Abstract
The current study addressed one of the most important and recent issues in the field of information technology, which is user empowerment, specifically in the field of clarifying the factors affecting user empowerment. Accordingly, the current study aimed to identify the impact of the organizational learning orientation on user empowerment. The dimensions of organizational learning orientation were selected based on the literature and represented by four dimensions (commitment to learning, open-mindedness, shared vision, and knowledge sharing). The dimensions of user empowerment of information technology were (problem-solving and decision support, user self-efficacy, and user autonomy). The current study was based on the assumption that there is an effect of the organizational learning orientation in user empowerment. The field of research was the hospitals of Nineveh Governorate, and the population was the users working on radiology and ultrasound machines in these hospitals. The sample size was (463) respondents, and the data were collected through a questionnaire prepared for this purpose. Four hypotheses emerged from the study model, which was tested using the structural equation modeling technique using AMOS 26 statistical software. The statistical results showed that there is a significant effect of the organizational learning orientation on user empowerment of information technology, meaning that the presence of organizational learning orientation is an important requirement to empower the users of information technology.
