The interdisciplinary career of a popular construct used in management: Empowerment in the late 20th century

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-273

  Bartunek, Jean M ^a   Spreitzer, Gretchen M ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructs; Empowerment; Interdisciplinary; Meanings of constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747130349     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492606291201     Document Type: Review

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