Investigating the Impact of Employee’s Empowerment on Their Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Tejarat Bank, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran)

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of employees' empowerment on their job satisfaction (Case Study: Tejarat Bank, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran). The population of the research was employees of the Trade Bank of West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The sampling was performed using clustering sampling method by selecting from Urmia, Mahabad and Khoy city and the sample volume was determined 205 individuals using Morgan table. In the present study, standard questionnaires of Spreitzer psychological empowerment and Minnesota job satisfaction were used to measure the variables. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was obtained 0.792 and 0.853 for empowerment and job satisfaction variables, respectively that indicating good reliability of the questionnaire. Statistical analysis of the study data was performed based on the Pearson correlation and multiple linear regressions using SPSS 18 software. The results showed that employee empowerment processes had impact on job satisfaction including feelings of effectiveness, significance, autonomy and competence.