Participation and Empowerment in Organizations: Modeling, Effectiveness, and Applications

2. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0735-0
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior series

This book traces the origins of worker participation in management and decision making, examines the repertoire of empowerment and participatory techniques as applied throughout the world, and assesses, by means of empirical evidence, their effectiveness in the day to day managerial work. Both theoretical and empirical bases of participation and empowerment are presented and their relationship with leadership, goal setting, and problem solving phenomenon analyzed. The book concludes with a chapter describing a comprehensive model of the dynamics of employee participation and its influence on work outcomes is suggested.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mainiero, Lisa

Koslowsky, Meni

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Employee Participation
Employee Participation
What Does It Mean?
The Dynamics of Group Decisions
Motivational and Cognitive Factors
Empirical Research on Employee Participation
Leadership and Participation
Participation in Goal Setting
Employee Empowerment
Applications of Participation and Empowerment
Overview
The Present and Future of Participation and Empowerment