The Effect of Empowerment of the Organizational Commitment and the Job Satisfaction of the Employees of the National Electricity Company (Ltd.) in South Sulawesi Province Indonesia

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact
of empowerment on organizational commitment and job
satisfaction of employees of the national electricity company (PLN) in the Province of South Sulawesi. This study was explanatory research study which employed survey method. The population number for this study was 836 people. The study sample (n = 270) consisted of middle managers, basic managers, the basic supervisor and the upper supervisor. Samples were spread over five regional offices of the national electricity company (PLN) in the province of
South Sulawesi. In Makassar area, the steam power plant (CPP) is in Tello. Area distribution and load settings (AP2B)were throughout South Sulawesi and regulatory area distribution (APD). The instruments for the data collections were interview and questionnaires. The data was analyzed by using quantitative research analysis through a generalized structured component analysis (GSCA). The study found a significant effect of the empowerment on the organizational commitment. Despite the empowerment had no significant effect on job satisfaction directly, but it was found that the indirect significant effect between empowerment on the job satisfaction through the intervening variable of organizational commitment; organizational commitment had a significant effect on job satisfaction.