Abstract Despite the growing attention brand credibility attracts in recent marketing literature, little is known about of place brands and their relationship with consumers’ loyalty. The present study builds on signalling attachment theory to investigate whether credible affect formation, subsequent word mouth (WOM) intention return. Survey data from an Alpine winter sport destination reveal t...

Health educators have embraced empowerment as an alternative to traditional frameworks that place greater emphasis on individual health behaviors than socio-political factors that promote or constrain life-style choices. A critical element of empowerment theory for health educators is the participatory process in which people might engage to improve quality of life. As a piece of participatory ...

The purpose of this study was to examine empowerment, job satisfaction levels, and relationships among 139 associate degree nursing educators.The Conditions of Work Effectiveness II, Psychological Empowerment Scale, and Job Diagnostic Survey were used. Findings indicated that the majority of educators were satisfied with their jobs as nursing faculty and felt empowered in their workplaces. Psyc...

OBJECTIVE E-health may enable the empowerment process for patients, particularly the chronically ill. However, e-health is not always designed with the requirements of patient empowerment in mind. Drawing on evidence-based e-health studies, we propose directions for best practices to develop e-health that promotes patient empowerment. METHODS The concept of patient empowerment in the Dutch se...