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Factors Affecting Knowledge Workersʹ Empowerment in Petroleum Industry

The main purpose of this research is to identify and rank the factors affecting knowledge-workersʹ empowerment. Knowledge-workersʹ empowerment is considered as dependent variable and independent variables are specified in five categories: knowledge-workersʹ profile, job nature, leadership style, organizational culture, and organizational structure. A sample of 202 knowledge-workers has been studied. Multiple regression, factor analysis, and structural equations analysis were used and findings show that knowledge-workersʹ empowerment is affected by all the five mentioned determinants.