The Empowerment Process: Integrating Theory and Practice

Conger, Jay A.; Kanungo, Rabindra N.

doi:10.2307/258093

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“…This corroborates the view in innovation literature that job characteristics and individual motivation work in concert to influence individual innovation (Anderson et al, 2014;Hammond et al, 2011;Unsworth and Parker, 2003). Moreover, this is consistent with suggestions to acknowledge job complexity as a key boundary condition in multiple strands of the literature: employment relationship literature (Tsui et al, 1997), empowerment literature (Conger and Kanungo, 1988) and creativity literature (Amabile, 1983). The current study thus adds to previous work by theoretically and empirically addressing the role of job complexity in forming a relevant context for empowering proactive behaviors from broad innovation requirements.…”

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When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity

Audenaert

Vanderstraeten

Buyens

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the field’s understanding of how to raise individual innovation. Specifically, the authors aim to contribute to an understanding of the interplay of job characteristics and intrinsic motivation for individual innovation. Design/methodology/approach The study uses time-lagged survey data of a public service organization in Belgium. The analyses are based on more than 80 jobs and more than 1,000 employees. Hierarchical linear modeling was adopted to test cross-level hypotheses. Findings Innovation requirements influence individual innovation efforts by psychologically empowering employees, but the extent to which psychological empowerment translates into individual innovation depends on job complexity. Originality/value A more nuanced understanding is developed of when innovation requirements empower individual innovation, by acknowledging the role of job complexity in this relationship. The current findings contribute to a multilevel integrative understanding of the interplay of the job context and intrinsic motivation.

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When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity

Audenaert

Vanderstraeten

Buyens

2017

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“…Leadership scholars and practitioners have proposed that organizations need leadership that inspires followers and enables them to create change (Bass, 1985a;Bennis & Nanus, 1985;Conger & Kanungo, 1990). Numerous studies have tested the propositions of transformational leadership in a number of different settings (Podsakoff, MacKenzie, & Bommer, 1996;Yammarino & Bass, 1990), and findings indicate that transformational leadership can improve the quality of research and development groups (Keller, 1992) and can lead to higher job satisfaction for followers.…”

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Creating Satisfied Employees in Christian Higher Education: Research on Leadership Competencies

Webb

2008

Christian Higher Education

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“…When participants took control over their situation they experienced a feeling of empowerment by increasing their belief in their own abilities (Conger & Kanungo, 1988); which can in turn, increase confidence and self-esteem (Mathias et al, 2014). Challenges of living in the moment can be a barrier for acceptance (Harrison, 2012), as well as an expression of lack of empowerment.…”

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“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

Ilvig

Kjær

Jones

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: To explore how psychologically vulnerable citizens experienced performing their everyday-life activities, identify activities experienced as particularly challenging and evaluate the significance of the Acceptance and Commitment Theory-based (ACT)-based program, Well-being in Daily Life, had on the participants everyday-life activities. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants from the Well-being in Daily Life program. Data were analysed using Systematic Text Condensation. Results and Conclusion: The participants experienced anxiety, fatigue, lack of structure, and chaos when performing their everyday-life activities; in addition to being uncertain about the limitations of their own resources. Furthermore, balancing between demands and resources was challenging, also leading to uncertainty and identity conflicts that contributed to the participants’ concerns about re-entering the workforce. The program enabled the participants to develop social skills and trust which contributed to providing the participants with confidence, individually-tailored-possibilities for developing new competencies and courage; thus, facilitating their recovery process.

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The Empowerment Process: Integrating Theory and Practice

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When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity

When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity

Creating Satisfied Employees in Christian Higher Education: Research on Leadership Competencies

“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

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