The effect leader member exchange and psychological empowerment on organizational identification: The case of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

In today's world where change is accelerating, the human resource is important for organizations. For this reason organizations strive to produce strategies that increase productivity. It is known that organizational identification plays an important role in increasing productivity. Organizational identification, defined as emotional link between organization and employees, can affect the organization's success by affecting employee satisfaction and performance related behaviors. Because of this, the aim of this study is to find out the relationship between leader member exchange (LMX), psychological empowerment and organizational identification. The relationships between leader member exchange, psychological empowerment and organizational identification were conceptually examined and hypotheses were tested. The datas were obtained with survey technique and the obtained data were analyzed through the SPSS Statistics Base 22.0 package program. Leader member exchange (LMX) scale developed by Liden and Maslyn (1998) adapted by Baş, Keskin ve Mert (2010); organizational identification scale developed by Mael and Ashforth (1992) adapted by Tüzün (2006), and psychological empowerment scale developed by Spreitzer (1995) and adapted by Sürgevil, Tolay ve Topoyan (2013) were utilized. The study group of the research consists of 298 academic and administrative staff in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. Factor, correlation and regression analysis was applied to the obtained data. As a result of the research findings; It was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and organizational identification, psychological empowerment and organizational identification. Keywords: leader-member exchange, psychological empowerment, organizational identification