En el presente estudio se hablará del empowerment psicológico, una rama que se desprende del empowerment gerencial, cuyo tronco matricial está relacionado a la administración moderna. Con este trabajo se busca establecer relaciones entre el nivel de percepción de empowerment psicológico de los colaboradores administrativos y las variables de sexo y área laboral. Los datos se han obtenido mediante la aplicación del cuestionario multidisciplinar de empowerment modificado, propuesto por Spreitzer (1995), a 83 colaboradores internos de una organización universitaria. Es una investigación de tipo cuantitativa con un alcance exploratorio y descriptivo, se ha utilizado un diseño muestral estratificado con probabilidades proporcionales y selección aleatoria en cada estrato. En cuanto a los resultados obtenidos, se ha encontrado que el nivel de percepción de las dimensiones del significado y competencia mucho depende del valor intrínseco que le da cada uno de los colaboradores y, las dimensiones de autodeterminación, impacto y seguridad influyen en cada una de sus áreas, puesto que depende de lo que éstas les puedan brindar. En cuanto al análisis de la variable sexo, los resultados entre hombre y mujeres son similares, ambos dan importancia a las dimensiones: significado y competencia. Sin embargo existe una baja percepción en el sexo femenino en las dimensiones de autodeterminación, impacto y seguridad.

This report is the result of a field study conducted in the southern part of Zambia, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how self-help facilitation provided by the organisation Response Network can contribute to the empowerment of people living with disabilities in the context of rural Zambia. We interviewed four people working for the organisation as well as the principal responsible of youth with disabilities in a rural high school. We also conducted two focus group interviews with two disability support groups in a rural village. The results of this study were analysed using empowerment theory and systems theory. Our findings showed that self-determination, education and participation were contributing to the empowerment of people with disabilities. Level of attitudes, understanding and motivation were shown to be important factors which impact the empowerment of people with disabilities.

Over the past twenty years the arts and culture have become a popular vehicle through which local economic development can be pursued. Whilst this relatively new local economic development tool has generated much interest amongst academics, many have been content to simply provide descriptive accounts of its development. Where theoretical frameworks for analysis have been applied, they have failed to adequately examine and assess those local factors which have contributed to the development of these strategies. Interestingly, the evolution of arts policy as a vehicle through which to pursue economic development, has been mirrored by proliferation In coalitions as preferred vehicles through which governing decisions, at the local level are effected. Current debates surrounding the New Urban Politics have focused on the degree to which current modes of governance reflect: widened representation; increased community empowerment; and increased local autonomy. By employing regime theory as a framework for analysis, this thesis will examine how those local political factors in two cities have influenced the development of cultural strategy. Such an exercise will enable a comment to be made on the degree to which cultural strategies reflect more co - operative forms of decision making, increased access to new forms of expertise and community empowerment.

Through the adoption of triangulated methodologies,this thesis seeks to evaluate the success of two large organisations in adopting empowerment initiatives. By focusing on two operating units in each organisation, it considers perceptions of empowerment at the non-managerial employee level and the effects on these perceptions of personality, orientations to work and the contexts of the units and their organisations. Through the use of management interviews, employee focus groups and questionnaires completed by non-managerial employees, the research indicates that aspects of the individual, whilst often contributing to attitudes towards empowerment, do not directly effect whether or not employees feel empowered. Rather, it concludes that job insecurity, management behaviour and the union/management relationship have a larger effect. However, what arises as central to the acceptance of empowerment in modern organisations is the clarity with which the policy is introduced. This thesis finds that organisations introduce ambiguous, mystical messages to their employees which merely cause confusion and unmatched expectations and that rather than increasing staff commitment, organisations are further alienating their employees.

Health care workers are experiencing increasingly stressful work environments related to attempts to control escalating health care costs. Researchers (Kinjerski & Skrypnek, 2004) have developed a tool to identify the unique experience of individuals who are passionate about and energized by their work, also described as spirit at work (SAW). Identification and acknowledgement of these unique experiences by health care professionals and leaders will lead to collaboration in the development and maintenance of healthy workplaces. The objectives in this study were to (a) identify the relationship between the structural empowerment and psychological empowerment of practicing health professionals in both staff and management positions; (b) develop and test a theoretical model of the relationships among resonant leadership, the components of structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and SAW, and the demographic variables of experience, education, rank, job satisfaction and organizational commitment for nurses (RNs), occupational therapists (OTs) and physical therapists (PTs); (c) identify what the practitioners in each health profession perceived as contributing to their personal SAW in the workplace; and (d) contribute to greater clarity in current and future discussions of SAW. A systematic review of the literature validated the relationship between structural empowerment and psychological empowerment. SAW and specified workplace concepts were identified and further elucidated through a province-wide survey followed by focus group discussions. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis of the survey data demonstrated that the model originally postulated and tested fit the proposed theoretical relationships, after addition of modifications specific to each professional group. This research study makes significant contributions to existing health care workplace research that promises to create a healthier environment for staff and patients alike. Contributions include (a) the introduction of the construct of SAW and an indication of its role in the workplace, (b) an indication of the important role resonant leadership plays within the health care workplace and its multiple effects on other constructs within workplace theory, (c) further development of workplace theory through the use of real measures of concepts to support and strengthen previous research. / Rehabilitation Science

