The Effect of Organizational Agility on the Organizational Empowerment: Mediating role of Psychological Empowerment

Soroori, Sanaz; Fahiminejad, Ali; Morsal, Bagher; Tayebi Sani, Mostafa

doi:10.22055/jiops.2019.28601.1117

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ PhD Student of Sport Management, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22055/jiops.2019.28601.1117

Abstract

Introduction
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of organizational agility on organizational empowerment through psychological empowerment.

Method
The statistical population included all employees of Sport and Youth Offices in Razavi Khorasan province. Regarding the limited number of employees in this population, all of them were selected as research sample (200 employees).
The research questionnaire consisted of two parts: The first part consisted of Spritzer Empowerment Questionnaires (1995) (15 questions with components of feeling meaningful, competence, freedom of action, feeling effective, and feeling Trust), Sharifi and Zhang Organizational Agility Questionnaire (2001) (15 questions with components of speed, competence, responsiveness, flexibility) and 50 items of Organizational Empowerment (derived from EFQM organizational excellence model; with components of leader, Staff, policy and strategy, partnerships and resources, and processes). The reliability (Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability), convergent validity and divergent validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by content validity.

Results
Findings showed that organizational agility had a significant positive effect on psychological empowerment and organizational empowerment. Psychological empowerment had a significant positive effect on organizational empowerment. The results of the indirect effect indicated that psychological empowerment mediates the relationship between organizational agility and organizational empowerment.

Discussion
Managers of sport and youth departments and sport organizations should strive to provide continuous development of knowledge and encouraging and appreciating staff involvement in organizational affairs. Given the more indirect impact of organizational agility on organizational empowerment, it is suggested that managers of sport departments and youth and sports organizations pay more and more attention to the psychological empowerment of employees in different parts of the organization.

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Volume 6, Issue 1October 2019Pages 81-102

Volume 6, Issue 1
October 2019
Pages 81-102