The mediating effect of the perceived organizational support on the relantionship between the perceived person-organisation fit and work empowerment
Keywords:
perceived person organization fit, empowerment at work, perceived organizational supportAbstract
The main objective of the current non-experimental study is to investigate the mediating role of the perceived organizational support over the relationship between the perceived person - organisation fit and the psychological empowerment at work. Therefore, the main hypothesis that is investigated is the following: High levels of the perceived person-organisation fit variable will predict high levels of work empowerment between the employees, the perceived organizational support having an indirect effect over the above mentioned relationship. The research sample was N = 124 participants (75 women, 50 men), these persons being hired in different types of organizations and having different professional roles. The used instruments in this research were: Perceived Person-Organisation Fit Scale developed by Cable & Judge (1996), Empowerment at work Scale (Spreitzer, 1995) and the Perceived Organisational Support Questionnaire (Eisenberger et al., 1986). The obtained results support the mediation hypothesis, more specifically, it indicates that the perceived organizational support has a mediating role over the relationship between the perceived person - organisation fit variable and the psychological empowerment at work. The theoretical and applied underpinnings of this research are detailed in the conclusions and discussion sections.
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