Effect of Using New Information Technologies on Psychological Empowerment of Employees by Explaining the Role of Mediator of Knowledge Sharing (Case study: Imam Khomeini Naval Academy's staff)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of new information technologies on psychological empowerment of employees by explaining the role of mediator of knowledge sharing in Imam Khomeini University of Marine Sciences. The present study was an applied research based on the purpose and also was descriptive and correlational on the basis of how to obtain the required data. The statistical population in this research was the staff of Imam Khomeini Naval Academy and the sample size is 624 people. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire. A structural equation model was used to analyze the data of the questionnaire. The findings suggest that the use of new information technologies directly affects psychological empowerment, while new information technologies indirectly affect the psychological empowerment through knowledge sharing. Therefore, the use of modern intelligent information technology enables employees to be more independent and managers are more inclined to give them more authority and empower them.