H Hosseiniravesh - Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Islamic Azad University, Zabol Branch, Zabol, Iran
M.R Ismaeelzadeh - Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran

The purpose of the research was to design and fit the structural pattern of casual relationshipbetween organizational culture and job motivation, whit mediation role of psychologicalempowerment. This was a cross- sectional descriptive study. The participants in this study included226 employees of Islamic Azad university of Zabol who were selected through multistage randomsampling. 3 questionnaires, include Organizational Culture Survey, Psychological Empowerment,Work Motivation, and were used, and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equationmodeling through AMOS-16 software were used for data analysis. The structural equation modelinganalysis supported model fitting to the data. The results showed that the organizational culture waspositively and indirectly related to work motivation, through psychological empowerment. It isrecommended that managers support a culture where teamwork is encouraged, information isdistributed fairly, decision- marking is shared, communication is open, rewards fit functions andmeetings are effective in order to empower employees. Such a culture will increase, workmotivation.

Organizational Culture, Work Motivation, Psychological Empowerment