RT Journal Article
T1 Empowering employees : structural empowerment as antecedent of job satisfaction in university settings
A1 Orgambídez Ramos, Alejandro
A1 Borrego Alés, Yolanda
AB With more organizations looking for employees who take the initiative and respond creatively to the challenges of the job, empowermentbecomes important at both individual and organizational levels. Empowered employees are generally more satisfied with their work, committedand effective at work. According to Kanter's structural empowerment, this study examines the role of access to opportunity, resources, supportand information, and two types of power, formal and informal, as antecedents of job satisfaction. A cross sectional study using questionnaireswas conducted. The sample consisted of 226 Spanish university teachers. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses have revealed thatintrinsic job satisfaction was significantly predicted by formal power and access to opportunity, and job satisfaction with supervisor waspredicted by informal power, and access to resources, information, and support. Results support Kanter's theory of structural empowerment,and suggest strong relationships between job satisfaction and structural empowerment. It is a link between empowering work settings andorganizational outcomes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, effectiveness). On a practical level, Kanter's structural empowermenttheory provides a framework for understanding empowering workplaces and empowered employees.
PB PsychOpen
SN 2193-7281
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11488
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11488
LA eng
NO Orgambídez Ramos, A., Borrego Alés, Y.: "Empowering employees : structural empowerment as antecedent of job satisfaction in university settings". Psychological Thought. Vol. 7, n. 1, págs. 28-31, (2014). DOI: 10.5964/psyct.v7i1.88
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026