A Study on the Relationship between Communication Skills and Mental Health and Job Empowerment

The aim of this study is to investigate the relation of communication skills with mental health and jobempowerment of Melli Bank of Bandar Abbas in 2005. The study population includes 560 subjects. Thesample size is selected using Cochran formula, which is equal to 142 subjects. The research sample isselected randomly. Research required data are collected using field method. Spreitzer PsychologicalEmpowerment Questionnaire (1990), Mental Health Questionnaire (SCL 90 R) and CommunicationSkills Questionnaire are data collection tools of the study. Multivariate regression test is used to examinethe research hypotheses. The results show that there is a significant relationship between empowermentdimensions (p =0.04) and communication skills. In addition, there is a significant relationship betweenempowerment dimensions (p =0.001) and mental health. Therefore, the dimensions of communicationskills and mental health are good indicators of explaining the staffs’ job empowerment.

Keywords:

Communication Skills , Mental Health , Job Empowerment