Psychological empowerment and development

Abstract

Using the archival method of investigation, this paper explores the subject of psychological empowerment (particularly in relation to youths) and national development. The specific objective of the paper is to explore and establish the importance of psychological empowerment of the masses and particularly the youths, in order to enhance national development. The paper establishes the fact that several empowerment programs that have been introduced at different times, by different regimes might not have yielded the expected results probably because attention has not been paid to the psychological empowerment of the masses. The assertion and recommendation that psychological empowerment is paramount to national development is based on the fact that human beings are psychological entities and as long as they experience psychological frustration, they may almost always antagonize government's move towards development. The paper thus concludes that psychological empowerment of the masses (particularly the youths) is of paramount importance in enhancing national development.

Relationship between Employee Motivation and Job Performance: A Study at Universiti Teknologi MARA (Terengganu)

“…Peoples working under inconvenient conditions may end up with low performance and face occupational health risks causing high absenteeism and turnover (Naharuddin & Sadegi, 2013). Oladipo (2009) states that suitable environments, often resulting in high worker turnover rate and they will live up to their potential. Job and work environment stimuli were defined as job and workplace characteristics that affected individual workers on a daily basis while doing their jobs in their work environment (Chandrasekar, 2009).…”

Linking organizational trust with employee engagement: the role of psychological empowerment

“…It is noteworthy that the attainment of organizational goals may not be feasible without empowering employees psychologically, and when employees are psychologically empowered, there will be a corresponding positive change in attitude, cognition and behavior, which most assuredly will lead to a positive change in value orientation, ability to postpone gratification of one's desires, improved self-esteem, self-efficacy as well as better psychological well-being which will all be brought into work (Oladipo, 2009). Kanter (1977) provides a theoretical explanation for the possible role of empowerment in positive job behaviors including work engagement.…”

Yaratıcı İklim İle Yenilikçi İş Davranışı Arasındaki İlişkide Psikolojik Sermayenin Aracı Rolu: Türkiye’de Çeşitli Sektörlerde Çalışanlar Üzerinde Bir Araştırma

“…In addition, Spreitzer and Quinn (1995) asserted that supporting employee and to have the freedom to use initiative at certain points are to need (Arogundade and Arogundade, 2015). At same time, as people are psychologically empowered, their attitude, cognition and behavior may change positively in value orientation, increased patriotic actions, peaceful and developing society (Oladipo, 2009). Thomas and Velthouse (1990) have defined empowerment more broadly, as increased intrinsic task motivation manifested in a set of four cognitions reflecting as individual's orientation to their work role: meaning, competence (this term is synonymous words with Conger and Kanungo's (1988) "self-efficacy"), self-determination and impact (Srivastava & Sing , 2008).…”