Employee Empowerment, Team Building and Employee Competencies Moderating Role of Organizational Learning Culture

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Seyedeh Laya Mortazavi
PhD, Department of Human Resource Management, Bandar Anzali Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Anzali, Iran.
10.22034/jmek.2022.377739.1068
Abstract
In this research, the relationship of empowerment and team building with employees' competencies was investigated by studying the role of organizational learning culture modifier in an Iranian government organization. The research was applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in terms of type, quantitative in nature, and survey in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the present study was made up of employees of a government organization, with at least a bachelor's degree and 5 years of work experience. Among the population of 570 people, using Cochran's formula, 230 people were considered as the sample size. Sampling was done randomly, and 225 questionnaires were returned. Using smartPLS3 software, the face and construct validity of the questionnaire as well as Cranach's alpha reliability coefficient and composite reliability coefficient were confirmed. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Based on the obtained results, team building and employee empowerment increase employee competence, and organizational learning culture only moderates the relationship between employee empowerment and competence.

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Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Studies
Volume 3, Issue 3
Autumn 2022
Pages 30-41

  • Receive Date 30 April 2022
  • Revise Date 21 August 2022
  • Accept Date 18 October 2022