Investigating the impact of empowerment training courses on human resources productivity among Tehran University of Medical Sciences employees

Employees’ empowerment is the best and efficient organizational strategy for improvement of human resources productivity. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment training courses with human resources productivity among Tehran University of Medical Sciences employees.

This was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study. The study population included 1452 employees of the university deputies. Research sample was calculated 304 according to Krejcie and Morgan table. The research tool consisted of Hersey's empowerment training courses effectiveness translated by Jafari “et al.” and Hersey-Goldsmith's human resources productivity questionnaires. The content and structural validity including convergent and divergent validity of questionnaires were determined, and their reliability was confirmed by Alpha Cronbach with 0.86 and 0.89 coefficient, respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23, and descriptive results were presented by absolute and relative frequency and analytical results by inferential statistical techniques and Structural Equation Modeling.

The mean of empowerment training courses effectiveness of employees and human resources productivity was relatively desirable. Also, the relationship between empowerment courses effectiveness and human resources productively of employees was confirmed.

Using different procedures of employees’ empowerment in early period of employment including organizational socialization, on-the-job training courses by workshops, distance learning and in-person training for empowerment of self-esteem, compatibility, and innovation of employees’ for promotion of organizational and individual productivity is recommended.