Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Lecturers in Higher Education: Comparison of Six CEE Countries
Апстракт
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 PEG 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 empower...ment 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.
Кључне речи:
psychological empowerment / organizational commitment / job satisfaction / HRM / higher educationИзвор:
Organizacija, 2017, 50, 1, 17-32Издавач:
- Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, Berlin
DOI: 10.1515/orga-2017-0004
ISSN: 1318-5454
WoS: 000418151100002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85019051549
Институција/група
Fakultet organizacionih naukaTY - JOUR AU - Jordan, Gasper AU - Miglić, Gozdana AU - Todorović, Ivan AU - Marić, Miha PY - 2017 UR - https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1658 AB - 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 PEG 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. PB - Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, Berlin T2 - Organizacija T1 - Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Lecturers in Higher Education: Comparison of Six CEE Countries EP - 32 IS - 1 SP - 17 VL - 50 DO - 10.1515/orga-2017-0004 UR - conv_1988 ER -
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Jordan, G., Miglić, G., Todorović, I.,& Marić, M.. (2017). Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Lecturers in Higher Education: Comparison of Six CEE Countries. in Organizacija Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, Berlin., 50(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/orga-2017-0004 conv_1988
Jordan G, Miglić G, Todorović I, Marić M. Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Lecturers in Higher Education: Comparison of Six CEE Countries. in Organizacija. 2017;50(1):17-32. doi:10.1515/orga-2017-0004 conv_1988 .
Jordan, Gasper, Miglić, Gozdana, Todorović, Ivan, Marić, Miha, "Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Lecturers in Higher Education: Comparison of Six CEE Countries" in Organizacija, 50, no. 1 (2017):17-32, https://doi.org/10.1515/orga-2017-0004 ., conv_1988 .