Enhancing the Effects of Power Sharing on Psychological Empowerment: The Roles of Management Control and Power Distance Orientation

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-156

  Chen, Chao C ^a,b,c   Zhang, Ann Yan ^d   Wang, Hui ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Bounded empowerment; Management control; Power distance; Power sharing; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897644393     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/more.12032     Document Type: Article

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