Investigating Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Commitment (Case study: khorasan Region Electric Company)

Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration

Azar Kafashpor ¹ , Neda Shakoori ²

1 - Associate Professor and Faculty member at the Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, [e-mail]
2 - PHD Student of Human Recourse Management , Ferdowsi University, Mashhad,

Received: 2016-04-02 Accepted : 2016-04-24 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: Psychological empowerment, organizational commitment, Khorasan Regional Electricity ,

Abstract :

This study aimed to determine relationship between psychological empowerment and organizational commitment among khorasan Region Electric Company. In this descriptive-correlative study, 116 personels working in mashhad company were selected to the study in summer 2015. The data collection tool included the “Sprietzer psychological empowerment questionnaire” and the “organizational commitment questionnaire of Allen and Meyer”. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were assessed through appropriate methods. its validity was confirmed by the experts and elite universities and factor analyses and its reliability was approved via Cronbach’s alpha of 0.90 for between psychological empowerment and 0.89 for organizational commitment. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, and linear regression method in the SPSS22. The correlation and linear regression tests indicated that psychological empowerment was statistically correlate with the organizational commitment of personels and could predicted it. Based on the findings of this study, psychological empowerment was a predictive factor for organizational commitment. Among the psychological empowerment of dimentions , meaning, self-determination, influence and competency have highest correlation with organizational commitment.

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