• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.135-157
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• 2004

This study was motivated from the proposition that readiness for self-sufficiency is important for future independent life of poor adolescents. This study focused on analyzing the effect of empowerment as a mediator as well as analyzing the effects of predictive factors of readiness for their self-sufficiency. For conducting this study, a survey method was used on 240 poor adolescents residing in Seoul. This study used path analysis method for analyzing mediator effect of empowerment. In the results, Statistically significant variables that had effect on readiness for self sufficiency through empowerment(intrapersonal, interpersonal, sociopolitical) were family relations and peer relations. Participation in social organization variable had a positive influence on readiness for self-sufficiency through interpersonal empowerment and sociopolitacal empowerment. Problematic variable had a negative influence on readiness for self-sufficiency through interpersonal empowerment. Such results provided knowledge foundations for diverse social work approaches related to promoting empowerment. Specifically, this study shows that diverse social services are necessary for promoting poor adolescents readiness and social work interventions are necessary for strengthening adolescents empowerment.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.189-216
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• 2010

This study is to show the effect of single mothers' community participation on empowerment and the mediation effect of gender consciousness that mediate the causal relationship between this two variables defining the organization, which single mothers have been participated, as a community based on that there are common goals, emotional bond, and reciprocal action between the members. 439 single mothers, who have been participated in one of 14 organizations in Pusan and Gyeongnam, have been surveyed and the practice elements of emporwerment, gender consciousness, and empowerment have been analyzed from it. The results are first, There was significant differences at the practice elements of empowerment, gender consciousness, and empowerment according to the types of single mothers' community. Mostly it was high among job training type community and low among social welfare institution type community. Second, it has been shown that the determinant factors of empowerment are the degree of community participation and the practical elements of empowerment. Third, The changes in gender consciousness should be proceeded before that the practice of community empowerment, which the changes in gender consciousness represent the full mediation in the relationship between the practical elements and empowerment effect, leads the improvement of single mothers' empowerment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.105-129
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of librarian's empowerment and organizational commitment on organizational effectiveness in libraries. The subjects of this study were 148 librarians of 10 libraries in Jeollabuk-do in accordance to purposeful sampling of nonprobability sampling. The statistics program that was used to achieve the purpose was SPSS pc+ 20.0. The statistics methods were used one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression test. The following conclusion were drawn from the research procedures and data analysis. First, the librarian's empowerment level and organizational effectiveness make a difference by age level. But the librarian's organizational commitment make no difference by age level. Second, the librarian's empowerment level make a difference by marital status. But the librarian's organizational commitment and effectiveness make no difference by marital status. Third, the librarian's empowerment level make a difference by career in present librarian. But the librarian's organizational commitment and effectiveness make no difference by career in present librarian. Fourth, Very a high correlation is influence factor and all of the empowerment, competence factor, and all of the empowerment. Fifth, the organizational effectiveness is affected 9.3% by librarian's empowerment, 5.6% by librarian's organizational commitment.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.56
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• pp.225-250
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• 2017

The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of the social capital among married female immigrant on their quality of life and the mediating effect of empowerment. The data were collected from 260 married female immigrants and SPSS Statistics 20.0 and AMOS 22.0 were utilized to analyze the data. The results showed that social capital had statistically significant relationship with empowerment and quality of life among married female immigrants. In addition, empowerment was a statistically significant mediator in the association of social capital and quality of life. Based on these findings, the implications for social welfare practice to improve social capital and empowerment of married female immigrants and recommendations for the further studies were suggested.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.421-431
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• 2019

This study aimed to verify the mediating effects of empowerment and social support in the process of parent-child relationship affecting the college adjustment. In this descriptive research, 219 university students were recruited as participants. Data collection was carried out from May to June 2019 via online survey. The results showed that parent-child relationship had significant direct effects on empowerment, social support, and college adjustment. Moreover, parent-child relationship had significant indirect effects on students' college adjustment via empowerment and social support. The indirect effect of empowerment was significantly higher than the indirect effect of social support with respect to the influence of parent-child relationship on college adjustment. It is necessary to improve parent-child relations and emotional intimacy through social support to promote the college adjustment of students. In addition, it is important to apply a program that can enhance empowerment, which is a powerful factor in college adjustment.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.175-185
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• 2013

