Transforming human services organizations through empowerment of staff

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 35-50

  Cohen, Burton J ^a   Austin, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Empowerment; Organizational change; Organizational learning; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023942894     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v04n02_03     Document Type: Article

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