a comparative survey on effects of face to face and distanced short term training courses on staff’s psychological empowerment

a comparative survey on effects of face to face and distanced short term training courses on staff’s psychological empowerment nastiezaie n* , hezare mogadam m received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25 oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: any organization tries to revitalize its staff by preparing face to face and distanced short term training courses. thus, the present study aimed to compare the effects of such courses on staff’s psychological empowerment. materials & methods: this pseudo-experimental research study covered 6o managers and chancellors of different educational degrees in zabol that participated in a three-day leadership development training course in march 2010. the samples were divided into two groups: a control group (distanced training) and an examination group (face to face training). data collection tool was demographic information from spritzer's psychological empowerment standard questionnaire about the feeling of meaningfulness, competency, impact, trust and self-determination. questionnaires were completed in two groups by all samples in two phases, before and two weeks after the course. the data were analyzed using t-test for independent groups by spss software. results: face to face training course is more effective in psychological empowerment than distanced training course. conclusion: according to the results face to face training course is more effective, however we cannot neglect the fact that the main reason for such courses is mere training. so it seems necessary to look for the reasons of ineffectiveness in short-term distanced training. keywords: psychological empowerment, short-term training, face to face and distanced training address: sistan and baluchestan university, sistan and baluchestan, iran tel: (+98)9151902047 e-mail: [email protected]