Relationship between Psychological Climate and Psychological Empowerment in Employees of Industrial Factories
Subject Areas : psychologyMohammadreza Ghafouri Varnoosfaderani 1 , Abdozzahra Noami 2 , Nasrin Arshadi 3
1 - Payame Noor University, Zarrin Shahr, Iran
2 - Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz,Iran
Keywords: Psychological climate, Psychological empowerment,
Abstract :
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between psycho-logical climate and psychological empower-ment. Within this scope, 350 employees were randomly selected from the personnel of a collection of industrial factories as the research sample. The instruments used in this study were the Psychological Climate and Psychological Empowerment Questionnaires. The validity of questionnaires was evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis, which yielded acceptable outcomes for both questionnaires. Results showed that there were significant Relationships (P<0.01) between all psycho- logical climate components (autonomy, cohesion, trust, pressure, support, recognition, fairness and innovation) and psychological empowerment. The results of stepwise regression analyses showed that components such as autonomy, cohesion, and innovation had the most significant predictive power for psychological empowerment and its dimensions.
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