The purpose of this research is to examine the antecedents and outcomes of psychological empowerment. Focusing on the psychological experience of empowerment, we first examined the relationship between antecedents and the four dimensions(meaning, comp...
The purpose of this research is to examine the antecedents and outcomes of psychological empowerment. Focusing on the psychological experience of empowerment, we first examined the relationship between antecedents and the four dimensions(meaning, competence, self-determination, impact) of psychological empowerment. Second, we examined the impact of psychological empowerment on the job satisfaction and job related strain.
This empirical results are as follows. First, individuals who perceive that have a high degree of self-esteem, internal of locus of control report a high level of psychological empowerment. And individuals who perceive that have a high degree of role ambiguity in their work report a lower level of psychological empowerment. Second, individuals who perceive that have a high degree of sociopolitical support, access to information, access to resources, participate work climate in their organization report a high level of psychological determinant, impact dimensions in psychological empowerment. But, competence is not significantly influence on the job satisfaction. Finally, all dimensions of psychological empowerment are not significantly impact on the job related strain.
As the results, psychological empowerment is associated with in the feeling of job satisfaction, and is recognized as one means by which organizations can effectively manage management innovations.