This study is conducted in the form of purposive sampling among 215 social workers working in social welfare and living facilities located in the metropolitan area. The purpose of this study is to understand how organizational commitment and psychological empowerment affects job satisfaction and investigate the mediating effect of psychological empowerment when it comes to the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction. In this study, it is observed that there is a significant impact of psychological empowerment on job satisfaction. The higher the level of psychological empowerment is, social workers tend to have a higher level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. The result of investigation on mediating effect supports a mediating effect of psychological empowerment on the relationship between emotional/continuance/normative commitment and job satisfaction. In addition, the self-authority appears to have a mediating effect on the relationship between emotional/continuance/normative commitment and job satisfaction. Finally, competence also has a mediating effect on the relationship. The result supports the significant effect of the four hypotheses presented in this study. The result of this study implies that social workers' psychological empowerment has a positive effect on their organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Therefore, it can be used by an organization as an effective management technique.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.217-230
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• 2020

In a view of rapidly changing business environment, the success and competing power of organizations depend on committed, highly motivated and satisfied human resources. Empowerment is mainly concerned with establishing and building trust between management and employees, and motivating their participation. Also, behavioral integrity emphasizing on the characteristics of effective leaders has shown as direct action that strengthens positive consequences in organizations. However, research regarding behavioral integrity is very limited. Based on the Self-determination Theory, this paper investigates the effect of empowering leadership on employee's job satisfaction and work engagement. Multi-group analysis based on behavioral integrity is also analyzed. An online survey was conducted and 298 employees' data were collected. Using structural equation modeling, results suggest as follows. First, empowering leadership had a positive effect on individual's job satisfaction mediated by their work engagement. Second, the result of the multi-group analysis showed that the effect of empowering leadership on work engagement is stronger in the group with high behavioral integrity. Contrary to the prediction, the result doesn't support the moderating effect on job satisfaction. These findings contribute to our understanding of empowering leadership process. Based on the results, several theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.323-336
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of psychological empowerment in the relationship between job stress and burnout of middle managers in organizations. For this study, 329 middle managers, the participants in this research were working in organizations. They completed questionnaire survey of job stress, psychological empowerment and burnout. Main study results are as follows. First, job stress and psychological empowerment statistically showed a significant negative correlation, while psychological empowerment and burnout also showed a significant negative correlation. Job stress and burnout had a statistically significant positive correlation. Second, psychological empowerment mediated partially the relation between job stress and burnout. This study extends the burnout literature related to the job circumstance and individual internal factor by considering psychological empowerment in addition to the role of perceived job stress in middle managers in organizations. Based on these results, Implications and limitations of the study were discussed.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2022.04a
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• pp.187-194
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• 2022

기존 연구에서는 꾸준히 조직 구성원의 창의성을 향상하는데 있어 리더십이 매우 중요한 역할을 한다는 점을 강조해왔다. 수많은 연구가 리더십과 창의성의 관계를 언급하고 있지만 벤처창업의 핵심이라고 할 수 있는 기업가적 리더십에 관해서는 여전히 연구가 부족한 편이다. 이를 감안, 본 연구는 조직 내 혁신 분위기의 조절효과 및 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트의 매개효과를 토대로 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 국내 중소·벤처기업에 근무하는 161명의 구성원을 대상으로 설문을 진행, 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트는 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 관계를 긍정적으로 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트에 미치는 리더의 기업가적 리더십의 효과는 조직의 혁신 분위기가 높을 때 더욱 강하게 발휘되는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 조직 내 혁신 분위기는 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트의 관계를 긍정적으로 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 창의적인 벤처기업을 육성하기 위해 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 관계에 대한 포괄적인 시사점을 제공해주었다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.207-215
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• 2018

As the environment changes rapidly and the diversity of organizational members increases in the modern organization, interest is increasingly focused on empowering leadership that gives more authority and autonomy to the individual. In this study, we demonstrate an effective process for empowering leadership that was examined by focusing on the leader acceptance of organization members. For this purpose, 293 questionnaires were collected from employees working in corporations, and the mediating effects of individual leader acceptance on the relationship between empowering leadership and individual effectiveness (individual innovative behavior, individual performance) were verified. Hypothesis testing revealed that empowering leadership had a significant influence on both individual innovative behavior and individual performance. Second, in the relationship between empowering leadership and individual innovative behavior, individual leader acceptance was completely mediated. Third, in the relationship between empowering leadership and individual performance, individual leader acceptance was completely mediated. This study suggests that individual leader acceptance is important for empowering leadership effectiveness. In order for empowering leadership to be more effective, we propose that leaders make empowering behaviors according to the organization members' level of maturity and personal values.