The Empowerment Process: Integrating Theory and Practice
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 13 (3), 471-482
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1988.4306983
Abstract
Despite increasing attention on the topic of empowerment, our under-standing of the construct and its underlying processes remains limited. This article addresses these shortcomings by providing an analytical treatment of the construct and by integrating the diverse approaches to empowerment found in both the management and psychology literatures. In addition, the authors identify certain antecedent conditions of powerlessness and practices that have been hypothesized to empower subordinates.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- The concept of powerBehavioral Science, 2007
- University Budgets and Organizational Decision MakingAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1978
- The design of work in the 1980sOrganizational Dynamics, 1978
- The Exercise of Upward Influence in OrganizationsAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1978
- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.Psychological Review, 1977
- A New Strategy for Job EnrichmentCalifornia Management Review, 1975
- Intrinsic MotivationPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,1975
- The Structure of Scientific Fields and the Functioning of University Graduate DepartmentsAmerican Sociological Review, 1972
- Employee reactions to job characteristics.Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
- Power-Dependence RelationsAmerican Sociological Review, 1962