Empowerment, expectations, and the psychological contract—managing the dilemmas and gaining the advantages

By R. J. Paul, B. Niehoff, W. H. Turnley. 2000

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Linking Meaningfulness in the Workplace to Employee Creativity: The Intervening Role of Organizational Identification and Positive Psychological Experiences (2009, background): “It has been argued that empowered employees contribute to an organization by providing innovative ideas (Paul, Niehoff, & Turnley, 2000 ).”
EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN (2016, background): “Empowerment contributes more when implemented in specific situation, structured carefully and controlled (Paul et al., 2000).”
Mutuality in leader–subordinate empowerment expectation: Its impact on role ambiguity and intrinsic motivation ☆ (2013, background): “Several studies have discussed the roles of empowerment expectations (e.g., Labianca, Gray, & Brass, 2000; Paul et al., 2000) and stress that expectation plays an important role in guiding subordinates' cognitive judgment on how much empowerment is appropriate in a given situation and the…”
The Many Roles of Control in a Stressor-Emotion Theory of Counterproductive Work Behavior (2006, background): “In contrast, an interesting warning about the potential boomerang effects of empowerment interventions is presented by Paul, Niehoff, and Turnley (2000) .”