Achieving empowerment using the Empowerment Strategy Grid

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 64-73

  Johnson, Robin D ^a   Thurston, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Group dynamics; Human resource management; Multinationals; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085910     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739710168427     Document Type: Article

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