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This research follows studying the effect of effective factors on empowerment that includes organizational conditions, management strategies and self-efficient resources on employees’ empowerment in Social Security organization of Bandar Abbas. Goals of the research include: a) recognizing and prioritizing effective factors on employees’ empowerment b) providing conditions to develop employees’ empowerment c) presenting some solutions for employees’ empowerment. In this research a questionnaire compiled based on Conger and Kanungo model is used. Three factors of organizational conditions, management strategies and self-efficient resources are as independent variables and employees’ empowerment as dependent variable. Statistical society of the research includes 215 employees in Bandar Abbas Social Security organization. Performing statistical analysis on gathered data from statistical society and studying relationship between independent and dependent variables one by one it is determined that all factors of organizational conditions, management strategies and self-efficient resources effect on employees’ empowerment directly and positively and finally increase organizational function.
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To Cite this Article: Barsi, M., Ziglari, F., Abadi, M. N. A. (2013). Study Effective Factors on Employees’ Empowerment by a Model Based on Conger & Kanungo Model; Case Study: Social Security Organization of Bandar Abbas (Iran). International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences. 3(4), 413-427.
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