Empowerment is widely acknowledged as a process by which those who have been disempowered are able to increase their self-efficacy, make life-enhancing decisions, and obtain control over resources [1–3]. In addition, empowerment is multi-dimensional – a woman may be empowered in one dimension or sphere (such as financial) but not in another (such as in sexual and reproductive decision-making). ...

As a new means of management, empowerment has received the attention of small and mediumsized enterprises. Managers in small and medium-sized enterprises empower front-line salespeople, which will make front-line salespeople grasp the moment of truth, improve the on-site contact quality between salespeople and customers, increase customer satisfaction, bring the improvement of sales performance...

the world has entered a new era; organizations are faced withnew challenges and traditional principles upon which economic poweredand was a key factor in business success, is no longer valid. knowledgebecomes a major factor in competition and intellectual property has beensustained competitive advantage. this paper examines the relationshipbetween information technology and knowledge management...

BACKGROUND The perinatal period, which we here define as pregnancy and the first year postpartum, is a time in women's lives that involves significant physiological and psychosocial change and adjustment, including changes in their social status and decision-making power. Supporting women's empowerment at this particular time in their lives may be an attractive opportunity to create benefits fo...

There is growing interest in understanding of how User-Generated Content (UGC) empowers online consumer behavior. In this paper, we explore the relationships between Consumer Empowerment and Perceived Control (mediated by Self-Efficacy) over the decision making process using UGC. The results of this study reveal that Perceived Control has an influence on intention to use UGC. The findings also ...

Comparative Study of the Way in Which Teachers are Assigned to Schools Abroad R. Kachoueian Javaadi, Ph.D.* B. Shaahtaalebi, Ph.D.** M.A. Naadi, Ph.D.***   To find ways of improving the way in which Iranian teachers are assigned to schools abroad, a comparative study was conducted in order to look at way this task is done in the U.S., France, Germany, Canada, England, Russia, Aust...

Empowerment research has generally been limited to the individual level of analysis. Efforts to study empowerment beyond the individual require conceptual frameworks suggesting attributes that define the construct and guide its measurement. This paper presents an initial attempt to describe the nomological network of empowerment at the organizational level of analysis--organizational empowermen...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we tested an expanded model of Kanter's structural empowerment, which specified the relationships among structural and psychological empowerment, job strain, and work satisfaction. BACKGROUND Strategies proposed in Kanter's empowerment theory have the potential to reduce job strain and improve employee work satisfaction and performance in current restructured healthca...

Empowerment evaluation is an evaluation approach which entered the evaluation arena in 1993 (Miller & Campbell, 2006). It was initially introduced at the American Evaluation Association conference by David Fetterman. Since its inception, it has been utilized in a variety of contexts including individualistic, organizational, institutional and community-based settings (Fetterman, 1998). Empowerm...