purpose: the purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the organizational commitment and the psychological empowerment in the libraries of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study is an applied research on the librarians of ferdowsi university of mashhad. data were collected relying on allen and meyer (1990) organizational commitment questionnaire and spreitz...

faculties’ empowerment is one of the effective tools for increasing productivity and optimum use of their individual and group abilities and capacities to reach organizational goals. organizational culture is the main component of decision making in universities and one of the requirements of psychological empowerment (i.e. meaning, competence, self-determination, trust, impact). given the impo...

the identification and application of the effective factors for improving the efficiency of organization’s operations are the most important aspects of each organization. developmental approaches in human resource management are a typical example of these factors which clearly indicate the importance of human resource as the organization’s main investment and a vital competitive factor. the pre...

background and objectives: quality services delivery in the health settings is contingent on hospital administrative staff organizational commitment. inspired by previous research indicating the prominent role of psychological empowerment in organizational commitment, this study aimed to explore the relationship between the two variables in hospital administrative staff. methods: a random sampl...

Most research to date has approached employee empowerment as an individual-level phenomenon. In this study we proposed a work-unit-level construct, empowerment climate, and tested a multiple-level model integrating macro and micro approaches to empowerment. Empowerment climate was shown to be empirically distinct from psychological empowerment and positively related to manager ratings of work-u...

Available online 23 November 2011 Drawing upon social learning and self-determination theories, we hypothesized and tested a chain mediating process linking empowerment to employee creativity. Based on data from 385 employees working with 104 supervisors in multiple organizations in China, we conducted cross-level path analyses and found that (1) structural empowerment partially mediated the re...

AIMS This systematic review aimed to synthesize and analyse the studies that examined the relationship between nurse empowerment and job satisfaction in the nursing work environment. BACKGROUND Job dissatisfaction in the nursing work environment is the primary cause of nursing turnover. Job satisfaction has been linked to a high level of empowerment in nurses. EVALUATION We reviewed 596 art...

This paper provides meta-analytic support for an integrated model specifying the antecedents and consequences of psychological and team empowerment. Results indicate that contextual antecedent constructs representing perceived high-performance managerial practices, socio-political support, leadership, and work characteristics are each strongly related to psychological empowerment. Positive self...

CONTEXT Menopause is described as a period of psychological difficulties that changes the lifestyle of women in multiple ways. Menopausal women require more information about their physical and psychosocial needs. Empowerment during the menopause can contribute to improving the perception of this stage and the importance of self-care. It is essential to increase women's awareness and adaptation...

Developed empowerment theory and replicated previous research on citizen participation and perceived control Few investigators have designed studies that specifically test empowerment theory. This research further extends a theoretical model of psychological empowerment that includes intrapersonal, interactional, and behavioral components, by studying a large randomly selected urban and suburba...