Providing a pattern of perceived organizational and social support and quality of work life with the moderating role of psychological empowerment

Subject Areas : Education

omid safari ¹ , hadis ghasmyanasl ²

1 - Department of Physical Education,Nourabad Mamasani Branch , Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani , Iran
2 - Department of Physical Education,Nourabad Mamasani Branch , Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani , Iran

Received: 2022-02-14 Accepted : 2022-08-17 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: psychological empowerment, Quality of Work Life, Physical Education Teachers, Perceived Organizational Support, perceived social support,

Abstract :

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to provide a pattern of perceived organizational and social support and quality of work life with the moderating role of psychological empowerment of physical education teachers in Mamasani and Rostam counties. The nature of this descriptive research is of survey type and in terms of relationships between variables, it is of correlation type. research methodology: The statistical population of this study included all 94 physical education teachers in Mamasani and Rostam counties. Among these, 83 people collaborated with the researcher through total population sampling method. Data were collected from one demographic questionnaire and four standard questionnaires of perceived organizational support (Eisenberger et al., 1990), perceived social support (Zimt et al., 1988), quality of work life (Carrie Walton, 1975) and psychological empowerment. (Spritzer, 1995). In order to describe the data, descriptive statistical methods were used and for inferential analysis of the data, the statistical methods of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression and structural equations were used in SPSS software. Findings: Findings of this study indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between perceived organizational support and perceived social support with quality of work life through psychological empowerment of subjects. The model presented in the research has a good fit (P ≤ 0.01). Conclusion: As a result, more attention should be paid to the variables of social support, organizational support and psychological empowerment of employees in order to improve the quality of work life within the organization.

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