Linking organizational characteristics to psychological empowerment: Contextual issues in empowerment theory

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 39-58

  Peterson, N Andrew ^a   Speer, Paul W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based organizations; Empowerment; Organizational characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013270161     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v24n04_03     Document Type: Article

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