Empowerment and Employee Well-Being: A Mediation Analysis Study
Juan A Marin-Garcia1, Tomas Bonavia2
1ROGLE-Department Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Summary
Structural empowerment positively influences psychological empowerment, boosting job satisfaction, work engagement, and social well-being. However, it did not significantly impact work stress or physical well-being in this study.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Workplace Well-being Studies
Background:
- Limited empirical evidence exists on the workplace relationship between structural and psychological empowerment and employee well-being.
- Understanding these dynamics is crucial for improving the work environment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between structural and psychological empowerment.
- To investigate the effects of these empowerment types on employees' psychological, physical, and social well-being.
- To test a mediation model where structural empowerment predicts well-being through psychological empowerment.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) across EU-27 countries.
- Collected data via face-to-face questionnaires from 23,468 employees and self-employed individuals.
- Employed Partial Least Squares (PLS) for evaluating the relationships among variables.
Main Results:
- Structural empowerment showed a positive association with psychological empowerment.
- Psychological empowerment was positively linked to job satisfaction, work engagement, and social well-being.
- No significant relationships were found between structural empowerment and work stress or physical well-being.
Conclusions:
- Structural empowerment positively impacts psychological empowerment, which in turn enhances job satisfaction, engagement, and social well-being.
- The study's mediation model was partially supported, highlighting the role of psychological empowerment.
- Further research may be needed to explore the links with work stress and physical well-being.
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