Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between social capital and psychological empowerment of employees, by considering the moderating role of professional ethics. In terms of purpose, this is an applied study and in terms of methodology, this is considered as descriptive study. The study population consists of 240 employees of the Sports and Youth Department of Khorasan Razavi province and 150 subjects were selected using random sampling method and Cochran formula. Data were collected using three standard questionnaires, including: social capital questionnaire (Napahit and Kushal, 1998), psychological empowerment (Spreitzer and Mishra, 1992) and professional ethics questionnaire (Gregory C. Petty1990). The content validity of the each of the questionnaires was confirmed based on the opinions of professors and experts and their reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and values 0.911, 0.832 and 0.880 were obtained. Data analysis by using structural equation modeling and AMOS software shows that social capital and its aspects have a significant impact on psychological empowerment of employees. Moreover, professional ethics has a moderating role in the relationship between variables of social capital and psychological empowerment of employees.

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