Explaining the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the Intelligencing Iranian Sports Federations considering the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management

This study aimed to explain the effect of information and communication technology on Intelligencing Iranian sports federations considering the mediating role of knowledge management. The research method was survey descriptive and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads and experts of the country's sports federations in 1398 (N = 750), who were selected as the sample by simple random sampling (256 people) according to the volume. Data collection tools were the standard questionnaire for Hernandez et al.'s ICT, and McCubby’s strategic intelligence questionnaire (2007), emotional intelligence (wang & lo, 2002), environmental intelligence (Agha hoseini, 2001), competitive intelligence, organizational intelligence and stractural intelligence (Rach & Santi) was used to measure various components of organizational intelligence. Structural equation modeling of variance-based approach using PLS software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the highest effect was on the relationship between knowledge management and intelligent organization. ICT also had a relatively high impact on knowledge management, with moderate-intensity ICT affecting the intelligent organization. Information and communication technology had also a positive and significant effect on the intelligent organization through the mediation of knowledge management. It is suggested that the presidents of sports federations invest more in successful knowledge management in order to create the appropriate infrastructure for information and communication technologies in federations. The knowledge management system should be used as a dynamic learning process in problem solving, strategic planning and decision making in order to make the federations smarter.