Verifying the role of Learning in Human Resource Productivity through Empowerment

Skillful human resources are often the most valuable capital in an organization. Organizational learning is one of the factors which improve human resources productivity. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of organizational learning in the human resources productivity through empowerment. The research method was descriptive (correlation) and standard questionnaires were used as data collection method. The statistical sample used in this study includes 150 employees working in different sections of Pars Oil & Gas Company and dwelled in Oil town of Jam city and 300 employees were selected randomly. For data analyzing SPSS and LISREL software were used. The finding from structural equation model test showed that there are strong positive causal relationships between organizational learning and human resource productivity and also between learning and empowerment. Furthermore the results indicated that generally empowerment can increase the relationship between learning and human resources productivity, but in this study, the direct effect of learning on productivity was identified more than its indirect effect through empowerment. Moreover, the correlation test results showed that the correlation among learning dimensions and productivity is stronger compared to other variables.