Clarify the Concept of Benevolent Leadership and it's Role in Psychological Empowerment

The purpose of this paper is to clarifying the concept of benevolent leadership and it's role in psychological empowerment. In terms of purpose, this is an applied study and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive-survey research. Statistical population of the research includes the staffs and faculty members of Lorestan University, who were 750 individuals at the time of conducting this research. In this paper, Cochran formula is used to determine the sample size and it was estimated as 254 individuals. The main measurement tool is questionnaire which is includes standard questionnaires of Karakas & Sarigollu benevolent leadership (2012) and Veton & Cameron psychological empowerment (1998). Analyzing the structural model and hypothesis are considered using structural equations modeling and Partial Least Squares method (PLS) by applied smart pls3 software. The results of testing the hypotheses show that benevolent leadership has positive, direct and significant effect on psychological empowerment.