Growing evidence supports the inclusion of patient empowerment as a key ingredient of care for patients with chronic conditions. In recent years, several studies based on patient empowerment, have been carried out in different European countries in the context of general practice and primary care to improve management of chronic diseases. These studies have shown good results of the care model,...

The Workforce Scheduling Problem (WSP) concerns the scheduling of a multi-skilled workforce to geographically dispersed tasks. An effective solution to the problem is critical to companies’ performance and success. Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of enhancing employee empowerment and involvement in decision making. However, traditional approaches implemented to t...

Original scientific paper The current study explores the influence of perceived organizational support, psychological empowerment, and organizational learning on job performance in the bank industry. A sample of 280 employees was randomly selected from a pool of Iranian banks’ employees. The data were collected by the questionnaire and analysed using the structural equation model. The results s...

In Bangladesh the latest BDHS, 2004 finds that only twenty percent women work for cash. Among them only 48 percent are able to spend their money on their own, the rest are dependant upon spouses or other family members to take joint decisions on spending. Defining this variable as a measure of empowerment, this analysis investigates correlates of empowerment using logistic regression analysis. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of a patient oriented decision aid for prioritising treatment goals in diabetes compared with usual care on patient empowerment and treatment decisions. DESIGN Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING 18 general practices in the north of the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 344 patients with type 2 diabetes aged ≤ 65 years at the time of diagnosis and manage...

Organizations are increasingly exploring the business opportunities brought about by social media applications. The ubiquitous access to these applications or their mobile versions (i.e., mobile apps) through smart phones makes them powerful. Understanding how individuals use social media applications to interact and to share information for decision making will help organizations better levera...