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Date	December 2016
Vol. No.	Vol. 26 No. 4
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.14329/apjis.2016.26.4.509
Page	509~525
Title	Project Performance Improvement of Employees: A Psychological Empowerment Approach
Author	Sung-Tae Oh, Sodam Kim, Hee-Woong Kim
Keyword	Project-based Organization, Psychological Empowerment Theory, Job Characteristics, Performance
Abstract	According to the dynamic changes in the business environment, the structural transformation of firms has had an observable trend. An increasingly large number of firms have been transforming into either project-based organizations or project expert groups. This study aims to investigate the antecedents required for the optimal level of empowerment with consideration of the project-based team environmental nature and job characteristic. Three factors are applied to measure the significant effects on psychological empowerment as the result variables. To determine the antecedents and consequent factors of psychological empowerment, employees’ interviews and precedent studies are used. For the empirical study, four determinants of empowerment variables are modeled into a second-order reflective construct. This study finds that psychological empowerment significantly affects performance. Therefore, this study can serve as a guideline for development and operating methods for project success.