RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP FACTORS AND HUMAN RESOURCE EMPOWERMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EDUCATION STAFF IN IRAN

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine relationship between leadership factors and human resource empowerment from the perspective of education employees in Mazandaran province (Iran). The study population included all education managers and staff, 431 people, in the academic year of 2014- 2015. Sample size chosen based on Krejcie and Morgan table was 207 people. Sampling method is stratified random sampling, and the research method is correlational. To examine the questions and hypotheses of this study, two standard questionnaires were used.
A- Organizational climate questionnaire and Cameron’s questionnaire to measure managerial, behavioral and structural dimensions of organization which consists of 36 seven- choice question.
B- Spreitzer empowerment questionnaire which consists of 12 multiple questions to measure human resource empowerment. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics (multivariate regression analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient) were used. Research results have shown: According to multivariate regression analysis (Stepwise), there is a significant relationship between behavioral factors, structural factors, managerial factors and human resource empowerment, and leadership factors were able to predict employee empowerment.