Psychological Empowerment Scale (Spreitzer).
PES
Psychological empowerment at work as intrinsic task motivation across four cognitions: Meaning, Competence, Self-Determination, Impact (plus an overall empowerment composite).
- Length and format
- 12 (4 x 3). 7-pt agreement Likert (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. TR (validated), ZH, ES, PT, FA and others
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Spreitzer, G.M. (1995). Psychological empowerment in the workplace: Dimensions, measurement, and validation. Academy of Management Journal, 38(5), 1442-1465.
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