چکیده:
Nowadays, organizational competitive advantage is not merely summarized in the application of new technology, but specifically lies in the use of an empowered workforce and high levels of employee commitment towards achieving organizational goals. In this regard, one of the important tools for managers is the process of employee empowerment and the use of committed employees. Accordingly, the present research examines the relationship between psychological empowerment of employees and organizational commitment. The fundamental question of the research is what relationship exists between these two concepts. The statistical population of the research includes all employees of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Company (Central Zone), and the sample size was determined using the simple random sampling method. The research method is descriptive and survey-based, and a questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The results of the research, using Pearson correlation coefficient test, indicate a significant relationship between all components of psychological empowerment and organizational commitment. Finally, based on the research findings, suggestions have been provided to the organization's managers.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The relationship between empowerment and organizational commitment of employees in Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company (Ramzgoyan, Gholamali) 1, (Vaezi Ashtiani, Behnam) 2* 1- Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch 2- Senior Expert in Public Management (Received: 2012/03/11, Accepted: 2012/05/14) Abstract Nowadays, organizational competitive advantage is not merely summarized in the application of new technology, but rather lies specifically in the use of a capable workforce and high levels of employee commitment towards achieving organizational goals.
The continuous improvement of employee empowerment in an organization only becomes meaningful when individuals have the necessary information at their disposal and are trusted by the manager so that they can utilize their skills and abilities.
Although empowering employees increases the burden of responsibility for work group members, unfortunately, some managers pay less attention to the methods of creating a culture of individual empowerment.
Empowerment is providing more freedom, job autonomy, responsibility for decision-making, and self-control in performing tasks for organizational employees [13].
Some authors believe that this important characteristic is the most important element of empowerment; because it is having a sense of self-efficacy that determines whether individuals will strive and persevere to perform a difficult task or not?
In other words, when individuals develop a sense of self-efficacy by having at least the skill and ability, the passion to strive to perform the task, and the absence of major obstacles to success, they feel empowered[6].
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