Journal article
Modeling time-lagged reciprocal psychological empowerment-performance relationships
Journal of applied psychology, v 99(6), pp 1244-1253
Nov 2014
PMID: 25111249
Abstract
Employee psychological empowerment is widely accepted as a means for organizations to compete in increasingly dynamic environments. Previous empirical research and meta-analyses have demonstrated that employee psychological empowerment is positively related to several attitudinal and behavioral outcomes including job performance. While this research positions psychological empowerment as an antecedent influencing such outcomes, a close examination of the literature reveals that this relationship is primarily based on cross-sectional research. Notably, evidence supporting the presumed benefits of empowerment has failed to account for potential reciprocal relationships and endogeneity effects. Accordingly, using a multiwave, time-lagged design, we model reciprocal relationships between psychological empowerment and job performance using a sample of 441 nurses from 5 hospitals. Incorporating temporal effects in a staggered research design and using structural equation modeling techniques, our findings provide support for the conventional positive correlation between empowerment and subsequent performance. Moreover, accounting for the temporal stability of variables over time, we found support for empowerment levels as positive influences on subsequent changes in performance. Finally, we also found support for the reciprocal relationship, as performance levels were shown to relate positively to changes in empowerment over time. Theoretical and practical implications of the reciprocal psychological empowerment-performance relationships are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Title
- Modeling time-lagged reciprocal psychological empowerment-performance relationships
- Creators
- M Travis Maynard - Colorado State UniversityMargaret M Luciano - University of ConnecticutLauren D'Innocenzo - Drexel UniversityJohn E Mathieu - University of ConnecticutMatthew D Dean - University of Southern Maine
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, v 99(6), pp 1244-1253
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000345153700014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84925705181
- Other Identifier
- 991019276215504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Management
- Psychology, Applied