A research of the effect of knowledge sharing on the empowerment

İn recent years the rapid growth of the economy and the increasing technological developments have brought the global competition environment to a different dimension. This situation pushes organizations into different pursuits. Nowadays, organizations have tried to use their human capital effectively and efficiently in order to achieve competitive advantage and to maintain this advantage. In this context, the empowerment of the staff emerges as a modern management concept. In today's information-oriented economy, where the main capital of organizations is transferred from physical capital to human capital, it is very important that the information is used efficiently, stored and shared. For this reason, today, organizations are investing in knowledge management systems in order to use the advantages provided by information. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of knowledge sharing which has an important place for organizations on personnel empowerment. In this context, Kütahya Dumlupinar University Evliya Celebi Training and Research Hospital nurses were selected as sample. As a result of the research, it was found that nurses' knowledge sharing behavior made a positive contribution to their empowerment. Keywords: Employee Empowerment, Knowledge Sharing, Explicit Knowledge, İmplicit Knowledge