Today, attention is paid to the importance and special position of information and communication technology (ICT) with the rapid growth of technology that has affected all aspects of organizations in some way and it is one of the components of modern societies. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the knowledge management process on ICT dimensions and the contribution of competitive advantage in professors of physical education and sport sciences faculties in Islamic Azad University Branches. This study was an applied and descriptive-correlation research. The population of this study was 86 professors. The collected data were analyzed by K-S tests and Pearson and Spearman Correlation Coefficient. The results showed that 59.30 % of subjects had doctorate or were PhD students, 40.70 % of them had a Master’s degree, 63.66 % of them were men, and 36.04 % of them were women. The results also showed that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge management process with ICT (0.710), the knowledge management process and the contribution of competitive advantage (0.619), and the contribution of competitive advantage with ICT (0.612). The use of ICT enables educational organizations to benefit from their intellectual advantages. It is suggested, that physical education and sport sciences faculties pay special attention to the promotion of their employees’ knowledge, more use of information technology, and the creation of a culture that is full of competition for success in their organizational mission.

The effect of the use of information and communication technology skills with empowerment indicators on staff in the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Islamic Republic of Iran (Case Study in Youth and Sports General Directorate of Guilan Province) O efeito do uso de habilidades de tecnologia da informação e comunicação com indicadores de empoderamento de pessoal no Ministério do Esporte e

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the application of Information and communication technology (ICT) skills on the process of knowledge management components and the effectiveness of creativity indicators for the improvement of employees’ performance system in the Ministry of Sports and Youth. This study was an applied and correlational research. The statistical population of this study was all employees in the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Guilan province. The collected data were analysed by K–S tests, the Kruskal–Wallis test, the Mann–Whitney U test, Spearman correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that 54.43% of subjects were men and 40.57% of them were women, 52.85% of them had associate and bachelor’s degrees, 38.85% of them had a master’s degree and 1.72% of them had doctorate and were PhD students. The results also showed that the correlation coefficient of the relationship between ICT with knowledge management components was 0.369 and ICT with creativity indicators was 0.291. Since there is a significant relationship between the research variables, so it is suggested to use online methods, multimedia methods, virtual trainings and virtual libraries to increase employees’ knowledge management components and creativity indicators in the Ministry of Sport and Youth. Keywords: Knowledge acquisition, knowledge sustainability, Ministry of Sports, fluidity, innovation, ICT.

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Goals: Mental health is one of the most important aspects of society health assessment and plays an important role in the dynamism and efficiency of each society. The purpose of this study was to compare mental health between athlete and non-athlete teachers in schools of education in Gilan province.Methodology: This causal-comparative study was conducted on the descriptiveanalysis method. The statistical sample of this study was 600 male and female physical education teachers and male and female non-physical education teachers in schools of Gilan province. The instrument of this study was included Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). The collected data were classified by descriptive statistical methods and were analyzed by independent T-test. Results:The score mean of mental health in physical education teachers was 20.25% and the score mean of mental health in non-physical education teachers was 31.11%. The results showed that there was a significant difference between two groups in depression, social dysfunction and anxiety subscales (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between two groups in the somatic symptoms subscale (P>0.05). Conclusion:Physical activities seem to be necessary as an appropriate, easy and inexpensive approach to increase mental health among teachers. Authorities can lead the society towards physical and mental health through the planning in the field of exercise and physical activity for teachers and the encouragement them to sports activities.