OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test a multilevel model linking unit-level leader-member exchange quality and structural empowerment to nurses' psychological empowerment and organizational commitment at the individual level of analysis. BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the contextual effects of unit leadership on individual nurse outcomes. Workplace empowerment has been related to ...

BACKGROUND Today, many organizations have adopted some kind of empowerment initiative for at least part of their workforce. Over the last two decades, two complementary perspectives on empowerment at work have emerged: structural and psychological empowerment. Psychological empowerment is a motivational construct manifested in four cognitions: meaning, competence, self-determination and impact....

An integrative multilevel model of empowerment and job performance behaviours is advanced, building on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Empowerment climate is hypothesized as influencing individual and team performance behaviours directly and partially through individual and team (psychological) empowerment. Using survey responses from 380 individuals, nested in 115 project management teams, we t...

the purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between transformational leadership and job engagement by mediating role of psychological empowerment. concerning it’s purpose, the study is practical and considerate the data collection procedure it is a descriptive correlation study. the population of the study includes all kurdistan province education office staff (200 subjects) which ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating role of psychological empowerment and the moderating role of self-construal (independent and interdependent) on the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior (IWB). Design/methodology/approach – A total of 639 followers and 87 leaders filled out questionnaires from cross-industry sampl...

Organizations are increasingly exploring the business opportunities brought about by social media applications. The ubiquitous access to these applications or their mobile versions (i.e., mobile apps) through smart phones makes them powerful. Understanding how individuals use social media applications to interact and to share information for decision making will help organizations better levera...

the purpose of this paper is to identify and explain the factors affecting female’s psychological empowerment in the information and knowledge services. this paper is based on applied research and mixed method including descriptive and survey. first by using qualitative approach, for expanding and explaining effective factors of pycholigical empowerment of women librarians and informationist, n...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the impact of health literacy and patient empowerment on diabetes self-care behaviour in patients in metropolitan Turkish diabetes centres. The conceptual background is provided by the psychological health empowerment model, which holds that health literacy without patient empowerment comes down to wasting health resources, while empowerment without health l...