Is empowerment really a new concept?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 684-695

  Lee, Mushin ^a   Koh, Joon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Concept; Delegation; Empowerment; Motivation; Ownership; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038143435     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09586190110037344     Document Type: Article

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