The Influence of Participation, Gender and Organizational Sense of Community on Psychological Empowerment: The Moderating Effects of Income

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 103-113

  Speer, Paul W ^a   Peterson, N Andrew ^b   Armstead, Theresa L ^c   Allen, Christopher T ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Gender; Income; Interactional empowerment; Intrapersonal empowerment; Moderator effects; Participation; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873991933     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9547-1     Document Type: Article

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