Does empowerment lead to higher quality and profitability?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-431

  Gal Or, Esther ^a   Amit, Raphael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Firm profitability; Informational rents; Monitoring; Principal agent model; Product quality; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039489770     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00103-6     Document Type: Article

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