Human resource development: Faculty members’ psychological empowerment in Iran’s colleges

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the factors affecting faculty members’ psychological empowerment towards access to human resource development in colleges in Iran with application of structural equation modeling. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Five dimensions of psychological empowerment (that is, meaning, self determination, impact, competence and trust) were used as dependent variable in evaluating faculty members’ psychological empowerment, and their interrelationships were suggested and empirically tested. The results provide an expanded understanding of factors that influence on faculty members’ psychological empowerment and implications of this work are discussed. Research findings showed that professional skills and organizational culture had a significantly positive effect on psychological empowerment of faculty members, but management- organizational factors had hardly any effect on psychological empowerment of faculty members. Key words: Human resource development, faculty members, Iran, psychological empowerment, structural equation modeling.