4 Katja Heikkinen COGNITIVELY EMPOWERING INTERNET-BASED PATIENT EDUCATION FOR AMBULATORY ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY PATIENTS Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland Annales Universitatis Turkuensis Turku 2011 ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to create and evaluate an Internet-based patient education programme aiming to cognitively empower ambulatory orthopaed...

In to-day's dynamic business world, a trend is towards more flexible organisations with enhanced autonomy and self-leadership of employees teams. This study introduces the concepts empowering leadership in Western Balkans. The measures employed professionals' views experienced leadership. Special attention given to possible differences by gender professionals / without role. Two instruments are...

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