Implementing and sustaining empowerment: Lessons learned from comparison of a for-profit and a nonprofit organization

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-58

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

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d St John Fisher College ^*

Author keywords

Best practices; Case study; Comparison of for profit to nonprofit; Empowerment implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944468483     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605285801     Document Type: Review

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