Investigating the Effect of Human Resource Information Systems on Individual Innovation Capacity, with the Mediating Role of Emotional Commitment and Professional Participation in the Soccer Federation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 MA of Sport Management Shahid Rajaei Teacher Training University,Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate of Sport Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

3 Clinical Marketing, Baylor University Waco, Texas, United States

Abstract

Purpose: This research aims to investigate the effect of human resource information systems on individual innovation capacity, with the mediating role of emotional commitment and work engagement in football federation employees.

methods: The statistical population of this research was all employees of the Iran soccer Federation (Tehran). 291 employees of the Football Federation were selected purposefully. The research tool is the standard questionnaire of Najib Bin Musa, Rakiye Al-Arabi (2020) Questionnaire questions include a five-point Likert scale (very low, low, medium, high, very high). Also, to organize, summarize and describe the sample sizes, descriptive statistics were used, and to test the statistical hypotheses, considering the number of the research sample and disconfirming the presumption of normality of the data distribution, the correlation coefficient, and the structural equation model were used. It should be noted that Smart-PLS 3.2.8 software was used in this research.

Results: The results of the research showed that human resource information systems directly have a significant effect on individual innovation, job involvement, and emotional commitment. Also, human resource information systems indirectly affect the individual innovation of football federation employees through job involvement and emotional commitment. Human resource information systems indirectly affect soccer federation employees' innovation through job involvement and emotional commitment. Moreover, occupational conflict and emotional commitment have a positive and significant effect on the individual innovation of soccer federation employees.

Conclusion: Managers of sports federations can increase employees' emotional commitment and job involvement in addition to implementing human resources information systems to increase employee innovation.

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Research in Sport Management and Marketing
Volume 4, Issue 2
March 2023
Pages 28-39

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