In this paper, the primary objective was to discuss the link between human resource capacity building and job performance by reviewing current literature on the subject. The review considered the aspects of capacity building that deals with the training and empowerment of individual employees in order to improve their job performance. Finding from the review indicated a strong link between huma...

The aim of this paper is to show that the conception of autonomy as second-order capacity, i.e. the capacity to reflect on and change our personal motivational structures, e.g. preferences and desires, should be of particular interest to the scholarly debate on empowerment. Two major implications of the conception are discerned to support this claim. Firstly, this conception of autonomy can hel...

BACKGROUND Limited research has been conducted on contemporary spiritual healing in European countries. The aim of this article is to report how German healers and their clients experienced and perceived the outcomes of spiritual healing and which explanations they use to describe the perceived effects. METHODS Semistructured interviews and participatory observation was used to collect data f...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the engine for organisational development is not analysts, but managers and people who do the work. Without altering human knowledge, skills, and behaviour, change in technology, processes, and structures is unlikely to yield long-term benefits. Managing business productivity has essentially become synonymous with managing change effectively. To manage cha...

Since last two decades, in response to changes in the competitive working world of business and management, organizational researchers have focused their attention towards high performance work practices that enhance the employee loyalty and organizational performance via employee satisfaction. In consistent with this stream of research, this study aims to find the impact of three High Performa...

Background: Empowerment of pregnant mothers promotes their health and pregnancy outcomes. Given the importance of empowerment of women during pregnancy, this study was conducted to determine the level of empowerment during pregnancy and its determinants. Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 161 pregnant mothers who were selected using random cluster sampling in Gorgan, North Ea...

The notion of employee empowerment is becoming increasingly important within the management literature. This paper examines the potential impact of emerging ITs on empowerment. It attempts to understand empowerment through the changes that it entails in an organization and to assess the role of ITs in relation to it. We argue that as empowerment is a conscious and highly political organizationa...

The aim of this study was to determine the level of employee involvement and extent of teamwork effectiveness among employees working in the Jordanian glass and ceramic industries listed in Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan. The study aimed also at examining the significant effect of employee empowerment on teamwork effectiveness. Furthermore, the study investigated the significant differences tha...