TY - JOUR AB - “Employee empowerment” as a term is frequently used in management circles. In practice, however, it is a daunting effort to find an exact definition of it. There are hundreds of articles on the topic. Some attempt their own definition; others expect that the reader already knows what the concept means. What is employee empowerment? What are its roots? What do the various theoretical voices have to say about the concept? An exploration of these questions is the content of this article. VL - 5 IS - 4 SN - 0968-4891 DO - 10.1108/14634449710195471 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14634449710195471 AU - Honold Linda PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - A review of the literature on employee empowerment T2 - Empowerment in Organizations PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 202 EP - 212 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -