Investigating the impact of information and communication technology on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs with the mediating role of social capital and the moderating role of self-efficacy (case study: Baharan Information Technology Company)

Motamedi, Negar; Rahmani, Faezeh

doi:JABM.3.2.15564.351253.2327

Investigating the impact of information and communication technology on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs with the mediating role of social capital and the moderating role of self-efficacy (case study: Baharan Information Technology Company)

Authors

negar motamedi ¹

faezeh rahmani ²

¹ PhD in Business Management, Strategic Policy Orientation, Assistant Professor, Payam Noor University, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran.

² master of information technology management , department of management, accounting & economy , Payam Noor university of Tehran. Tehran, Iran.

JABM.3.2.15564.351253.2327

Abstract

Information and communication technology has a great role in creating and increasing creativity and innovation in the field of entrepreneurship because it has facilitated economic competition and sustained long-term economic growth. By using information and communication technology in emerging economies, women can transform their social, political and economic lives and eliminate many gaps in the economic-social development of society. The above research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of method. The sample size is 132 women working in Baharan Information Technology Company, who were selected by simple random and based on the Cochran formula, and the impact between the hypotheses using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test, factor analysis and Liesrel structural equations, the Sobel test, and the R significance test. Checked out. The sample t-test statistic is greater than the critical value of t at the 5% error level, i.e. 1.96, so that information and communication technology has an effect on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs with the mediating role of social capital and the moderating role of self-efficacy in Baharan Information Technology Company. The results showed that information technology plays a positive and important role in creating and strengthening the components of social capital, linking it with self-efficacy and ultimately empowering women entrepreneurs.

Keywords

Information and Communication Technology

Empowerment

Social Capital

Self-Efficacy

Women Entrepreneurs

IT companies

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