| Title: | Psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment among lecturers in higher education : comparison of six CEE countries |
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| Authors: | ID Jordan, Gašper (Author)
ID Miglič, Gozdana (Author)
ID Todorović, Ivan (Author)
ID Marič, Miha (Author) |
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| Files: |  Organizacija_2017_Jordan_et_al._Psychological_Empowerment,_Job_Satisfaction_and_Organizational_Commitment_Among_Lecturers_in_Higher_Educ.pdf (489,83 KB)
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 http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/orga.2017.50.issue-1/orga-2017-0004/orga-2017-0004.xml
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FOV - Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Kranj
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| Abstract: | Background and Purpose: Organizations should implement new findings from the field of human resource management. If an organization wants to have successful and effective employees, they should be satisfied with all aspects of work and at the same time they should be feel commitment towards an organization. To have a full insight in employees, organizations have to take care of psychological side of employees, which manifests in psychological empowerment.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The survey was conducted among 409 university lecturers in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Serbia, and Slovenia. The investigated constructs of psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organisational commitment were compared. Spreitzer’s PEQ was used for the assessment of the psychological empowerment, Spector’s JSS for job satisfaction, and Allen’s and Meyer’s OCQ for the assessment of organisational commitment.
Results: The research showed that the highest level of psychological empowerment can be found among university lecturers from Serbia and the lowest from Germany. Job satisfaction level is the highest in Austria and the lowest in Slovenia. Affective organisational commitment is the highest in Slovenia and the lowest in Germany. Continuance organisational commitment scored the highest in Croatia and the lowest in Czech Republic. Additionally, the outcomes show the highest level of normative organisational commitment in Czech Republic and the lowest in Austria. Only affective organisational commitment was not found as statistically significant.
Conclusion: Knowledge of psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment can be helpful for leaders, because with this knowledge they can manage, develop and motivate employees properly. |
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| Keywords: | psychological empowerment, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, higher education |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2017 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 17-32 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 50, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-65465  |
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| ISSN: | 1318-5454 |
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| UDC: | 378 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-5454 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 7901715 |
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| DOI: | 10.1515/orga-2017-0004 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:7RYO3DCL |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 06.04.2017 |
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| Views: | 1975 |
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| Downloads: | 284 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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