Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction among Nurses Working in Abbassia Mental Hospital

Abstract

The concept of psychological empowerment has gained wide acceptance in both nursing theory and practice. Psychological empowerment is defined as a set of motivational cognitions shaped by a work environment and reflecting an individual’s active orientation to his or her work role it involves employees’ perception of competence, self-determination, meaning, and impact. Psychologically empowered employees are confident in their abilities, have control over their work, satisfied, feel that their job requirements are congruent with their values and beliefs, and feel that they impact organizational. This study aimed at examining the relation between psychological empowerment and job satisfaction among nurses working in Abbassia Mental Health hospital. The study was carried out on a representative sample (100) of the nurses working in this setting. They were mostly nursing diploma nurses. Data were collected through two self – administered tools: the psychological empowerment scale with socio demographic data, and job satisfaction questionnaire.

The results showed the following: