The Impact of Organizational Support on Quality of Work Life Within The Scope of Psychological Empowerment
Abstract
The purpose of this
study is to examine the mediator role of psychological empowerment in the
effects of organizational support provided by organization managers to
employees on employees’ work life quality. In alignment with this purpose, the
variables of “organizational support” and “work life quality” were used.
Organizational support refers to employees’ perceptions of being values by
their organizations and thus, the understanding of their organization takes
employee well-being and interests into consideration while “work life quality”
refers to an emotional outcome of employees’ evaluation of their jobs and the
work environment they are in. In addition to these two variables,
“psychological empowerment” which refers to employees’ psychological state on
having control of employees on their jobs, was included as the mediator
variable in the study. In the study, the data were collected from 242
administrative staff working in a state university through a survey instrument
and analyzed with structural equational modelling. The results showed that
organizational support has positive effects on work life quality and
psychological empowerment. Similarly, a positive relationship was found between
psychological empowerment and work life quality. Additionally, a mediator role of
psychological empowerment on the interaction between organizational support and
work life quality was identified.
Keywords
Organizational Support,Quality of Work Life,Psychological Empowerment
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