How Collaborative Climate and Its Components Affects The Psychological Empowerment?

Abstract

This study aims to explore the effects of collaborative climate and its sub-dimensions on psychological empowerment. The sample of the research is consisting of public and private sector employees in different cities and job groups from Turkey. Data were collected from the 121 employees through convenience sampling method and online survey technique. The obtained data were analyzed via statistical package programs. The sub-dimensions of collaborative climate in the research are organizational culture, immediate supervisor, employee attitude, and work group support. Besides, psychological empowerment was considered as a single dimension. According to the results of the correlation analysis, there are significant and positive relationships among collaborative climate and its all sub-dimensions with psychological empowerment. On the other hand, according to the results of the regression analysis, while the collaborative climate overall structure and work group support dimension contributed positively to the prediction of psychological empowerment, the predictive effects of organizational culture, immediate supervisor, and employee attitude sub-dimensions weren't significant. Another outcome of the study is the validation of the collaborative climate and psychological empowerment scales used in the research into Turkish.