Social Structural Characteristics and Employee Empowerment: The Role of Proactive Personality
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The purpose of this paper is to determine the contribution of social structural characteristics on employee empowerment and whether proactive personality plays a role in moderating the above stated relationship among managers in Malaysia. Hierarchical regression analyses of 584 responses revealed that social structural characteristics of self-esteem, power distribution, information sharing, knowledge, rewards, leadership and organizational culture are important in determining employee empowerment. Further, proactive personality was found to be a moderator to the relationship between social structural characteristics and employee empowerment. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.
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