Empowerment: Dimensions and Strategies in the U.S Air Force

Abstract

The goal of this research was to develop an instrument capable of measuring empowerment, and provide recommended general strategies on how to create an empowered organization. This goal was accomplished by developing a pilot questionnaire based on seven dimensions of empowerment discussed in Major Wayne G. Stone's unpublished article Empowerment: Keeping the Promise of the Total Quality Revolution. Each dimension of empowerment was subdivided into measurement parameters, with behavioral statements developed to describe these parameters. The pilot questionnaire was completed by 278 Air Force-related personnel with mainly acquisition-oriented backgrounds. Results indicated six factors of empowerment exist which were translated into six empowerment dimensions: management commitment, continuity, worker commitment, cognizance, control, and community. An operational questionnaire was developed along with a detailed feedback format for educational or organizational analysis. Empowerment, Power, Management strategies, Questionnaire, Dimensions

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273918

Entities

People

  • Adelaida Lopez
  • Karen M. Corrente

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Participative Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Surveys

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