The Interrelationships among Psychological Empowerment, Spiritual Intelligence of Employees and Reduction of Occupational Accidents and Incidents (A Case Study: National Copper Industries Company of Iran)
Subject Areas :sasan Taghizadeh 1 , Alireza Manzari Tavakoli 2 * , Sanjar Salajegheh 3 , samaneh mehdizadeh 4
1 - PhD student, Department of Public Administration, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Educational Management Department, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.
Keywords: psychological empowerment, spiritual intelligence, occupational accidents and incidents.,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present study is to explain the interrelationships among psychological empowerment, spiritual intelligence of employees and the reduction of occupational accidents and incidents. This study took a three-step process. In the first stage, a documentary and library method was used to review and study the available and accessible scientific literature, in order to extract the factors affecting the dimensions of the research. Then, the fuzzy Delphi method was employed to finalize and localize the influencing factors on the three dimensions. In the end, with the help of the DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP) technique, the relationships between the main and secondary variables and how they affect each other (mutual effect) were determined. The final statistical population of this research included 11 expert employees in the field of organizational behavior and senior managers of safety, accidents and control from the National Copper Industries Company of Iran. The judgmental sampling was used to select the sample, which is a non-probability method. The results of the research revealed that the psychological empowerment and spiritual intelligence of employees have a direct and one-way effect on the reduction of occupational accidents and accidents, and this means that promoting and improving the psychological empowerment and spiritual intelligence of employees will reduce occupational accidents and accidents. Also, it was found that there is a two-way relationship between psychological empowerment and spiritual intelligence of employees
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