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Managing behind the scenes: a view point on employee empowerment

Ongori, H. (Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM, January NaN, 2009)

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Empowerment is a concept which is widely used in management and many managers and professionals in various claim to be practicing it. Nowadays empowerment has occupied a central point in many organisations of the 21st century. Employee empowerment is said to have benefited many organisations, if managed and nurtured properly especially in enhancing employee commitment and reducing employee turnover. In this era of globalisation there is need for employee empowerment in order to enable organisations to respond quickly to any changes in the macro-environments. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to find out what should be done in organisations to enhance employee empowerment and reduce employee turnover.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/814

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Managing behind the scenes: employee empowerment

Ongori, H.; Shunda, J.P.W. (Asian Network for Scientific Information, http://www.ansinet.org, NaN, 2008)

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The main objective of this study was to find out the strategies for success of employee empowerment in organisation to reduce employee turnover. In addition, the study focusses on the benefits and criticism of employee empowerment in organisations. Nowadays, empowerment has occupied a central point in many organisations in the 21st century. In this era of globalization, there is need for employees empowerment in order to enable the organisation to respond quickly to any changes in macro-environment. The methodology adopted in this study is quantitative approach, whereby a convenience sample of one hundred employees was selected for the study. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics. This study will contribute greatly to existing literature specifically in inspiring managers to develop appropriate strategies to nurture employee empowerment in organisations. The outcome from the findings shows that employee empowerment is essential to assist organisations to respond quickly to any environmental changes and to reduce employee turnover.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/839

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Paradigm shift in managing career plateau in organisation : the best strategy to minimize employee intention to quit

Ongori, H.; Agolla, J.E. (Academic Journals,http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM, http://www.academicjournals, June NaN, 2009)

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In this era of globalisation career plateau in organisations needs to be managed effectively to minimize employee's intention to quit. Many employees find themselves in jobs that offer them limited mobility opportunities in terms of upward movement in the organisation. There are many drivers which lead to career plateau in organisations particularly organisational re-structuring. Career plateau affects both the management and the employees. Career plateau is considered as one of the contributing factors in employee's intention to quit in many organisations. Management and human resource professionals are in dilemma on the best interventions to put in place to manage career plateau effectively in order to enhance organisation competitiveness. This paper tries to investigate the drivers and effects of career plateau in organisation and recommends best strategies to manage career plateau in organisations.The methodology adopted in this study is critical review of the existing literature online and print. The major finding of this study is that career plateau is a major contributing factor to employee turnover in organisations. The contribution of this paper is that it will prvoke scholarly debate on management and other stakeholders to develop the best strategies to manage career plateau in organisation.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/799

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