Psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and performance among Filipino service workers

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-78

  Hechanova, Ma Regina M ^a   Alampay, Ramon Benedicto A ^b   Franco, Edna P ^a  

^a ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Filipino; Job satisfaction; Performance; Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644981180     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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