Prediction of Psychological Empowerment Dimensions by Using the Components of Psychological Capital among among Elementary School Teachers in the City of Isfahan
Subject Areas : Educationalمحبوبه رضائی جندانی 1 , رضا هویدا 2 , حسین سماواتیان 3
1 - کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی، دانشگاه اصفهان
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه اصفهان
3 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه اصفهان
Keywords: dimensions of psychological empowerment, Elementary School Teachers, components of psychological capital,
Abstract :
The purpose of the current study was to predict psychological empowerment dimensions (competence, effectiveness, autonomy, meaningfulness and confidence) by using the components of psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, resilience and optimism) among elementary school teachers in the city of Isfahan. The research design was correlation. The population included all primary school teachers who have been teaching in academic years 2013-14. Among them, 200 teachers were selected using stratified random sampling. The measurement tools in this research were Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire (Spreitzer and Mishra, 1995) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans et al., 2007). Data were analyzed by statistical regression analysis. The results showed that from components of psychological capital, hope, resilience and optimism can predict competency of teachers significanty (P < 0.05). In addition, hope predicted efficacy of teachers significanty (P < 0.05). Self-efficacy, also predicted autonomy of teachers significanty (P < 0.05). Also, hope predicted meaningfulness of teachers significanty (P < 0.05).
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