Mostafa, AMS (2017) The mediating role of positive affect on the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee outcomes. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, 5 (3). pp. 266-282. ISSN 2049-3983
Abstract
Purpose: Even though the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee outcomes is well established, less is known about the mechanisms that underlie this relationship. Drawing on affective events theory and broaden-and-build theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine a mediation model in which psychological empowerment influences positive affect which in turn affects job satisfaction and work stress.
Design/methodology/approach: Two-wave longitudinal data from a sample of Welsh local government workers (n=362) were used to test the hypothesized relationships by using structural equation modeling.
Findings: The results indicate that psychological empowerment has a positive influence on positive affect. Furthermore, positive affect mediates the relationship between psychological empowerment and job satisfaction. However, it does not mediate the relationship between psychological empowerment and stress.
Originality/value: This study is among the first to empirically examine the mediating role of positive affect on the relationship between psychological empowerment and both job satisfaction and work stress.
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Keywords: | Job satisfaction, Psychological empowerment, Positive affect, Work stress, Welsh local government |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2019 08:22 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2019 08:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald Publishing |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-07-2016-0015 |