Empowerment--A Strategy for Change.

von Dran, Gisela M.

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ERIC Number: EJ476160

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Empowerment--A Strategy for Change.

von Dran, Gisela M.

Journal of Library Administration, v18 n3-4 p3-18 1993

Examines the concept of empowerment as a movement to foster the democratization of the workplace and staff development. Empowerment versus participative management, the relationship of empowerment to organizational theory, factors influencing empowerment in organizations, and possible consequences of successful empowerment for employees and libraries are discussed. (Contains 30 references.) (EAM)

Descriptors: Conflict, Empowerment, Individual Power, Libraries, Library Administration, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories, Participative Decision Making, Problems, Self Efficacy, Sex Differences, Staff Development

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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