The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations

In the knowledge-based era, knowledge is considered the most influential asset of successful organizations and knowledge management (KM) is their most important function. Knowledge creation is one of the most important practices of KM and has an influential effect on the innovativeness of organizati...

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Main Authors: nasser asgari, mahdi KHeirandish, mehrdad Gholami, maryam Khalatbari Moazzam
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Published: University of Tehran 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of Information Technology Management
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Online Access:https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_30053_7bb9764f804ccc9931ce425067e1e719.pdf
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maryam Khalatbari Moazzam
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description In the knowledge-based era, knowledge is considered the most influential asset of successful organizations and knowledge management (KM) is their most important function. Knowledge creation is one of the most important practices of KM and has an influential effect on the innovativeness of organization. Knowledge creation is considerably dependent on the employees’ capabilities and readiness. Employees’ empowerment can develop these capabilities effectively. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to describe the effects of empowering of employees on the knowledge creation by them. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The population of the research consists of 950 managers and senior experts of the NIOPDC. A sample of 270.subjects was selected as statistical sampling. According to the research findings, all of the studied psychological dimensions of employees' empowerment have positive considerable effects on enhancing knowledge creation in organization. Finally, according to research findings, some suggestions are presented.
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spelling doaj-art-c8c1d1350bcc447e8ab1199ebef0f70b2025-08-20T03:09:45ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Information Technology Management2008-58932423-50592013-03-015110712610.22059/jitm.2013.3005330053The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizationsnasser asgari0mahdi KHeirandish1mehrdad Gholami2maryam Khalatbari Moazzam3استادیار دانشگاه هوایی شهید ستاری، تهران، ایراناستادیار دانشگاه هوایی شهید ستاری، تهران، ایرانکارشناس ارشد مدیریت دولتی، مربی دانشگاه هوایی شهید ستاری، تهران، ایران.دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت بازرگانی، دانشگاه پیام نور، سمنان، ایرانIn the knowledge-based era, knowledge is considered the most influential asset of successful organizations and knowledge management (KM) is their most important function. Knowledge creation is one of the most important practices of KM and has an influential effect on the innovativeness of organization. Knowledge creation is considerably dependent on the employees’ capabilities and readiness. Employees’ empowerment can develop these capabilities effectively. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to describe the effects of empowering of employees on the knowledge creation by them. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The population of the research consists of 950 managers and senior experts of the NIOPDC. A sample of 270.subjects was selected as statistical sampling. According to the research findings, all of the studied psychological dimensions of employees' empowerment have positive considerable effects on enhancing knowledge creation in organization. Finally, according to research findings, some suggestions are presented.https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_30053_7bb9764f804ccc9931ce425067e1e719.pdfknowledge creationKnowledge ManagementPsychological Empowerment.
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The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
Journal of Information Technology Management
knowledge creation
Knowledge Management
Psychological Empowerment.
title The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
title_full The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
title_fullStr The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
title_short The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Enhancing the Potential of Knowledge Creation in the Organizations
title_sort effect of psychological empowerment on enhancing the potential of knowledge creation in the organizations
topic knowledge creation
Knowledge Management
Psychological Empowerment.
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