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The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a significant relationship between servant leadership and psychological empowerment and to determine the moderating effect of organizational culture on this relationship. The sample of the study is a furniture factory in Eskişehir and an acid-boric factory in Balıkesir. The data were collected by using questionnaires. In this frame, five hundred and twenty six questionnaires were analyzed. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between servant leadership and psychological empowerment. According to this result, followers of managers who adopts servant leadership style, feel more psychologically empowered. Besides, it is found that clan culture, which is a sub dimension of organizational culture, has a moderating effect on relationship between servant leadership and psychological empowerment. The most important limitation of the study that the results of the study cannot be generalized in manufacturing sector, as the survey was administered in only a furniture factory and an acid-boric factory.

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