Impact of Structural and Psychological Empowerment on Affective Commitment and Job Satisfaction in Academic Work Settings

Year 2012, Volume: 12 Issue: 4, 449 - 466, 01.09.2012

Ebru Tolay Olca Sürgevil Mert Topoyan

Abstract

This study is designed to test a model which relates the concepts of structural and psychological empowerment to affective commitment and job satisfaction. The model is tested by structural equation modeling in the light of the data which was obtained from 243 research assistants who work in 25 faculties of the two big state universities in Izmir. Final model that is accepted due to obtained analysis results suggests that (a) structural empowerment has a direct and positive effect on psychological empowerment, (b) psychological empowerment has direct and positive effects on both affective commitment and job satisfaction, and (c) structural empowerment has an indirect and positive effect on job satisfaction and both indirect (through psychological empowerment) and direct, and posifive effects on affective commitment

Keywords

Structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, affective commitment, job satisfaction

Akademik Çalışma Ortamında Yapısal ve Psikolojik Güçlendirmenin Duygusal Bağlılık ve İş Doyumu Üzerindeki Etkileri

Abstract

Bu çalışma, yapısal ve psikolojik güçlendirmeyi, duygusal bağlılık ve iş doyumu ile ilişkilendiren bir modeli test etmek amacıyla tasarlanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda geliştirilen model, İzmir’in iki büyük devlet üniversitesinde, toplam 25 fakültede görev yapan 243 araştırma görevlisinden elde edilen veriler ışığında yapısal eşitlik modellemesine göre test edilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda kabul edilen model, (a) yapısal güçlendirmenin psikolojik güçlendirme üzerinde doğrudan ve pozitif yönde etkisi olduğunu, (b) psikolojik güçlendirmenin iş doyumu ve duygusal bağlılık üzerinde doğrudan ve pozitif yönde etkisi olduğunu, (c) yapısal güçlendirmenin iş doyumunu psikolojik güçlendirme aracılığıyla dolaylı olarak pozitif etkilediği, duygusal bağlılığı ise hem psikolojik güçlendirme aracılığı ile dolaylı yoldan hem de doğrudan ve pozitif yönde etkilediğini ortaya koymaktadır

Keywords

Yapısal güçlendirme, psikolojik güçlendirme, duygusal bağlılık, iş doyumu

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