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Antecedents of psychological empowerment: the effects of developmental experience, learning goal orientation and authenticity
Author(s) -
Matsuo Makoto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7941.12228
Subject(s) - psychology , empowerment , social psychology , orientation (vector space) , task (project management) , goal orientation , management , geometry , mathematics , political science , law , economics
Although considerable research has explored the antecedents of psychological empowerment, few studies have examined the combined effects of personal factors and task characteristics. Building on self‐determination theory, this study examines the relative and interactive effects of developmental job experience, learning goal orientation and authenticity on psychological empowerment, using a longitudinal survey of 260 nurses in Japanese hospitals. Results suggest that developmental job experience and authenticity have positive effects on psychological empowerment, yet learning goal orientation has no significant direct influence on psychological empowerment. There was a positive interaction effect for developmental job experience and learning goal orientation on psychological empowerment, while there was a negative interaction effect for authenticity and learning goal orientation in predicting psychological empowerment. The main contribution of this study to the literature is to identify the separate and combined influences of the personal factors and task characteristics on psychological empowerment. Keywords: