A COMPARATIVE SURVEY ON EFFECTS OF FACE TO FACE AND DISTANCED SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSES ON STAFF’S PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT

Any organization tries to revitalize its staff by preparing face to face and
distanced short term training courses. Thus, the present study aimed to compare the effects of such
courses on staff’s psychological empowerment.
Materials & Methods: This pseudo-experimental research study covered 6o managers and chancellors
of different educational degrees in Zabol that participated in a three-day leadership development
training course in March 2010. The samples were divided into two groups: a control group (distanced
training) and an examination group (face to face training). Data collection tool was demographic
information from Spritzer's psychological empowerment standard questionnaire about the feeling of
meaningfulness, competency, impact, trust and self-determination. Questionnaires were completed in
two groups by all samples in two phases, before and two weeks after the course. The data were
analyzed using t-test for independent groups by SPSS software.
Results: Face to face training course is more effective in psychological empowerment than distanced
training course.
Conclusion: According to the results face to face training course is more effective, however; we
cannot neglect the fact that the main reason for such courses is mere training. So it seems necessary to
look for the reasons of ineffectiveness in short-term distanced training