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Empowerment in organizations: Employees’ perceptions of the influences on empowerment

Angela Michelle Chiles Instructor in the Management Communication Program, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University,
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Theodore E. Zorn Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pages 1-25 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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