Female University Teacher’s Workplace Empowerment and Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Organizational Commitment

Author(s) : Ghazala Noureen, Hafiza Sadiya Iqbal, Riffat-un-Nisa Awan & Musarat Azhar

Abstract:

This research project was planned to investigate the link between different facets of workplace empowerment of university teachers and their job satisfaction, together with the moderating effect of organizational commitment. The size of the sample for the current study was 386 female university teachers. Workplace empowerment scale, organizational commitment questionnaire and teachers’ job satisfaction questionnaire were used for data collection. Findings revealed that workplace empowerment was a good predictor of job satisfaction and it also confirmed the moderator role of organizational commitment between the relationship of job satisfaction and workplace empowerment.

Key words: Workplace Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction,