| Participation and Empowerment in Organizations: Modeling, Effectiveness, and Applications Contributor(s): Mainiero, Lisa (Author), Koslowsky, Meni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761907343 ISBN-13: 9780761907343 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: This book traces the origins of worker participation in management and decision making, examines the repertoire of empowerment and participatory techniques as applied throughout the world, and assesses, by means of empirical evidence, their effectiveness in the day to day managerial work. Both theoretical and empirical bases of participation and empowerment are presented and their relationship with leadership, goal setting, and problem solving phenomenon analyzed. The book concludes with a chapter describing a comprehensive model of the dynamics of employee participation and its influence on work outcomes is suggested. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior - Psychology |
| Dewey: 658.315 |
| LCCN: 99006587 |
| Series: Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.82" W x 8.8" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes a crtitical look at employee participation in organizational decision making. It is the first book to do this by integrating into one source the various facts, theories, and applications concerning participation and empowerment in organizational settings. Through the extensive use of graphs and tables, the book traces the origins of worker participation in management and decision making, examines the repertoire of empowerment and participatory techniques as applied throughout the world, and assesses, by means of empirical evidence, which technique works best. |