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A Study on the Effect of Psychological Empowerment on the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2012, 36(2), pp.221-240
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Park, Yung-Jin 1 Yoon, Ji-Hwan 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of psychological empowerment of travel agency employees towards organizational commitment and job satisfaction. To conduct this research, a survey was administered to 413 employees over a two-month interval through in-person data collecting techniques. The results of factor analysis, simple regression analysis and multiple regression analysis indicate that employees working at travel agency are mostly young and highly educated as it is shown in demographical characteristic. Improvement of job environment and system development are needed for young employees working at travel agency as women, in particular, prefer working at travel agency and organization commitment should be promoted by systematically managing psychological empowerment of the employee. This study was conducted to determine the effect of psychological as such as work autonomy, job competence, work significance, management reliability, and management dissatisfaction. In conclusion, managers should endeavor to raise job satisfaction and employee motivation as these characteristics, as evidenced in prior research, have been correlated with overall company performance and profit.

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