Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of empowering leadership (EL) on work attitudes [job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OCOM)]. The effects of EL on these work attitudes were also analysed in terms of the mediating effects of psychological empowerment (PE).

Design/methodology/approach

A survey research methodology was adopted where responses were collected on relevant measures of the constructs from 431 middle-level executives from 12 Indian organizations.

Findings

Results implied that EL enhanced the levels of JS and OCOM of employees. The results further indicated that EL was positively related to PE at the workplace. The findings also revealed that PE was positively related to these positive work attitudes. Moreover, strong indirect effects of EL were observed on these work attitudes through PE, implying that PE partially mediated the impact of between EL on JS and OCOM.

Originality/value

The findings of this study affirm the efficacy of EL and PE in predicting positive work attitudes in a different cultural milieu than the West –the Indian work context. Especially, by establishing a strong positive relationship between empowerment and JS, it contributes to the existing literature underlining inconsistent findings with regard to this relationship.

中文翻译：

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将授权领导与工作态度联系起来：心理授权的作用

目的

这项研究的目的是探讨增强领导能力（EL）对工作态度[工作满意度（JS）和组织承诺（OCOM）]的影响。还从心理授权（PE）的中介作用方面分析了EL对这些工作态度的影响。

设计/方法/方法

通过了一项调查研究方法，收集了来自12个印度组织的431位中层管理人员对结构相关措施的反馈。

发现

结果表明，EL提高了员工的JS和OCOM水平。结果进一步表明，EL与工作场所的PE呈正相关。调查结果还表明，体育与这些积极的工作态度正相关。此外，通过体育教育观察到EL对这些工作态度有很强的间接影响，这表明PE在一定程度上介导了EL对JS和OCOM之间的影响。

创意/价值

这项研究的结果证实了EL和PE在预测与西方（印度）工作环境不同的文化环境中的积极工作态度方面的功效。尤其是，通过在授权和JS之间建立牢固的积极关系，它有助于强调有关这种关系的不一致结论的现有文献。