values in leadership literature to three aspects of servant leadership: trust; appreciation of others; and empowerment …

The role of empowerment of subordinates has been an ongoing argument since the 1950s and 1960s following the work of … social scientists like Likert and Herzberg. It is argued that empowerment can improve the productivity of the organization …

The feasibility and success of empowerment are to some extent determined by factors relating to the culture and … unique socio‐technical context, some aspects of which seem well‐suited to empowerment strategies. However, despite support … for empowerment, it has not yet been universally embraced by construction organizations. Outlines the aspects of the …

This paper aims to contribute to the empowerment literature by providing a concrete definition of the topic and thus a … way of measuring the empowerment level in organisations. The tool designed to measure empowerment – resulting from the … the companies apply a less participative style and 20 per cent could be described as empowered. Measuring empowerment not …

psychological empowerment (meaning, impact, self‐determination and competence) within a call centre. The occupational stress … indicator and Spreitzer’s empowerment measure were used to collect data from a north west (UK) call centre ( n =49). The study … office environment. The empowerment dimensions of meaning, impact and particularly self‐determination, seem to directly …

The purpose of this article is to investigate transformational leadership in relation to empowerment and team … related to the strength of subordinate empowerment and team effectiveness. A total of 152 employees from various industries … transformational leadership contributes to the prediction of subordinates’ self‐reported empowerment and that the more a team’s members …

– The study suggests that organisations emphasising empowerment should utilise training programs aimed at developing …

Purpose – Despite calls for empowerment, employees often do not feel their managers assist and support them …. Traditional views of power as limited and involving overcoming resistance may seriously obstruct empowerment efforts. Design …