The construction and evaluation of a scale of employee empowerment

The purpose of this study was to construct and evaluate a scale of employee empowerment that may benefit organisational transformation. An Employee Empowerment Questionnaire consisting of 90 items was developed and administered to 164 respondents within a large metropolitan council. The study indica...

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Main Authors: Vanessa J. Cloete, F. Crous, J. M. Scheepers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2002-09-01
Series:SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
Online Access:https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/55
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to construct and evaluate a scale of employee empowerment that may benefit organisational transformation. An Employee Empowerment Questionnaire consisting of 90 items was developed and administered to 164 respondents within a large metropolitan council. The study indicated that the Employee Empowerment Questionnaire is highly reliable (rxx=0,982) and sensitive to group differences. Opsomming Die doel van die studie was om ‘n skaal van werknemer-bemagtiging vir organisasie-transformasiedoeleindes te konstrueer en te evalueer. ‘n Werknemer-bemagtigingsvraelys, bestaande uit 90 items is ontwikkel en toegepas op 164 respondente in ‘n plaaslike owerheid. Die studie het aangedui dat die Werknemerbemagtigingsvraelys hoogs betroubaar (rxx=0,982) en sensitief vir groepsverskille is.
ISSN:0258-5200
2071-0763