THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING

Abstract

Psychological capital (PsyCap) is personal power and autonomy in every person, which is one of the factors that affect an employee's well-being. PsyCap as the development of positive psychology could strengthen individuals in understanding their competency and enhancing their capabilities, as well as the concept of psychological empowerment. Furthermore, psychological empowerment is also a factor in the employee's well-being; therefore, this study purpose to find out whether the relationship of PsyCap and employee well-being has a role of psychological empowerment as a mediator. The total of respondents is 307 employees in the services company. The analysis technique applied the mediation regression analysis model no. 4 by Hayes. The results showed that the relationship between PsyCap and employee well-being, contained the role of psychological empowerment as a partial mediator. Wherein, PsyCap will have a more significant effect if through psychological empowerment first. This study like dew in the desert where this study seeks to cover the gap in previous research and, especially for psychology literature regarding these three variables.