Investigating the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Empowerment of Managers and Employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Kermanshah Province, Taking Into Account Social Capital and Self-efficacy

Today, adopting new technologies is one of the challenges in organizations, especially sports organizations, which has received little attention. The fit between the organization's strategic resources and information systems based on information and communication technology generates creativity in processing operations and, as a result, provides new products and services. The current research was conducted to investigate the impact of information and communication technology on the empowerment of managers and employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth in Kermanshah province, taking social capital and self-sufficiency into account. The research method was descriptive-correlation and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the research included 320 managers and employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Kermanshah province, and 175 people were selected as a statistical sample using the stratified random method based on Cochran's formula. The data collection tool was the use of standard questionnaires. This research used Smart PLS software to examine the relationships between the model's components from the structural equations and to analyze the data. The results showed that information and communication technology had a positive and significant impact on the empowerment of managers and employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Kermanshah province, taking into account social capital and self-efficacy, and based on this, information and communication technology had a positive effect on the capital social with an impact factor of 0.76 and a t-value of 803.19, information and communication technology on self-efficacy, with an impact factor of 0.67 and a t-value of 501.11, social capital on empowerment, with an impact factor of 0.35 and a t-value of 527.2. And self-efficacy has had a positive and significant effect on empowerment with an impact factor of 0.42 and a t value of 310.3. Also, information and communication technology has the most impact on social capital, with an impact factor of 0.76, and social capital has the least impact on empowerment, with an impact factor of 0.35. It is suggested that managers and employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Kermanshah province synchronize information and communication technology in sports organizations with topics such as empowerment, social capital, and self-efficacy to create effective and productive outcomes.