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Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
On-line version ISSN 2174-0534Print version ISSN 1576-5962
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.