Employee empowerment: From managerial practices to employees' behavioral empowerment

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-638

  Boudrias, Jean Sébastien ^a   Gaudreau, Patrick ^b   Savoie, André ^a   Morin, Alexandre J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Empowerment; Psychology (motivation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350333135     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910991646     Document Type: Article

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