staff and temporary staff, are made to feel part of the empowerment process. Originality/value – The paper highlights the …

confidence, appropriate resource, leadership and empowerment. In addition, the implementation of workplace innovation does not …

In recent years, the term empowerment has become part of everyday management language. It has also been associated with …). Empowerment is regarded as providing a solution to the age‐old problem of Taylorised and bureaucratic workplaces where creativity … significant problems with much of the prescriptive literature on empowerment, in that there is little detailed discussion of the …

Forms of employee empowerment often associated with HRM initiatives have increased considerably in recent years. This … research examines communicational forms of empowerment in a British and Swedish bank. The findings are contextualised against a … in a mono‐cultural context despite the fact there is increasing evidence that managerial practices, including empowerment …

While a great deal has been written on the subject of empowerment of employees in the manufacturing industries, its … or no discretion. This suggests that the approach to participation is a contingent one. That is, empowerment is not … suitable for all occasions or all types of employees. Outlines a contingency framework for the empowerment of contact service …

Discusses the characteristics of an empowered organization and what has led to the increasing popularity of empowerment … from this approach and what empowerment means to the employee. Concludes that to be successful, empowerment needs to take …

that, though empowerment is a difficult concept to execute properly, it works when it is focused on releasing self …