The mediating effects of psychological empowerment on leadership style and employee satisfaction in hospitals

This research was aimed at examining psychological empowerment in mediating the relation between transformational leadership and employee satisfaction. With the method of questionnaire, 1252 medical staffs in Shanghai were investigated and data analysis tools were SPSS 16.0 and AMOS 17.0. The results indicated that, to some extent, psychological empowerment mediated the relation between transformational leadership and employee satisfaction. Meaning, competence and impact mediated the relation between visionary motivation and employee satisfaction, while only meaning between moral modeling and employee satisfaction.