Karen is a senior manager at the american bank. a good part of her workday is spent in meetings with clients, subordinates at the bank, prospective customers, and the auditors. though karen has such a busy schedule, she manages to find time for her equally important meetings with the peta foundation. karen's commitment can be classified under which of the following concepts of psychological empowerment?

a. self-determination
b. impact
c. meaningfulness
d. expectancy
e. competence

Psychological empowerment refers to the motivations of individual employees in their workplace environment and how they exercise control over it. It is defined by four main dimensions:

meaningfulness refers to the value assigned to an individual's work in relation to the individual's personal values and beliefs. In this case, Karen is very busy and has a lo of work, but she still set aside time to do the activities or support the organizations that she that clearly believes in (Peta).
competence
self-determination
impact