Taking empowerment to the next level: A multiple-level model of empowerment, performance, and satisfaction

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 332-349

  Seibert, Scott E ^a   Silver, Seth R ^b   Randolph, W Alan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^d St John Fisher College ^*

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EID: 3042674749     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159585     Document Type: Article

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