Effects of organizational agility on organizational commitment: the mediating role of psychological empowerment
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2019v21n55p101Abstract
This study aims to examine the effect of organizational agility on organizational commitment mediated by psychological empowerment. The research was developed based on a questionnaire that raised the perception of 87 employees of a Hospital of excellence attendance at cardiological emergencies in Florianópolis/SC. Three hypotheses were tested and the data were analyzed using the Structural Equations technique. Among the results obtained, it was confirmed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational agility and organizational commitment, besides that psychological empowerment is directly related to organizational commitment and positively mediates the relationship between organizational agility and commitment. It is inferred that employees perceive that their organization is agile when it adopts policies that allow it to adapt to the changes in the organizational environment. This perception increases the psychological empowerment of employees and consequently affects their sense of attachment to the organization.
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