TY - JOUR AB - Discusses empowerment in terms of common misunderstandings. Everybody talks about empowerment these days and many company leaders claim to be practicing it, but there are a great number of managers ‐ and employees ‐ who do not really understand what empowerment involves. As a result, many problems have arisen as confusion over decision‐making authority and access to information reigns supreme. Lays out, in a straightforward manner, what empowerment is, common misconceptions around it, and a process for increasing the chances that employees will be empowered with success. VL - 4 IS - 2 SN - 0968-4891 DO - 10.1108/09684899610118028 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09684899610118028 AU - Pastor Joan PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Empowerment: what it is and what it is not T2 - Empowerment in Organizations PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 5 EP - 7 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -