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/methodology/approach – About 60 male and 60 female...

Researchers interested in the positive side of power and managers seeking to develop a competent, committed workforce want to understand the conditions when managers use their power to assist and aid employees. The interdependence in which power occurs in organizations was theorized to impact...

In a survey of local employees of joint venture hotels in China, it was found that procedural and performance-based distributive justice was related to job satisfaction, but interactional justice was not. Comparison with other local employees was related to job satisfaction, but comparison with...

In a survey of local employees of joint venture hotels in China, it was found that procedural and performance-based distributive justice was related to job satisfaction, but interactional justice was not. Comparison with other local employees was related to job satisfaction, but comparison with...