Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant professor of sport management, Faculty of tourism, University of Tehranran, Iran
2 Kerman
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to development of Employee Empowerment Model Based on Social Capital and Professional Ethics in Sports and Youth Departments of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and field and correlational in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study included all employees of sports and youth departments of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province (161 people). The statistical sample is selected as a total number equal to the statistical population. The research instruments included the Social Capital Questionnaire by Nahapit and Gushal (1998), Spitzer Empowerment (1995) and the professional ethics of Kirsten et al. (2011) whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in the form of structural equation modeling using Smart PLS2 and SPSS19 software were used to analyze the data.The results showed that the proposed research model has a good fit. There is a direct and significant relationship between social capital and employee empowerment (GOF=0/586). Also, 49/4 percentage of the effect of social capital on employee empowerment has been explained indirectly by the mediating variable of professional ethics. According to the findings, it is concluded that employees 'social capital develops their empowerment by increasing their professional ethics, and managers should pay special attention to strengthening their social capital in order to increase employees' empowerment.
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