<p>Empowerment is a catchword that has recently entered current development debate. Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities hence empowering people to be able to handle their affairs. As such it is a concept highly espoused by prominent development actors and mainly Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The study attempted to examine the theoretical and empirical aspects of community empowerment from a critical perspective by surveying activities of three NGOs in Ethiopia. A recent framework developed by a working group of the World Bank for measuring and structuring analysis was used for analyzing findings. Conceptualization and practices of empowerment seem to be at a nascent stage and tools for measuring it as well / that is what the findings of the study indicate. Despite the rhetoric surrounding the concept, the experience of surveyed NGOs also shows disparities between theory and practice.</p>

Föreliggande studie avser att öka förståelsen för hur boendepersonal ser på och arbetar medbrukarinflytande för personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar. För att kunna göra detta formulerades tre forskningsfrågor, vilka avser att undersöka boendepersonals syn på syftet med brukarinflytande, deras upplevelse av hur de kan främja respektive hindra förutsättningar för brukarinflytande samt vilken påverkan brukarinflytande kan ha på deras arbete. För att kunna besvara studiens frågeställningar har fem kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts med personal på boenden för personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar. Studien har vidare analyserats utifrån följande teoretiska utgångspunkter; det relationella maktperspektivet, Franzéns makttriangel, den professionella makten och brukarrollen, handlingsutrymme samt paternalism och empowerment. Resultatet visar att brukarinflytande har en föränderlig karaktär och varierar i utformning och styrka beroende på kontext och brukarens personliga förutsättningar. Det framkommer flera argument för brukarinflytande. Vissa syftar till att öka brukarnas empowerment och främja deras återhämtning, dessa kan i hög grad kopplas till olika kategorier av brukare. Andra syften gynnar verksamheten och boendepersonal. Resultatet visar vidare att inte heller arbetet med brukarinflytande är helt okomplicerat. I detta arbete återfinns flera hindrande faktorer och aktörer på olika nivåer. Hindren påverkar vidare hur boendepersonal kan använda sin professionella makt och sitt handlingsutrymme i arbetet med brukarinflytande. Det finns också argument för att boendepersonal ibland begränsar eller hindrar brukarinflytande, exempelvis att det sker med hänsyn till brukarens bästa. Resultatet visar att det finns personal med paternalistiska förhållnings- och arbetssätt, vilka utgör hinder för brukarinflytande. Genom kommunikation kan boendepersonal dock skapa förutsättningar för brukarinflytande i personalgruppen, på så sätt kan den stigmatiserande diskursen om personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar ifrågasättas. Vidare visar resultatet att boendepersonal även kan främja brukarinflytande genom att öka brukarnas empowerment samt genom att inta ett empowermentinriktat förhållningssätt. Detta balanserar makten i relationen och möjliggör en mer jämlik relation, vilket uppfattas främjande. Boendepersonal kan också främja förutsättningarna för brukarinflytande genom att välja hur de ska hantera sitt handlingsutrymme, exempelvis genom att avsätta tid för brukarinflytande. Resultatet visar vidare att boendepersonals upplevelse av hur brukarinflytande påverkar deras arbete beror på inflytandets utformning. Det är dock tydligt att brukarinflytande ställer ökade krav på boendepersonal och deras arbete, vilka många gånger upplevs svåra att tillmötesgå på grund av tidigare nämnda hinder. Brukarinflytande kan också ha en positiv påverkan för boendepersonals arbete, dels då det kan underlätta arbetet och fylla en vägledande funktion och dels då det fyller en bekräftande och utvecklande funktion. Min slutsats är vidare att brukarinflytande för personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar varken är självklart eller enkelt. Men genom att öka förståelsen för det studerade området kan studien förhoppningsvis stimulera till reflektion och diskussion hos anställda inom socialt arbete, vilket kan främja förutsättningarna för brukarinflytande för personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar

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