On the relationship between employees' empowerment with competitive advantage and organizational agility mediated by organizational intelligence (Case study: employees in gas company of Hamadan)

The present study was applied in terms of research objective and descriptive-survey research in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the study encompassed all employees of the Gas Company of Hamedan (N=400). According to Morgan's Table, the sample size was estimated to be 196. Moreover, simple random sampling method was used in the present study to select the research samples, and questionnaires were used as the research instrument to collect the required data. Content validity methods and confirmatory factor analyses were also adopted to assess the research validity. According to the findings, factor analysis is suitable to detect the structure of the factor model. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure reliability. Structural equation modeling was performed by LISREL software to analyze the data. The findings revealed a positive and significant relationship between empowerment and competitive advantage as well as a positive and significant relationship between empowerment and organizational agility, and a positive and significant relationship between empowerment and organizational intelligence among employees in the Gas Company of Hamadan. Moreover, there was a positive and significant relationship between organizational intelligence and competitive advantage, a positive and significant relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational agility, and a positive and significant relationship between competitive advantage and organizational agility among employees in the Gas Company of Hamadan.