جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « empowerment » در نشریات گروه « میان رشته ای »

It is evident that although empowerment is effective in changing the lifestyle of rural inhabitants, due to the dominance of rationalist approaches in the planning system of Iran, the empowerment of rural residents has not been adequately addressed in the country's planning and policy-making. The present research, conducted through documentary and survey methods, aims to investigate the impact of planning types on rural empowerment and ultimately its effect on the sustainable socio-cultural development of rural settlements. The statistical population of this study encompasses the inhabited rural settlements in the central district surrounding Hamadan County. Out of the total 107 inhabited villages in Hamadan County, 50 settlements were randomly selected. The selection of rural settlements was done using a combined random sampling method, including stratified or class sampling. The sample size selected was 382 households, chosen randomly. For data analysis, in addition to descriptive techniques, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis were used to assess the relationship and impact among the study variables. The results showed that out of 14 indicators examined, 7 indicators (education and information, the manner and mode of participation, social capital, improvement in individuals' living standards, self-determination, trust and confidence, and transparency) have a significant correlation with the socio-cultural development component of the rural areas under study, according to experts and rural respondents. In fact, the Pearson test results indicate the existence of a relationship between the planning approach and the empowerment and sustainable socio-cultural development of the villages in the study area.

The effect of information technology on empowerment of industrial clusters has been appealed to in almost all scientific areas as well as in decision making on the country’s development plans. This applied research has been conducted in regard to the effect of information technology on empowerment of bank clusters in the branches of Parsian Bank in Tehran. The research population included 439 employees from 40 branches of Parsian Bank, 205 of whom were selected based on Cochran's formula with the simple random sampling method. The 205 subjects were polled using validated questionnaires in information technology based on Nijia’s model and Russell and Steven’s empowerment. The obtained results were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS version 23. The major research hypothesis, suggesting the effect of information technology on empowerment of the clusters of Parsian Bank in Tehran, was confirmed with a coefficient of determination of 0.55. The results also suggested the positive effect of information technology on dynamic structures with a coefficient of determination of 0.39 and on decision control with a coefficient of determination of 0.34 in the clusters of Parsian Bank in Tehran. On the other hand, information technology had a slight effect on information sharing with a coefficient of determination of 0.17 in the clusters of Parsian Bank in Tehran.

Change in workplace has made organizations to review and revise management systems in order to survive in today's rapidly changing world. Here, empowerment converts to the main topic in relation to management and leadership functions.Servant leaders always show a great desire to develop employees and to impact on growth and development of organization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between servant leadership and empowerment.

This study was conducted on the employees of Hamadan police headquarters with descriptive-survey method in 2015. The population was 407 in which 197 were selected as samples. 220 questionnaire were distributed and 200 of them were collected. Subjects were selected by personnel number and random sampling. They participated in this study by completing the researchers' questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistical tests.

The results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between servant leadership and empowerment. In addition, the results verified the significant and positive relationship between all of the dimensions of servant leadership such as serving, humility and modesty, reliability and kindness and empowerment.

According to this study and the verification of positive and significant relationship between servant leadership and empowering employees, considering this style and its dimensions are vital. It is suggested that the required trainings in terms of the style of leadership should be directed toward organizational managers.