The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Ownership

Year 2023, Issue: 38, 289 - 305, 28.07.2023

Hilal Tanyıldızı , Ebru Doğan

https://doi.org/10.26650/ekoist.2023.38.1258687

Abstract

In this study, the mediating role of psychological ownership in the effect of psychological empowerment on employee performance were examined. The research sample consisted of 492 R&D experts and engineers working in an airline company in Turkey. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that psychological ownership had a partial mediating role in the effect of psychological empowerment on employee performance. As a result of this research, it is predicted that the perception of empowerment and the employees' sense of ownership will positively affect employee performance. The high level of employee performance will bring organizationsto a more advantageous position in achieving their goals.

Keywords

sychological Empowerment, Psychological Ownership, Employee Performance

Project Number

33024

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