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Mechanisms of Empowerment: Psychological Processes for Members of Power‐based Community Organizations
Author(s) -
SPEER PAUL W.,
HUGHEY JOSEPH
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199608)6:3<177::aid-casp368>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - empowerment , psychology , social psychology , perception , power (physics) , citizen journalism , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law
The paper reports a study of participatory experiences among members of power‐based community organizations. A path model of psychological empowerment was tested. Perceived relational characteristics of the community organization were hypothesized as exogenous to participation, perceived organizational power and psychological empowerment. An alternative model was reproduced with the strongest relationships between perceived organizational intimacy and psychological empowerment and an inverse relationship between perceived organizational regulation and perceptions of organizational power.