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Employee empowerment in manufacturing: a study of organisations in the UK
Author(s) -
Psoinos Anna,
Smithson Steve
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00099
Subject(s) - empowerment , agency (philosophy) , employee empowerment , business , manufacturing , marketing , organizational structure , key (lock) , survey data collection , industrial organization , public relations , knowledge management , management , sociology , political science , economics , economic growth , computer science , social science , statistics , computer security , mathematics
Based on a postal survey and interviews, this paper analyses employee empowerment in the UK manufacturing industry, including how it is pursued and perceived, and the key factors that determine success. Success seems to depend on far‐reaching changes in procedures, hierarchies and reward structures. This need to mobilise individual agents and structure reconfirms the agency‐structure duality.