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Mohammad Eshagh Afkari, Marziyeh Latifi, Mohammad Hossein Taghdisi , Kamal Azam, Fatemeh Estebsari,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (5-2013)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Violence against women is recognized internationally. Domestic Violence is a phenomenon as old as family history. The purpose of this study was to determine empowerment indicators of women covered by Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in Gorgan.

Materials and Methods: The method of study was descriptive-analytical and the data collection tool was a questionnaire. To determine reliability, test-retest method was used, and a correlation coefficient of 0.883 was obtained. To determine validity, Cronbach's alpha was applied and the figure turned out to be 0.81. In total, 91 women participated in the study and completed the questionnaire. They had at least one child and each l ived with her husband. The data were then analyzed using SPPS software(version 16) as well as descriptive and inferential(Chi square) statistics.

Results: The means and standard deviations of women's Knowledge, Attitude, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy were 6.5±2.49, 4.16±2.22, 5.25±1.92, 5.26±1.67. The means of all 4 indicators were either average or low for violence against women moreover, they did not know much about anger management skills.

Conclusion : Women should be empowered to prevent violence against them. To this end, they should be informed about how to enhance their K nowledge, Attitude, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy.

 


Omid Safari, Seyed Amir Ahmad Mozafari, Hossein Poursoltani Zarandi ,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (9-2017)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Nowadays, organizations significantly emphasize on different aspects and dimensions of knowledge and intellectual capitals. Knowledge and information are power and each individual equipped with them is powerful. Thus attention to knowledge and intellectual capitals for reaching to Psychological Empowerments in each organization is necessary and inevitable. The aim of this research was to study the impact of Intellectual Capital on Psychological Empowerments in experts of Iran’s Ministry of Youth and Sports. 
Materials and Methods: This cross- sectional study was performed among 230 experts in Iran’s Ministry of Youth and Sports through convenient sampling. Data collection was conducted by the use of standard questionnaires of intellectual capital Bontis (1998) and psychological empowerment Spreitzer (1995) with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.71 and 0.86. Descriptive statistics and regression tests were used for data analysis by spss.
Results: Results of study showed that mean intellectual capital and psychological empowerments was 3.49 and 3.81 respectively. Additionally, results showed that intellectual capital had the ability to predict the examinees’ psychological empowerments (R square= 0.12).
Conclusion: According to the results, it is necessary to use intellectual capitals in organizations for more psychological empowerment and also training sessions should be conduct

Saied Ghaffari , Sholeh Zakiani , Zohreh Rezaie ,
Volume 11, Issue 6 (3-2018)
Abstract

Background and Aim: In each organization, there is a debate about the use of IT. Human development is one of the factors influencing the efficiency and success of any organization. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of information technology on empowerment of staff working in Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive-survey research and applied in terms of purpose. A total of 274 staff members from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences were surveyed by sampling according to the Krejcie-Morgan table from among 950 employees. The tools used in the Ardalan questionnaire were divided into two parts of IT, including 10 questions and a staff empowerment questionnaire containing 23 questions. Data were analyzed by SPSS 13 software, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and one-sample T-test.
Results: The research findings showed that the use of information technology on five dimensions of job empowerment including competency, improvement of quality of work, increased decision-making power, increasing self-control, and reducing job stress have a significant effect.
Conclusion: The most important task of managers of universities is to improve the ability and job satisfaction of employees, holding in-service training courses in the field of computers and the Internet and encouraging employees to use more computers in their related activities.

Nayereh Sadat Roohollahi, Iravan Masoudi Asl, Somayeh Hessam, Mahmoud Mahmodi,
Volume 12, Issue 6 (3-2019)
Abstract

Background and Aim: With empowerment of employees, organizations can take very effective steps in the path to growth and development, which is possible through examining the factors affecting it. This study aimed to determine psychological empowerment and factors affecting it on the staff of medical sciences universities of Tehran.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional analytical descriptive study was conducted in 2018 among the personnel of selected medical sciences universities of Tehran (Tehran, Iran, and Islamic Azad University). The universities were randomly selected using cluster sampling, and sample members were chosen from each university in an accessible manner. The sample included 410 individuals. The research instrument was a researcher-made psychological empowerment questionnaire. Validity and reliability (α=0.89) of the questionnaire were confirmed. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22, Chi-square test, and Pearson correlation coefficient. P<0.05 was considered as a significant level.
Results: Of the 410 subjects, 290 (70.7%) were female. The highest percentage (51.4%) of employees in all three universities had moderate ability. Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a direct and meaningful statistical relationship between employees' ability and the factors affecting it such as sense of competence, sense of meaningfulness, and sense of the right to choose (p<0.001). The highest correlation (r=0.654) was found between significant sensory factor and employees' ability (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that the psychological empowerment of staff in medical sciences universities is moderate. Also, there are many factors such as sense of meaningfulness, sense of being effective, sense of the right to choose, and sense of competence in their psychological empowerment.


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