Structural Model of Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction, and Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation (Case Study: University of Kharazmi)

This study investigates the relationship between psychology empowerment and job satisfaction and mediating role of self-efficacy and self-regulation. Psychological empowerment, selfefficacy, self-regulation and job satisfaction questionnaires were executed on 310 experts of staff domain of Kharazmi University in 2013. This research used correlation method and the performance in questionnaires was done with full count method. The structural equation model contained one exogenous construct–psychologicalempowerment; and 3 endogenous constructs –selfefficacy, self-regulation and job satisfaction. Thestudy demonstrated that psychological empowerment had significant and direct effect on self-efficacy (γ = 0/37), self-regulation (γ = 0/55), and job satisfaction (γ = 0/86); direct and significant effect of selfefficacy on self-regulation (β = 0/34) and on job satisfaction (β = 0/37); and indirect and significant effect of self-regulation on job satisfaction (β = - 0/54). Results showed psychological empowerment that is self-determination, risk-taking, personal growth and high responsibility in decision-making has direct effect on self-efficacy i.e. people’s judgments of their capabilities to organize, execute courses of actions and also both of two constructs have direct effects on self-regulation and job satisfaction and success of organization subsequently; whereas self-regulation that is regular effort to obtain personal and organizational goals has indirect effect on job satisfaction.