The role of personal and organizational factors on psychological empowerment of employees of Ilam University of medical sciences and health care

The present study investigated to examine the role of personal and organizational factors on psychological empowerment of Ilam University of medical sciences’ employees. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of 236 employees of Ilam University of medical sciences which through using Cochran s formula, 146 persons were selected as sample size. The research instruments for collecting data were questionnaires. To analyze data, descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, percentage) and inferential statistics ( t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Stepwise Regression test) were used. The results of the present study based on Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between personal and organizational factors and psychological empowerment (P> 0.01). it was also observed that among personal factors, the component perception about needs satisfaction and among organizational factors the component organizational support had the most correlation with psychological empowerment.

Keywords:

Psychological Empowerment , Personal Factors , Organizational Factors , Ilam University of Medical Sciences