Abstract

QUINONES, Marcela; VAN DEN BROECK, Anja  and  WITTE, Hans De. Do job resources affect work engagement via psychological empowerment?: a mediation analysis. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.3, pp.127-134. ISSN 2174-0534.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/tr2013a18.

The present study explores whether psychological empowerment may act as a personal resource mediating the motivational process from job resources (i.e., task autonomy, skill utilization, social support from supervisors and social support from colleagues) to work engagement. Regression analysis using MEDIATE macros in a sample of Chilean public workers (N = 1,313) lent support to the mediation hypothesis: Psychological empowerment carried the effect of task autonomy, skill utilization, and social support from supervisors on work engagement. These results suggest that job resources may increase the perception of being empowered at work, which then represents an important factor to enhance work engagement. Psychological empowerment is thus a pathway to promote wellbeing in organisations.

Keywords : Psychological empowerment; Work engagement; Personal resources.

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