Employee Empowerment, Employee Attitudes, and Performance: Testing a Causal Model

Public Administration Review

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 490-506

  Fernandez, Sergio ^a   Moldogaziev, Tima ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84877343757     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12049     Document Type: Article

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