2006
DOI: 10.1177/097226290601000103
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Empowerment at Work: The Dyadic Approach

Abstract: The very idea ofempowerment depends on managing the dilemmas or polarities (dyads ofa continuum) which confront management decisions in organisations. Polarities can also help people diagnose and deal with a group's resistance to change. This paper proposes a new approach to empowerment, reinforcing the traditional (centralised) and modern (participative) approaches with a new 'dyadic transcendence' style where the empowerment has to be balanced between the two approaches. Organisations that wish to survive an… Show more

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“…Agreeing with the empirical result (Gupta & Kurian, 2006;Lawler, 1986) autonomy through boundaries, team accountability, reward system, workplace independence and flexibility are found directly related with employees perceived feeling of empowerment. Hence, organisations should devote more time and resources to promote autorx1rnJl t:hrourJJ lxun:Iaries, team accountability, uorkplace independence and flexibility because of their direct relation with employees feeling of empowerment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 71%
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“…Agreeing with the empirical result (Gupta & Kurian, 2006;Lawler, 1986) autonomy through boundaries, team accountability, reward system, workplace independence and flexibility are found directly related with employees perceived feeling of empowerment. Hence, organisations should devote more time and resources to promote autorx1rnJl t:hrourJJ lxun:Iaries, team accountability, uorkplace independence and flexibility because of their direct relation with employees feeling of empowerment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…Meaning involves a fit between the requirement of a work goal and beliefs, values, and behaviors (Hackman and Oldham, 1980). Low degrees of meaningfulness are believed to result in apathy, feeling detached and unrelated to significant events whereas higher levels of meaningfulness result in commitment, involvement, and concentration of energy (Olsson, & Salay, 1983).…”
Section: Psychological Empowermentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Per pastaruosius dešimtmečius ji kito ir evoliucionavo. Remiantis įgalinimą tiriančiais autoriais (Gupta, Kurian, 2006), istoriškai Vakarų šalių tyrimuose galima skirti kelis darbuotojų įgalinimo koncepcijos raidos etapus. Kiekvieno šių etapų esminė praktinė paskirtis -darbuotojo darbo produktyvumo potencialo atskleidimas:…”
Section: įGalinimo Konceptas Vadovavimo žMogiškiesiems Ištekliams Konunclassified