The Impact of Information Technology Competency Dimensions on Organizational Innovation in Sport and Youth Departments

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of information technology competency dimensions on organizational innovation in Sports and Youth Departments in Iran. The research method was causal and applied from the perspective of the purpose. For data collection, the Tippins and Sohai Information Technology Competency Questionnaire (2003) and the Wang and Ahmed Organizational Innovation Questionnaire (2004) were used. The statistical population included employees of all Sports and Youth Departments where 223 people were selected. Experts verified the validity of questionnaires, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of questionnaires was confirmed. LISREL software version 8.8 was used. The results showed that the competency dimensions of information technology affected organizational innovation in Sports and Youth Departments. Environmental changes and inflammatory conditions in the current era seem to have overshadowed the need to pay attention to innovation in sports organizations, and efforts to improve the competence of information technology in order to create innovation may be able to interact more with the youth, community, and keeping up with environmental change.