Team Empowerment and the Organizational Context: Decentralization and the Contrasting Effects of Formalization

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 475-501

  Hempel, Paul S ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xue ^b   Han, Yulan ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; decentralization; formalization; team empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863116219     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309342891     Document Type: Article

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