Title Vadovo įgalinančio elgesio ir struktūrinio įgalinimo reikšmė darbuotojų psichologiniam įgalinimui
Translation of Title Impact of empowering leader behavior and structural empowerment on employee psychological empowerment.
Authors Tvarijonavičius, Mantas ; Bagdžiūnienė, Dalia
DOI 10.7220/2345-024X.14.6
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Is Part of International journal of psychology: a biopsychosocial approach = Tarptautinis psichologijos žurnalas: biopsichosocialinis požiūris.. Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla. 2014, nr. 14, p. 113-138.. ISSN 1941-7233
Keywords [eng] Psychological empowerment ; Empowering leader behavior ; Structural empowerment ; Specialists ; Managers
Abstract [eng] Background. Employees will be highly motivated to fulfill new responsibilities, when they actually feel psychologically empowered, i.e. would positively evaluate their own professional competence, wish to solve job related problems independently and show initiative at work. In Lithuania, the phenomenon of psychological empowerment was virtually not examined yet; therefore it is highly relevant to analyze its expression, diversity of contributing factors and their characteristics in managers and specialists. The aim of the study was to examine the expression of psychological empowerment and its relation with empowering leader behavior and structural empowerment. Method. Three methodologies were used in this study: the questionnaire of psychological empowerment (Tvarijonavičius ir Bagdžiūnienė, 2013), the questionnaire of empowering leader behavior (Ahearne et al., 2005), and the questionnaire of structural empowerment (Laschinger et al., 2001). There were 280 participants in this study: specialists (N=205) and middle managers (N=75), working in 14 organizations in Lithuania. Results. The results of the study revealed that empowering leader behavior and structural empowerment predicted employee psychological empowerment; empowering leader behavior and structural empowerment predicted employee psychological empowerment directly; also there was an interaction between empowering leader behavior and structural empowerment and its’ dimensions when predicting psychological empowerment; the empowerment predictors for specialists and managers differed...
Published Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2014