The effects of employee empowerment on employee job satisfaction: A study on hotels in Turkey

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 784-802

  Pelit, Elbeyi ^a   Öztürk, Yüksel ^b   Arslantürk, Yalçin ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behavioral empowerment; Employee empowerment; Employees attitudes; Hotels; Job satisfaction; Psychological empowerment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052634979     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111153475     Document Type: Article

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