Employee Empowerment is actually four things, not one

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Employee Empowerment is actually four things, not one

Research from North Carolina State University, University of Maryland and University of Connecticut.

📋 Introduction

  • Paper Title: Improving employee performance by developing empowering leaders & companies
  • Year of Publication: 2020
  • Journal: Behavioral Science & Policy
  • Authors: Bradley Kirkman (North Carolina State University), Gilad Chen (University of Maryland), John Mathieu (University of Connecticut)

Why this matters

When companies try to empower employees, they often fail because they don't fully understand what empowerment means. But if they use research to guide their empowerment programs, they can greatly improve performance at all levels - individual, team, and the whole organization.

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