A theoretical approach to studying work empowerment in nursing: A review of studies testing Kanterʼs theory of structural power in organizations

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  • HLHeather K. Spence Laschinger
    Heather K. Spence Laschinger
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Abstract
Although work empowerment is a common theme in the current nursing systems literature, few systematic programs of research have studies the phenomenon from an explicitly theoretical framework. The author summarizes the results of a series of studies in a program of research designed to test Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Structural Theory of Organizational Behavior in the nursing population. Future directions for theory and research are proposed.