System Engineering and Productivity

System Engineering and Productivity

Investigating the Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Employees' Creative Performance with the Mediation of Success and the Moderating Role of Competitive Climate (Case Study: Municipality of District 21 of Tehran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Auob Garavand 1
Mohammad Ahmadi 2
Somayeh Sazegari 3
Mohsen Rezaei Alvar 4
1 Corresponding author: Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 Ph.D. Student, Department of Management, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
4 M.Sc., Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Payame Noor University, Saveh, Iran
10.22034/msb.2024.2043912.1234
Abstract
Psychological empowerment, as an important approach in human resource management, has a significant impact on employee performance and creativity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment on employee creative performance through the mediation of success and the moderating role of competitive climate. This study is applied in terms of purpose and is classified as a descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population of the study included all employees of the Municipality of District 21 of Tehran, which included 600 people, of whom 234 were selected according to the Morgan table. The data collection tool was a questionnaire, which was the standard questionnaire of Sahadev et al. (Sahadev et al., 2024). The judgment of professors and experts in this field was used to measure the validity of the questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used to test the validity of the questionnaire, which was 0.89. In this study, structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships between components using the partial least squares method. According to the data analysis, the results indicate a positive and significant effect of psychological empowerment on employees' creative performance, psychological empowerment on employees' success, and employees' success on employees' creative performance. Also, the mediating role of employees' success on psychological empowerment and employees' creative performance, and the moderating role of competitive climate on psychological empowerment and employees' creative performance were confirmed; therefore, it is necessary for managers to pay sufficient attention to these dimensions to create employees' psychological empowerment.

Highlights

  • Cronbach's alpha was used to test the validity of the questionnaire, which was 0.89.
  • Constitutive equation modeling using the partial least squares method was used to examine the relationships between components.

Keywords
Psychological empowerment
Creative performance
Achievement
Competitive climate
Municipality of District 21 of Tehran
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System Engineering and Productivity
Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 13
Serial No. 13, Winter Quarterly
Winter 2025
Pages 45-61

  • Receive Date 20 October 2024
  • Revise Date 18 November 2024
  • Accept Date 07 December 2024
  • First Publish Date 07 December 2024
  • Publish Date 19 February 2025