Beyond the individual: Toward a nomological network of organizational empowerment

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-145

  Peterson, N Andrew ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

empowered organizations; empowerment theory; measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; INDIVIDUALITY; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 9244219612     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AJCP.0000040151.77047.58     Document Type: Article

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