Electronic Resource
Bradford
:
Emerald
Empowerment in organizations
7 (1999), S. 180-193
ISSN:
0968-4891
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
The concept of empowerment has received a great deal of attention in recent years. However, the empowerment knowledge base is predominantly large company-oriented with little evidence of understanding what empowerment means in a small business context. It is inappropriate to treat the small firm as a microcosm of a large organisation. The small business is qualitatively as well as quantitatively different and this article propounds that it is questionable whether the concept of empowerment and its various dimensions as portrayed in the literature are readily transferable to small businesses. It is suggested that empowering management approaches are key features of successful growth-oriented small firms but the current body of empowerment literature fails to encapsulate the idiosyncrasies and informalities of the small business operation, and thus convey understanding of the unique and novel forms of empowerment which facilitate sustainable development. Case study insight is used to support these propositions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14634449910298169
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