A psychometric assessment of a Swedish translation of Spreitzer's empowerment scale

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-529

  Hochwälder, Jacek ^a,b   Brucefors, Agneta Bergsten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inter group differences; Intra group differences; Psychometric assessment; Spreitzer's empowerment scale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 28244502204     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00484.x     Document Type: Review

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