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Relationship Between Organizational Learning and Employees' Empowerment: A Case Study Among Medical Sciences Staff

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Ramin Ravangard1, Zahra Sajjadnia2, Marzie Farmani3, Mohammadkarim BahadoriMohammadkarim Bahadori ORCID4,*
1Health Human Resource Research Center, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
2Department of Statistics, Science College, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IR Iran
3Student Research Committee, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
4Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2182482416, Fax: +98-2188057022, bahadorihealth@gmail.com. Email: bahadorihealth@gmail.com

Health Scope:Vol. 3, issue 2; e15867
Published online:May 05, 2014
Article type:Research Article
Received:Oct 30, 2013
Accepted:Dec 20, 2013
How to Cite:Ravangard R, Sajjadnia Z, Farmani M, Bahadori M. Relationship Between Organizational Learning and Employees' Empowerment: A Case Study Among Medical Sciences Staff. Health Scope. 2014;3(2):e15867. doi: https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-15867

Abstract

Background:

Universities, like any other organization, are working in a variable and dynamic environment. In order to empower these organizations to deal with constant change, they should focus on organizational learning.

Objectives:

This research aimed to study the relationship between organizational learning and employees' empowerment among the headquarters staff of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2013.

Patients and Methods:

This was an applied, cross-sectional, and analytical-descriptive study. A sample of 100 headquarters staff of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were selected using stratified sampling proportional to size, and simple random sampling methods. The required data were collected using two questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 and statistical tests including; ANOVA, independent-sample t-test as well as Pearsons correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression (stepwise method). In all tests, P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results:

The results showed that the studied employees' empowerment and organizational learning were moderate. In addition, the results of multiple linear regression indicated that only participation (P < 0.001) and competence (P = 0.001) had a positive and significant association with organizational learning.

Conclusions:

The studied university could promote employees' empowerment and organizational learning using strategies including job enrichment, providing opportunities for innovation and creativity for their employees, giving rewards to individuals and team learning.

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