Jafari, F., Salari, N., Hosseinian Far, A., Abdi, A. and Ezatizadeh, N. (2021) Predicting positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among nurses. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 19(1) 1478-7547.
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| Abstract: | Background Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) as an application of positive psychology provides the opportunity to nurses to deliver an effective and high-quality service. This study aims to predict positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among Nurses. Method In this descriptive-analytical study, the selected population was the nurses working in university hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, of which 152 people were selected using quota sampling strategy and according to the set entry criteria. The research data were collected using the standard questionnaires of Kanter’s Structural Empowerment, Spreitzer’s Psychological Empowerment, and Luthans’ Positive Organizational Behavior, and were then entered into SPSS16 software. Results There are significant and direct relationships between the elements of structural empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.496), and psychological empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.379). Overall structural and psychological empowerment criteria predict 29% of variance in positive organizational behavior among nurses. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of structural and psychological empowerment as strong predictors for positive organizational behavior. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Empowerment, Nurses, Positive Organizational Behavior, Psychological Empowerment, Structural Empowerment |
| Creators: | Jafari, Faranak, Salari, Nader, Hosseinian Far, Amin, Abdi, Alireza and Ezatizadeh, Niaz |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Business Systems & Operations |
| Date: | 2 July 2021 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-021-00289-1 |
| ISSN: | 1478-7547 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/14841 |
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