Authors : Negin Rasouli, Mohamad Montazeri, Mohamad Hossein Nekouei and Hamed Zahedi
Abstract: Despite increasing attention on the topic of empowerment, understanding of the construct and its underlying processes remains limited. For this that how empowerment process happens and what kinds of psychology process can frame employees empowerment. But many writers have emphasised on important role of leadership in empowerment process. With entrance spirituality to management and organization field, as 21st century challenge, organization’s leaders especially spiritual leaders with use of spiritual vision and establishment of cultural context to foster empowered and motivated employees. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees psychological empowerment in Khozestan utility. In this research, the statistical population includes 1200 employees of Khozestan utility. Sample size was calculated using a sample group of 291 employees. For this research, two standard questionnaires in the field of spiritual leadership and psychological empowerment were used. In order to analyze the hypothesis, using the software SPSS, Pearson correlation test was used to measure the correlation between variables. The research results indicated a strong significant positive correlation between spiritual leadership (vision, faith, altruistic love, meaningfulness, membership, productivity and organizational commitment) with employees psychological empowerment in Khozestan utility.
Negin Rasouli, Mohamad Montazeri, Mohamad Hossein Nekouei and Hamed Zahedi, 2013. Investigating the Relationship Between Spiritual Leadership and Employees Psychological Empowerment in Khozestan Utility. International Business Management, 7: 55-64.