Employee empowerment in a technology advanced work environment

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-42

  Kuo, Tsung Hsien ^a   Ho, Li An ^b   Lin, Chinho ^c   Lai, Kuei Kuei ^d  

^a Securities and Futures Institute   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Employee attitudes; Empowerment; Organizational change; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES; EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT; EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT; HSINCHU; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS; IT PROFESSIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; SCIENCE PARK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER CRIME; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT; PARKS; PERSONNEL; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 76049093928     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571011008380     Document Type: Article

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