Human resource empowerment is recognized as a key strategy in modern management for enhancing job performance. In the healthcare sector, senior management has increasingly focused on psychologically empowering nurses to improve their job performance. Enhancing nurses' job performance not only leads to better patient care but also improves the overall quality of medical services and ultimately contributes to the better health of society. This research specifically examines how the communication behaviors of nursing managers—such as empathic language, directive time, and meaningful language—moderate the relationship between nurses’ job performance and psychological empowerment. This study was conducted with a descriptive-correlational approach using regression analysis. The statistical population of the study consisted of 366 people, of whom 188 were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected using three standardized questionnaires and analyzed through correlation tests and hierarchical regression analysis in SPSS version 23 software. The findings indicate a positive and significant relationship between nurses' psychological empowerment and their job performance. In addition, each aspect of nursing managers' communication behaviors played a moderating role in the played between job performance and psychological empowerment (P < 0.05). This study suggests that nursing managers should implement strategies such as granting nurses autonomy, revising the compensation system, organizing psychological training sessions, providing support for psychiatric nurses, conducting regular meetings, involving nurses in discussions on critical issues, and offering encouragement and support to enhance their capabilities and job performance.
