Structural empowerment among social workers in Hong Kong: its relationship with job satisfaction and psychological well-being
Author(s)
Author(s)
To, H. K.
Date Issued
2022
Publisher
Routledge
Journal
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Volume
32
Issue
2
Start page
131
End page
146
Abstract
Kanter’s model of structural empowerment developed in Western individualist culture has similar functionality in Hong Kong where collectivism is valued. Structural empowerment exerted a direct effect on job satisfaction and an indirect effect on psychological well-being via global psychological empowerment and job satisfaction. Opportunities for training and self-growth were most accessible to social workers, but least related to job satisfaction and had no bearing on psychological well-being. To empower social workers to provide a quality service, access to information, resources, and support in the workplace is more essential than access to training and self-development.
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