The Relationship between Empowerment and the Productivity of Employees of Education System

This study was aimed to determine the relationship between empowerment and productivity of employees in education system in Ahwaz, which was conducted in 2015. The present study was practical in terms of objective; it was a descriptive study in terms of data collecting methodology; and it was a correlational study in terms of implantation method. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all the employees in the education organization of region 3 in Ahwaz who had participated in training programs between the years of 2008 and 2013; the statistical population comprised 300 individuals among whom 169 individuals were selected using the simple random sampling method and the Morgan table; these 169 employees were given questionnaires. The method of collecting data was based on Spriters standard questionnaires of empowerment (1995) and standard researcher-made questionnaire of employees' productivity (1995). In the present study, in order to determine the reliability, the Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient was used; the reliability was greater than 0.7 for both types of questionnaires. In addition, in order to determine the validity of the questionnaires, the content validity was used, hence the questionnaires were approved by experts. The analysis of the obtained data from the implementation of the questionnaires was done using SPSS 21 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential. The results of the study indicated that there was a relationship between empowerment and its components such as the feelings of competence, significance, and being effective with employees' productivity. But there was no relationship between the component of self-determination and employees' productivity.