Individual, Job, Organizational and Contextual Correlates of Employment Empowerment: Some Greek Evidence

Abstract

This study is part of a larger project exploring the usefulness of the empowerment construct in the Greek context. Using a sample of 154 mature working students we examined the influence of demographics (gender, age and work experience), personality traits (locus of control), job factors (managerial status), organisational attributes (size), and contextual variables (industry type) on psychological empowerment and its four dimensions: meaning, competence, self determination and impact. Findings provide partial support for the investigated research hypotheses. Implications for future research are discussed.