With a growing body of literature linking systems of high-performance work practices to organizational performance outcomes, recent research has pushed for examinations of the underlying mechanisms that enable this connection. In this study, based on a large sample of Welsh public-sector employees, we explored the role of several individual-level attitudinal factors--job satisfaction, organizat...

BACKGROUND The current challenges facing healthcare systems, in relation to the shortage of health professionals, necessitates mangers and leaders to learn from different leadership styles and staff empowerment strategies, so as to create a work environment that encourages nursing staff commitment to patients and their organization. This study intends to measure the effects of nurses' overall p...

BACKGROUND: The emergence of new infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 19) creates a burden to the healthcare system especially front liners medical doctors. job performance general practitioners related quality care SARS-CoV2 patients.
 AIM: ​​The purpose this study is analyze antecedents psychological empowerment towards performance, mediated by service orientation....

There is considerable interest in the role of management control systems (MCS) in enhancing innovation and performance in organisations. An aspect of MCS that has attracted recent attention is the role of performance measurement systems (PMS) in organisational innovation. However, as yet, there has been little consideration given to identifying the nature of the relationship between PMS and cre...

We examined the underlying processes through which transformational and active transactional leadership affects followers’ organizational identification in a survey study. Using a sample of managers across different industries, we found that followers’ psychological empowerment, including competence, impact, meaning, and selfdetermination, partially mediated the effect of transformational leade...

The psychological empowerment construct has been studied thoroughly in the workplace context, but little research has been conducted on volunteer empowerment. Eight interviews were conducted with Christian church volunteers identified as displaying empowered behaviors based upon Spreitzer‟s (1995) construct. Four primary themes, make a difference, rewarding, lifestyle of service, and passion, a...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the direct and indirect outcomes of a social skills group intervention for children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders and their parents. METHOD Thirty-five children and their parents participated in the program evaluation. Children and parents completed measures of child social skills and problem behaviors. Children reported on their self-concept, a...