The Effect of Organizational Support, Transformational Leadership, Personnel Empowerment, Work Engagement, Performance and Demographical Variables on the Factors of Psychological Capital

Authors

  • Didem Rodoplu Şahin Kocaeli University Faculty of civil aviation Department of business and administration of civil aviation Kocaeli/Turkey
  • Duygu Çubuk Beykent University
  • Tuna Uslu Gedik University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/emaj.2014.49

Abstract

The relation with the work and the role of managers and organizational factors are effective on psychological capital and individual performance of employees. This article investigates the impact of the work engagement, performanmce, empowerment, organizational support and transformational leadership on psychological capital using survey data.

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