Structural Equation Modeling Relationship between Organizational Culture, Job Motivation and Mediation Role of Psychological Empowerment

H. Hosseiniravesh, M. R. Ismaeelzadeh

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The purpose of the research was to design and fit the structural pattern of casual relationship between organizational culture and job motivation, whit mediation role of psychological empowerment. This was a cross- sectional descriptive study. The participants in this study included 226 employees of Islamic Azad university of Zabol who were selected through multistage random sampling. 3 questionnaires, include Organizational Culture Survey, Psychological Empowerment, Work Motivation, and were used, and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling through AMOS-16 software were used for data analysis. The structural equation modeling analysis supported model fitting to the data. The results showed that the organizational culture was positively and indirectly related to work motivation, through psychological empowerment. It is recommended that managers support a culture where teamwork is encouraged, information is distributed fairly, decision- marking is shared, communication is open, rewards fit functions and meetings are effective in order to empower employees. Such a culture will increase, work motivation.

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