An examination of the relationship between empowerment and organizational commitment

Authors

  • Gholamreza Jandaghi University of Tehran, Qom Campus, Faculty of Management
  • Reza Borghei University of Tehran, Qom Campus, Faculty of Management
  • Hasan Zarei Matin University of Tehran, Qom Campus, Faculty of Management
  • Nasrin Dastani University of Tehran, Qom Campus, Faculty of Management

Keywords:

Empowerment, Competence, Impact, Self-determination (choice), Organizational Commitment

Abstract

This research based on “Whetten” (1990) and “Spreitzer” (1992) is carried out according to the matter that empowerment is multilateral and 4 dimensions that are competence, meaning, self-determination (choice), impact and also trust are emphasized. “Meyer & Allen” commitment model consist of 3 dimensions: affective, continuance and normative commitment. Because of, both empowerment and organizational commitment are important and issues in modern societies, the research address their relations.
   Regarding the purpose, present research is an applied study and regarding data collection, it is descriptive and survey. It is also called correlation research. The sample for this study includes experts of Qom Industries & Mines Organization and Qom Standard & Industrial Research Organization who have bachelor degree or higher and be used sampling method for this homogenous statistical community. After distributing and gathering relevant questionnaires, the results are analyzed by Spss software. According to the research`s findings the correlation of trust and organizational commitment is not rather than other dimensions and this assumption is rejected but they indicates a relationship between empowerment and organizational commitment. There are relationships between 4 dimensions of empowerment and trust and organizational commitment. Finally, the dimensions of empowerment and commitment are ranked by Freedman test of which competence, normative and continuance commitment obtain the highest rank

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Published

2010-07-05

How to Cite

Jandaghi, G., Borghei, R., Zarei Matin, H., & Dastani, N. (2010). An examination of the relationship between empowerment and organizational commitment. Journal of Human Sciences, 7(2), 1155–1172. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/925

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Behavioral Sciences

License

Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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