The Effectiv of ICDL Courses on Professional Empowerment and Job Performance of Commerce Organization staff in Tehran

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farideh dokaneheeifard ¹ , ali yeganehdost ²

1 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رودهن
2 - سایر

Received: 2014-06-08 Accepted : 2014-10-01 Published : 2015-03-20

Keywords: ICDL courses, professional empowerment ob performance, commerce organization,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of ICDL courses on professional abilities and job performance of commercial organizations in Tehran. The population in this study were all employees of Commerce organization in Tehran, and the research method was quasi-experimental, including pretest-posttest, treatment, and random assignments. The sample size for ICDL training the instruments used for data collection were: (a) Espriters’s (1995) questionnaire of professional power, (b) Paterson’s (1970) questionnaire of job performance, and (c) ICDL training which encompassed principles of IT, managing, files, Windows operating system, word processor (Microsoft Word), Information tables (Microsoft Excel), Internet Explorer, Information bank (Access), and Content Providing (Microsoft Power Point), the whole treatment 10 sessions lasted for. To analyze the data, both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized and to text the research hypotheses, analysis of covariance was run through spss software. The results showed that the ICDL courses had significant effect on professional abilities and job performance of commerce organization staff in Tehran.