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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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Employee Psychological Empowerment as Moderator, and it’s Effect on Team Performance

Fitriani , Jasman J. Sulaiman

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v14-i8/22693

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This study aims to examine the impact of team psychological safety on team performance, mediated by learning orientation, and how psychological empowerment enhances the influence of learning orientation on employee team performance at the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health of Aceh. The research method used in this study is a survey involving the distribution of questionnaires to a sample of respondents. The sampling technique employed is stratified random sampling, resulting in a sample of 231 respondents who are members of 19 work units at the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health of Aceh. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with AMOS software version 22.00 is utilized to test the current study’s hypotheses. The results demonstrate that team psychological safety and learning orientation have a positive and significant effect on team performance. Furthermore, learning orientation mediates the influence of team psychological safety on team performance. Finally, psychological empowerment was found to positively and significantly moderate the influence of learning orientation on employee team performance at the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health of Aceh.

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(Fitriani & Sulaiman, 2024)
Fitriani, & Sulaiman, J. J. (2024). Employee Psychological Empowerment as Moderator, and it’s Effect on Team Performance. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(8), 2860–2875.