The antecedents of empowerment at the managerial level

Teo, Siaw Wen (2005) The antecedents of empowerment at the managerial level. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Empowerment is concerned with giving employees the authority and discretion to make decisions and to take action in their task and context related. issues. Nowadays, organizations are seeking to improve their productivity through empowerment. However, barriers such as lack of trust and incentives, ambiguous flow of communication and information sharing, and insufficient knowledge and skills have been identified as a treat to successful implementation of empowerment. The goal of this study is to investigate the:, relationship between four antecedents (namely trust, incentives, communication and information sharing, and knowledge and skills) and empowerment of managerial employees in the context of Malaysia. A questionnaire was used collect data from an electronics contract manufacturer serving the communications industry. Census sampling method was used. The questionnaire was divided into five sections pertaining to empowerment, trust, incentives, communication and information sharing, and knowledge and skills. Descriptive analysis and Pearson Correlation were used. Although majority of the respondents perceive positively towards empowerment, the study found that trust, incentives, communication and information sharing, and knowledge and skills did not have any significant relationship with empowerment. The findings of the study imply that there is empowerment among managerial employees; however other factors may influence the managerial employees' empowerment. Cultural differences may act as one of the factors that influence empowerment.

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