Identification of the Relationship between Knowledge Management Processes and Social Security Staff Empowering (Case study: Social security organization of Ardabil Province)

This research has been developed to identify the relationship between knowledge management processes and social security organization staff empowering in Ardabil province .In fact , the major and basic question of the research is , ((Is there any relationship between knowledge management processes and staff empowering in the social security organization of Ardabil Province)). In order to analyze the question, knowledge management factors based on Lawson model were analyzed. Spreitzer model has also been used to analyze the empowering situation. The Standard questionnaire for knowledge management processe and its factors as an independent variable includes 24 questions and that of empowering as a dependent variable includes 15 questions. Content validity procedure and views of university professors were used for validity test. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaires was 80% and because Cronbach alpha of the questionnaires was more than 70%, both questionnaires had the needed reliability. The testees are 140 members of social security organization that have been chosen by random sampling procedure. Structural equation model has also been used for analyzing the data. The results show that there is a meaningful relationship between knowledge management and social security organization staff empowering in Ardabil Province.