Predicting positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among nurses

Faranak Jafari,Amin Hosseinian-Far,Niaz Ezatizadeh,Nader Salari,Alireza Abdi

doi:10.1186/s12962-021-00289-1

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BackgroundPositive Organizational Behavior (POB) as an application of positive psychology provides the opportunity to nurses to deliver an effective and high-quality service. This study aims to predict positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among Nurses.MethodIn this descriptive-analytical study, the selected population was the nurses working in university hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, of which 152 people were selected using quota sampling strategy and according to the set entry criteria. The research data were collected using the standard questionnaires of Kanter’s Structural Empowerment, Spreitzer’s Psychological Empowerment, and Luthans’ Positive Organizational Behavior, and were then entered into SPSS16 software.ResultsThere are significant and direct relationships between the elements of structural empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.496), and psychological empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.379). Overall structural and psychological empowerment criteria predict 29% of variance in positive organizational behavior among nurses.ConclusionThis study highlights the importance of structural and psychological empowerment as strong predictors for positive organizational behavior.

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Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) as an application of positive psychology provides the oppor‐ tunity to nurses to deliver an effective and high-quality service
This study was conducted with the aim of predicting positive organizational behavior based on the dimensions of structural and psychological empowerment among nurses. This is a descriptive-analytical study of positive organizational behavior among nurses working in university hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Determining the sample size The sample size was determined using the correlation between the two quantitative variables in the study population, with 95% confidence (α-1) and 90% power of study (β1-), as well as taking into consideration the studies of Roshanzadeh et al, Bonyad Karizme et al, and Parastar et al These studies have reported the relationship between psychological empowerment and psychological stress in nurses as 0.93 with respect to self-efficacy, 0.28 for job satisfaction, and 0.5 in relation to occupational burnout, respectively (6-7-9)

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Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) as an application of positive psychology provides the oppor‐ tunity to nurses to deliver an effective and high-quality service. This study aims to predict positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among Nurses. Human capital in every organization is one of the most valuable resources that can allow firms to further develop their other key assets. To improve this capital, it is necessary to examine the internal dimensions of human beings that can influence organizational performance. He believed that the study of the positive points of organizational behavior of human resources and their psychological capacities are effectively used in the management of performance improvement in organizations [1,2,3].

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