Farhad Nazari; Seyed Mohamad Kashef; Mohsen Behnam
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The purpose of this study was to the role of humble leadership style on the voice behavior of the employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth with the intermediate role of psychological empowerment and psychological safety. This research is descriptive research was a correlation based on structural ...
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The purpose of this study was to the role of humble leadership style on the voice behavior of the employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth with the intermediate role of psychological empowerment and psychological safety. This research is descriptive research was a correlation based on structural equations the statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth, which was 890 people. The statistical sample of this study consists of 355 staff of the Ministry of Sport and Youth. To measure the variables, the Owens’s et al (2013) humble leadership, Liang’s et al (2012) voice behavior, Carmeli’s et al (2010) psychological safety and Spreitzer’s (1995) psychological empowerment questionnaires were used. That validity and reliability were confirmed. For data analysis, structural equations model were used by SMART PLS software. The research findings showed that humble leadership, both directly and indirectly through psychological empowerment and psychological safety affect the voice behavior of employees. Therefore, it is suggested to Ministry of Sport and Youth managers that in order to improve their employees voice behavior, using their appropriate leadership style, they will develop the fields of psychological empowerment and psychological safety.
Seyed Jalil Miryousefi; Fereshteh Darekordi
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This study aimed to survey of Relationship between Organizational Forgetting and Agility with The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on organizational innovation with the Mediating role of Knowledge Transfer in Kerman Province Sports Clubs employees.The research ...
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This study aimed to survey of Relationship between Organizational Forgetting and Agility with The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on organizational innovation with the Mediating role of Knowledge Transfer in Kerman Province Sports Clubs employees.The research method is correlation-survey and is a type of applied research that was carried out in field form. The statistical population of the study consists of all Sport Clubs employees of Kerman Province. According to Morgan's table, 183 people were selected as the sample of the study. To collect data, a questionnaire psychological Empowerment (1995), organizational innovation (2008) and Knowledge Transfer questionnaire (2013). Using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the reliability of the psychological Empowerment 0.89, Organizational innovation 0.91 and the Knowledge Transfer was 0.79. To analyze the data of this study, One - sample t Test and structural equation model were used. The results of the study shows that there is a positive significant correlation between psychological empowerment of the employees and their organizational innovation; and this psychological empowerment through Knowledge Transfer has positive effect on the appearance and enhancement of the innovative behaviors in the employees. In general, psychological empowerment must be considered as one of the predisposing factors for organizational innovation
Mojtaba Eskandari pour; Shahram Shafiee
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between intra-organizational factors (culture, technology and structure) with psychological empowerment of physical education professors of Zanjan university. The research method was descriptive correlational and the statistical population consisted of ...
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between intra-organizational factors (culture, technology and structure) with psychological empowerment of physical education professors of Zanjan university. The research method was descriptive correlational and the statistical population consisted of physical education professors with more than three years of teaching experience at universities in Zanjan (N= 61). The sample size was considered to be equal to population. The research tools included demographic questionnaire, organizational culture, technology, organizational structure and psychological empowerment. Content validity of questionnaires was verified by seven professors and convergent and divergent validity and combined reliability was verified by PLS software. There was a significant correlation between organizational culture and psychological empowerment (t-value= 4.393; path coefficient= 0.242), technology and psychological empowerment (t-value= 6.149; path coefficient= 0.433), organizational structure and psychological empowerment (t-value= 5.598; path coefficient= 0.389), organizational culture and organizational structure (t-value= 6.273; path coefficient= 0.505) and technology and organizational structure (t-value= 5.804; path coefficient= 0.485). The general goodness of fit index of GOF model was 0.673 and was at high level. Universities can increase the psychological empowerment of instructors by developing an existing organizational culture, providing infrastructure and technological processes and enhancing the level of organizational structure.
Javad Karimi; Fereshteh Mohammadi; Homayoun Abbasi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , May 2018, , Pages 69-76
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of organizational Fit on organizational citizenship behavior regarding the role of mediation of psychological empowerment of employees in experts of physical education departments of Iranian universities. The research method is descriptive-survey ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of organizational Fit on organizational citizenship behavior regarding the role of mediation of psychological empowerment of employees in experts of physical education departments of Iranian universities. The research method is descriptive-survey and in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population consisted of all experts of physical education departments of Iranian universities. By sampling the whole number, 240 individuals were selected as samples. Data were collected using three standard organizational fit scales (Scrooggins, 2003), psychological empowerment questionnaire (Spraitzer and Mishra, 1995) and organizational citizenship behavior inventory questionnaire (Podsakoff et al., 1990). Structural equation modeling and path analysis using LaserL software were used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that organizational adequacy affects organizational citizenship behavior and psychological empowerment of employees, and psychological empowerment mediates the effect of organizational proportions on organizational citizenship behavior. We conclude, therefore, that when managers of organizations, if they are looking for a suitable citizenship behavior, can create an appropriate Fit between the individual and the organization and take steps to empower the employees psychologically