Psychological empowerment as an Antecedent of positive organizational behaviors of agricultural extension experts: A Utilization of mixed method research

Subject Areas : Educational

ahmad Basami ¹ , Fatemeh Ertiaei ² , seyed ahmadreza Pishbin ³ , Amir Alambeigi ⁴ , Seyed Mahmoud Hoseini ⁵

1 - Graduated of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran
2 - Faculty member , Department of Agricultural Extension & Education, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan,Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan
3 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran.
4 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran.
5 - Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran.

Received: 2019-09-29 Accepted : 2020-01-15 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Agricultural Extension Experts, psychological empowerment, positive organizational behaviors,

Abstract :

This research was conducted in a mixed method, in order to promote the positive organizational behaviors of agricultural extension experts through psychological empowerment. In the qualitative section, interviews were conducted with 16 experts of agricultural extension, using purposive sampling method. By analyzing the content of the interviews, using MAXQDA12 software, indices of psychological empowerment including Meaning, Competency, Impact, Choice, Trust and positive organizational behaviors including sharing job experience behavior, Innovative career behavior, behavior related to maintenance and development of professional values, behavior of improving quality of agricultural extension Services, behavior of improving agricultural extension agility, and behavior of improving Public trust in agricultural extension  were derived in the form of a conceptual model. In the quantitative section, the statistical population of the study consisted of experts of agricultural extension in the whole country in 1397, among which 192 experts of agricultural extension were selected by stratified sampling method. The data collection instrument was a researcher's developed questionnaire of psychological empowerment and positive organizational behaviors. Finally, data analysis was done by SPSS and Smart PLS software. The results showed that psychological empowerment has role in promoting positive organizational behaviors. In general, the psychological empowerment explains 48.8% of the changes in positive organizational behavior of agricultural extension experts. The value of Q2 was 0.180 for positive organizational behavior construct, which supports the suitability of prediction model for the endogenous structure of positive organizational behavior of agricultural extension experts.

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