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Beyond the Individual

Toward a Nomological Network of Organizational Empowerment

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ID11054516
AuthorsN Andrew Peterson (0000-0002-2759-000X, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa, corresponding author), Marc A Zimmerman (0000-0001-5064-4259, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan)
Year2004
Volume34
Issue1-2
Pages129-145
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1023/b:ajcp.0000040151.77047.58
PMID15495799
OpenAlexW2085869788
LanguageEN
Citations received139
References cited88

Empowerment research has generally been limited to the individual level of analysis. Efforts to study empowerment beyond the individual require conceptual frameworks suggesting attributes that define the construct and guide its measurement. This paper presents an initial attempt to describe the nomological network of empowerment at the organizational level of analysis—organizational empowerment (OE). Intraorganizational, interorganizational, and extraorganizational components of OE are described. Implications for empowerment theory and practice are discussed

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