직무특성이 심리적 임파워먼트에 미치는 영향 : 경력성장기회와 무형식학습의 매개효과

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of career growth opportunity and informal learning on the relationship between job characteristic and psychological empowerment. In this study, it was assumed that job characteristic will have significant effect on career growth opportunity, informal learning and psychological empowerment. In addition, it was assumed that career growth opportunity will have significant effect on informal learning and psychological empowerment. Survey questionnaires were distributed to employees working at six Korean companies, and responses from 327 employees were collected and used for data analysis. The main findings of this research are as follows: First, job characteristic had a significant positive relationship with psychological empowerment. Second, job characteristic had a significant positive relationship with career growth opportunity as well as informal learning. Third, career growth opportunity had a significant positive relationship with informal learning as well as psychological empowerment. Fourth, informal learning had a significant positive relationship with psychological empowerment. Fifth, career growth opportunity mediated the relationship between job characteristic and psychological empowerment with informal learning as a mediator. The mediating impact of career growth opportunity was far greater that that of informal learning. The results of this study imply that the organization should provide more career growth opportunities with their employees for them to be psychologically empowered. This study contributed to the previous study in that it discovered career growth opportunity and informal learning as a mediator of the relationship between job characteristic and psychological empowerment.