Supporting Autonomy as a Determinant of Psychological Empowerment of Workers in Industrial Enterprises

Hamdy, Heba; Yassin, Hamdy; Abdel Moneim Seif, Rabab

doi:10.21608/buhuth.2021.97148.1205

Supporting Autonomy as a Determinant of Psychological Empowerment of Workers in Industrial Enterprises

Document Type : Academic research papers

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¹ psychological department - women college- ain shams university- Cairo- Egypt

² Ain shams university college of women for art , science,and education

³ Department of Psychology, Faculty of womwn for arts, science and education, Ain shams university, cairo, egypt.

10.21608/buhuth.2021.97148.1205

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Abstract:
The present study aims at studying the predictability of psychological empowerment through the contribution of supporting the autonomy of workers in industrial enterprises, in addition to studying the demographic variables which effect the study variables (gender, age, experience) and revealing the psychological factors related to supporting autonomy. The study methodology and procedures are as follows: The sample consisted of (n=100) worker at the Sun City ready-made garments’ factory in AL-Obour City; the ages of the sample range between (16-50) years, males and females workers. The scale of supporting autonomy and the scale of psychological empowerment (prepared by researchers) have been applied. After performing the appropriate statistical treatments, the finding of the study have indicated the presence of a strong positive relationship between supporting autonomy and psychological empowerment of workers. Moreover, supporting Autonomy varies according to the variation of gender and age, and does not vary with the variation of experience; the psychological empowerment, on the other hand, dose not vary according the demographic variables. The findings of the study have revealed the contribution of supporting autonomy in predicting the psychological empowerment of workers. Furthermore, there are psychological and social factors related to supporting autonomy in the working environment; they have been identified according to the analysis of the following factors (understanding. Self-initiation, freedom choice, participation in decision-making, positive communication).
Keywords: autonomy – supporting autonomy – psychological empowerment – positive psychology.

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