The impact of information technology on productivity using structural equations technique in Iran Behnoush Company


Yaser Ghorbanzad and Mina Beig


Information technology plays an important role on increasing productivity in many organizations. The primary objective of the present survey is to study the impact of information technology on productivity and find a positive and significant relationship between these two factors. Structural equations technique and LISREL software are used for analysis of the questionnaires distributed among managers and some employees of Iran Behnoush Company. Organizations try to improve their performance by investment in information technology. However, many of the previous studies indicate insignificance of the impact of information technology on productivity of the organizations. The present survey studies the impact of information technology on organizations' productivity through the collected data from the above company. Results confirm existence of a positive relationship between information technology and productivity.


DOI: j.msl.2012.03.001

Keywords: Productivity ,Information technology ,Structural equations technique

How to cite this paper:

Ghorbanzad, Y & Beig, M. (2012). The impact of information technology on productivity using structural equations technique in Iran Behnoush Company.Management Science Letters, 2(4), 1195-1202.


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