This paper examines the relationships between four contextual factors related to empowerment (communication with … empowerment (meaning, impact, self‐determination, and competence) identified by Spreitzer and her colleagues. We surveyed 203 … empowerment components. The contextual factors were found to be differentially associated with the elements of psychological …

Suggestions for improvements in service quality in hospitality operations frequently advocate the use of empowerment as … distinguish those initiatives labelled empowerment and those which are empowering. At root, empowerment should develop a sense of …, employees are managed through a cluster of approaches which are defined as “empowerment through involvement”. That is, they …

conceptually related to and affect an employee's perception of empowerment. By quantifying the environmental factors that … facilitate empowerment through a valid and reliable scale human resource departments will be provided with information that will … suggest environmental changes they can implement to improve perceptions of empowerment on the part of employees. Strengths and …

the multiple definitions of empowerment and self‐management that have been used in the design of work teams and it …

capacity (i.e. trust in the supervisor and psychological empowerment) to engage in citizenship behaviors. Design … trust in the supervisor and psychological empowerment on all dimensions of OCBs. Trust in the supervisor played an important … mediating role in all relationships. Only one dimension of empowerment (i.e. impact) acted as a mediator. Originality …

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the extent of employee empowerment within Australian manufacturing …) factors on the extent of adoption of employee empowerment. Design/methodology/approach – Data was collected by survey … level of employee empowerment in Australian organizations, with the cultural factor, teamwork, and the organizational …

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the relationship between leadership empowerment behaviour (LEB), employee … psychological empowerment and employee attitudes (affective commitment and job satisfaction) and behavioural intentions (intention … employees, using structural equation modeling. Findings – The paper found a direct relationship between leadership empowerment …