DocumentCode :
2653160
Title :
The Effect of Empowerment on Employees´ Organizational Commitment: Psychological Contract as Mediator
Author :
Kun, Qiao ; Hai-yan, Sun ; Lin-li, Liu
Author_Institution :
Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian
fYear :
2007
fDate :
20-22 Aug. 2007
Firstpage :
1493
Lastpage :
1498
Abstract :
The present paper explored the relationship of empowerment and organizational commitment mediated by psychological contract. Based on the analysis of 291 samples by surveying MBA students of Dalian University of Technology, using structure equation model (SEM), the authors confirmed that empowerment did have effects on employees´ organizational commitment in different ways through psychological contract, which is list as follows: meaning perceived by employees affects psychological factor of organizational commitment through the partial effect of employees´ perceptions of obligations; impact completely influences both psychological and social-economic factor of organizational commitment via employee expectations; competence affects organizational commitment through partial mediated function of employee expectations. In addition, significantly, employee expectations of psychological contract have positive effect to employees´ perceptions of obligations; and social-economic factor of organizational commitment positively affects psychological factor.
Keywords :
human resource management; socio-economic effects; Dalian University of Technology; SEM; empowerment; organizational commitment; psychological contract; social-economic factor; structure equation model; Conference management; Contracts; Energy management; Engineering management; Equations; Management training; Numerical analysis; Psychology; Resource management; Technology management; empowerment; mediator; organizational commitment; psychological contract; structure equation model (SEM);
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Engineering, 2007. ICMSE 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-7-88358-080-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-7-88358-080-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2007.4422054
Filename :
4422054
Link To Document :
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