Empowerment: A practice embedded in Cultural Contexts. A comparison between the United States and France

Sylvie Chevrier ()
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Sylvie Chevrier: IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12

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Abstract: This chapter focuses on the concept of empowerment and shows its embeddedness in cultures. Using an interpretative approach of culture, it compares empowerment in the United States and France. The author describes differences in definitions and perceptions of the need for employee empowerment as well as in its implementation in organisations.

Keywords: comparative management; international human resource management; empowerment; France; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Carol D. Hansen and Yih-teen Lee. The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.77-89, 2009, 978-0-230-55134-3

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