The investigation of the Impact of Employee Empowerment on Knowledge Sharing in Post and Telecommunication Company (PTC) of Shiraz city
Subject Areas :
Saeed Saeeda Ardakani
1
*
,
Mehdi Tajpour
2
,
Elahe Hosseini
3
1 - Yazd University
2 - University of Tehran
3 - Yazd university- Shiraz university
Keywords: empowerment, knowledge sharing, Post and Telecommunication,
Abstract :
the present study aimed to investigate the effect of employee empowerment on knowledge sharing in Post and Telecommunication Company in Shiraz city. The statistical population consists of 210 people of all employees working in the PTC of Shiraz city. The sample size was determined 132 people according to Morgan table. Since this research discovers new facts and gives immediate answer to a question, it can be classified as an applied research by purpose. In addition, the Methodology approach to research is of descriptive-survey type that a standard questionnaire which its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.799) was used to collect the date. The smart PLS software was employed to analyze the data. The results showed that knowledge empowerment of employees on knowledge sharing has a significant impact on knowledge.
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