Understanding Empowerment From An Employee Perspective ...

The article this group chose to critique is titled, â€Å"Understanding Empowerment from an Employee Perspective: What Does It Mean and Do They Want It?†, by Kay Greasley, Alan Bryman, Andrew Dainty, Andrew Price, Nicola Naismith, and Robby Soetanto. The purpose of this article is to figure out exactly how employees define empowerment, and decide if they want to be empowered in the workplace. The methodology used for this study was a qualitative interview process consisting of, â€Å"Four employees [that] were sampled within each project, with the exception of one project where three employees were selected. Each employee was interviewed three times over the course of a year to provide a total of 45 interviews.† (Greasley et al., 2007, pg.45). The employees and 45 interviews only came from one sector. They were asked a series of question regarding their personal perception of empowerment in the workplace, and whether or not they felt like it was something they wanted. 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