The impact of selected organizational factors on psychological empowerment of non-supervisory employees in full-service restaurants

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 35-47

  George, R Thomas ^a   Hancer, Murat ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Employee performance contributors; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053124095     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J369v06n02_04     Document Type: Article

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