Bir Güçlendirme Ölçeği Önerisi: Çalışanların Demografik Özelliklerine Göre Farklılıklarının Analizi

Bu çalışma, güçlendirmeyi ölçmeye yönelik geliştirilmiş bir Ölçeği ortaya koymaktadır. Konuyla ilgili geçmiş araştırma sonuçlarına dayanarak geliştirdiğimiz ölçek, bir ölçeğin taşıması gereken güvenilirlik ve geçerlilik özelliklerine sahiptir. Çalışmaya yönelik bilgiler üretim ve hizmet işletmelerinde çalışan 190 beyaz yakalı çalışan yoluyla sağlanmıştır. Geliştirdiğimiz ölçek, yapılan istatiksel analizler sonucunda 20 ifadeye indirgenmiştir. Dört boyutlu güçlendirme modeli faktör analizi ile desteklenmiştir. Ayrıca çalışanların demografik özelliklerine göre güçlendirme boyutlarına ilişkin görüş farklılıkları araştırılmıştır.

Developing an Empowerment Scale: Analysis of the Differences Among Employees According to Demographic Characteristics

The present article discusses the development of an instrument designed to measure empowerment. The tool designed to measure empowerment resulting from the previous researches has been proved to be a scale, fulfilling the necessary properties such as reliability and validity. Survey data were collected from 190 white collar employees working at manufacturing and service firms. The scale was reduced to 20 items as a result of statistical analysis. Factor analyses supported a four-dimension model of empowerment. Furthermore, differences among employees' perceptions of empowerment dimensions according to demographic characteristics were investigated.

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