The Mediating Role of Creativity on Psychological Empowerment and Employees

Abstract

This research seeks to investigate the impact of psychological empowerment in shaping creativity,that may eventually affect employees committment . The population of this study was employees of Khorasan Razavi Gas Company. Sample consists of the 170 employees, who were selected through stratified sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires and its validity was confirmed through face validity by experts and construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability was confirmed by Cronbach\'s alpha coefficient greater than 0.7 for all variables. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling and using AMOS software. The results showed that there were significant effects from psychological empowerment on creativity and organizational commitment and creativity plays a role of mediator in the relationship between psychological empowerment and organizational commitment.

Keywords

• psychological empowerment
• employees organizational commitment
• creativity