. The statistical population was human resources managers and information technology practitioners in Fars education and 210 people and the statistical sample was 136 people according to Cochran's formula which was selected by cluster random sampling. Data collection tools were two questionnaires of information technology and human resource empowerment whose face validity was confirmed by relevant experts and their reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha formula of 0.862 and 0.907, respectively. In order to study and analyze the data, descriptive statistical methods and confirmatory factor analysis were used with the help of SPSS and smart PLS software and the research analytical model was developed. According to the research findings, the coefficient of information technology to human resources empowerment path is equal to 0.717 and the value of t-statistic for this path is equal to 12.292, which due to the larger value of 1.96 indicates the estimated coefficient of significance. The result of information technology has a positive and significant effect on human resource empowerment.

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