The role of employees’ empowerment as an intermediary variable between knowledge management and information systems on employees’ performance

Shadi Habis Abualoush is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Management Information Systems in the faculty of administrative science and finance at Irbid National University. He gained his PhD from Jenan University of Lebanon in 2014. Dr Abualoush has published several papers in the area of information systems and management at the high ranked journals and participated in distinguished conferences and training courses in Europe. His current research interests include knowledge management, management information system, business intelligence, data mining and data warehouse.

Abdallah Mishael Obeidat is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems and Business Administration in the University of Jadara in Jordan. He gained his PhD from Jenan University of Lebanon in 2014 and MSc in MIS from The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan, His current research interests include knowledge management, knowledge sharing, management information system, E- commerce. Obeidat has published more than 20 papers on information systems and business.

Dr Ali Tarhini is an Assistant Professor at the College of Economics and Political Science, Information Systems Department, Sultan Qaboos University. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from Brunel University London, UK, and MSc in E-commerce from University of Essex, UK. His research interests include Knowledge Management, Social Media, ICT in information systems (Technology adoption and diffusion), cross-cultural issues in IS (at individual and national culture, cross-cultural studies). Ali has published more than 50 articles in leading academic journals including Computers in Human Behavior, Information Technology & People, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Journal of Management Development, Management Research Review, British Journal of Educational Technology and Interactive Learning Environments.

Dr Ra’ed Masa’deh is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Jordan. His work focuses on IT-business strategic alignment, strategic use of technology in the public sectors, knowledge management capabilities, sustainable innovation and IT-based competitive advantage, quantitative methods and structural equation modeling.

Dr Ali Al-Badi is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems/Computer Science at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. He received his education in Oman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UK and USA. Ali has more than 20 years of practical and academic experience in Information Technology. After graduation, from Reading University, UK, he worked in the Center for Information Systems (CIS), Sultan Qaboos University. He has held different positions in the Center, where he gained most of his practical experience working on and overseeing different IT projects. From Sep, 2007 to March 2011 Ali held the CIS Director’s position, sharing his time between managing the Center and performing his academic duties. Currently Ali is the HOD of the Information Systems Department at College of Economics and Political Science. Furthermore, Ali contributed to 15 different IT-focused committees both at the University and national level. Furthermore, Dr Ali has also been active in research. He has published 67 journal and conference papers, and he is a member in several international conferences program and scientific committees.