Authors : Naser Seifollahi and Mohammad Shahidnik
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between information literacy and social capital and employee empowerment among education personnel in the city of Kohgiluyeh (Iran). The population in the present descriptive-correlational study consisted of all male education personnel in the city of Kohgiluyeh (n = 270) in 2014. Using Jersey-Morgan table and stratified random sampling method, 152 people were selected as the study’s samples. The data were collected through the employee empowerment questionnaire the information literacy questionnaire and the social capital questionnaire 2005. The data were analyzed using pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results showed significant relationships between information literacy and employee empowerment and between social capital and employee empowerment. Among the components of information literacy, effective access to information and understanding legal and economic issues related to the use of information had respectively the highest (0.575) and the lowest (0.490) predictive power in predicting employee empowerment. Among the components of social capital, trust and commitment had respectively the highest (0.590) and the lowest (0.498) predictive power in predicting employee empowerment.
Naser Seifollahi and Mohammad Shahidnik, 2016. The Relationships Between Information Literacy and Social Capital with Employee Empowerment. International Business Management, 10: 6477-6483.