Workplace Empowerment: A Grid Approach

Sanjay T. Menon and Rabindra N. Kanungo
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Sanjay T. Menon: Faculty of Organisational Studies, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA.
Rabindra N. Kanungo: Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Vision, 2000, vol. 4, issue 1_suppl, 1-10

Abstract: The empowerment grid is introduced as a conceptual tool to better understand the phenomenon of workplace empowerment. First, working conditions, work processes, and strategic governance are identified as the three broad domains of workplace empowerment. Next, three empowering agents are identified – management, government, and the workers themselves. Examination of the resulting 3 times 3 grid reveals that the current focus of organisational researchers is only one of the many possible facets of workplace empowerment. Historical analysis suggests that different aspects of workplace empowerment were emphasized at different times. Further, although it enjoys the status of being the latest management buzzword, many of the notions underlying workplace empowerment seem to have been researched and practised under various labels. Possible future trends in workplace empowerment are also discussed.

Date: 2000
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