The aim of this paper is to show that the conception of autonomy as second-order capacity, i.e. the capacity to reflect on and change our personal motivational structures, e.g. preferences and desires, should be of particular interest to the scholarly debate on empowerment. Two major implications of the conception are discerned to support this claim. Firstly, this conception of autonomy can hel...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the engine for organisational development is not analysts, but managers and people who do the work. Without altering human knowledge, skills, and behaviour, change in technology, processes, and structures is unlikely to yield long-term benefits. Managing business productivity has essentially become synonymous with managing change effectively. To manage cha...

Since last two decades, in response to changes in the competitive working world of business and management, organizational researchers have focused their attention towards high performance work practices that enhance the employee loyalty and organizational performance via employee satisfaction. In consistent with this stream of research, this study aims to find the impact of three High Performa...

The notion of employee empowerment is becoming increasingly important within the management literature. This paper examines the potential impact of emerging ITs on empowerment. It attempts to understand empowerment through the changes that it entails in an organization and to assess the role of ITs in relation to it. We argue that as empowerment is a conscious and highly political organizationa...

The aim of this study was to determine the level of employee involvement and extent of teamwork effectiveness among employees working in the Jordanian glass and ceramic industries listed in Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan. The study aimed also at examining the significant effect of employee empowerment on teamwork effectiveness. Furthermore, the study investigated the significant differences tha...

Un-official projects resulting from unsanctioned, bottom-up employee initiatives is a phenomenon that can cause serious resource planning problems in IT project portfolio management, such as when resources thought to be available have actually been spent on projects conducted under the radar. At the same time, such project may also give rise to innovative ideas, solutions and software of potent...

This manuscript illustrates how the human resource management concept of employee empowerment likely has benefits in both developed and developing economies. Studies in the hospitality sector and the manufacturing sector in Canada, India, and Turkey show that, in general, empowering supervisory behaviors, such as transformational leadership, increase feelings of psychological empowerment of emp...