Journal of Yaşar University

Yazarlar: Mustafa KESEN

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DOI:10.19168/jyu.23253

Anahtar Kelimeler:Psychological Empowerment,Social Loafing,Field Study

Özet: It is difficult for group working which is indispensable for organizations to always increase individual performance. It is possible for some individuals within groups to decrease their effort due to different reasons. This phenomenon is called as social loafing in the literature and many studies have investigated the applications that can prevent this situation. In this study it is investigated that whether psychological empowerment can be a solution for the problem of social loafing. This study was applied on the employees of 5 manufacturing companies operating in the provinces of Elazığ and Malatya. Data gathered from 175 individuals via questionnaires were analyzed with reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis. According to the results, a dimension of psychological empowerment which is meaning plays an important role in decreasing social loafing behaviors of employees. Other dimensions of psychological empowerment which are impact, competence and self-determination are observed that they are not significantly affecting social loafing

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