PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE - DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT,AND VALIDATION

This research begins to develop and validate a multidimensional measur e of psychological empowerment in the workplace. Second-order confirma tory factor analyses were conducted with two complementary samples to demonstrate the convergent and discriminant validity of four dimension s of empowerment and their contributions to an overall construct of ps ychological empowerment. Structural equations modeling was used to exa mine a nomological net-work of psychological empowerment in the workpl ace. Tested hypotheses concerned key antecedents and consequences of t he construct. Initial support for the construct validity of psychologi cal empowerment was found. Directions for future research are discusse d.