The relationship between empowerment and job satisfaction: Applied study on Jordanian Textile Companies

Abstract

This study aim to investigate the concept of empowerment and examine the relationship between empowerment and job satisfaction among employees in Jordan. The population of the study includes all textile companies in Amman city, a sample of (100) employees based on (10) textile companies was selected randomly for the purpose of this study. The study found that employees work in textile companies have positive attitudes towards empowerment variables competence, impact, meaning, and self-determination). The result show that employees work in textile companies have negative attitudes towards job satisfaction as one variable. The results of the study accept the main hypotheses which sate: There is a relationship between employee empowerment and job satisfaction. The study recommended that management should give high attention for employees empowerment in different organizations in general and Jordanian textile companies in particular.

Keywords: Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, Competence, self- determination, autonomy, impact.