How do people become empowered? A case study of union activists

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1357-1383

  Kaminski, Michelle ^a   Kaufman, Jeffrey S ^a   Graubarth, Robin ^a   Robins, Thomas G ^a  

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Author keywords

Empowerment; Mentors; Task performance; Worker trainers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768685     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/a014108     Document Type: Article

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