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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Empowerment theory"”.
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Examining law enforcement officer job satisfaction and burnout through the lens of empowerment theory
… identified and measured. It was postulated that empowerment theory might provide this theoretical lens as it has been successfully employed as such in similar private sector research. This construct was operationalized a priori as consisting of seven sub-constructs, with the initial research …
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Service Recovery through Empowerment: HRM and Performance in the Hotel Sector
… (HR) practices, management style, employee empowerment and service recovery performance (SRP) in the three to five-star hotel sector in Sri Lanka. Because service recovery refers to how firms respond to service failures, this study focuses on the SRP of employees. Both qualitative and …
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Navigating college pathways : an intentional approach for youth mentoring organizations to serve as agents of empowerment to increase higher education enrollment for African American students
… to become architects of intentional educational empowerment and college pathways for African American students. The objective of the research was to identify strategies implemented by youth mentoring organizations to empower African American students aged 14-18 in their pursuit of higher …
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Victims' Perspectives on the Process of Seeking a Protective Order: Predictors of Perceived Empowerment
This study examined victims' perceived sense of empowerment during the process of seeking a Preliminary Protective Order. A cross sectional survey design with stratified sampling was used to gather information from women seeking Preliminary Protective Orders in Richmond City, Virginia. During a six …
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Lived experiences of single teenage mothers at KwaMsane Township, KwaZulu-Natal
… were manually coded and thematically analysed. Empowerment theory was used as an analytic framework. The study’s findings revealed that single teenage mothers experience psychosocial challenges, social rejection, disrupted life plans, academic difficulties, financial problems, father …
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Adult environmental education : a community psychology perspective
… test a model of community adult EE drawn from empowerment theory and practice, and health promotion in particular. Participants in two locations in Melbourne, Australia, engaged in skills training in peer leadership, grassroots group development, advocacy, and AR. Using adult education methods …
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Beyond the Veil: A Case Study of Context, Culture, Curriculum, and Constructivism at Dubai Women's College
… in this study are: constructivist learning theory, trans formative curriculum theory, and sociological theory. Change and empowerment theory figure prominently in this study. Findings reveal this unique group of educators understand curriculum theory as a "contextualized" construct and argue …
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An investigation into the social dimensions of mining in Africa : a case study of Kakanda city in the democratic republic of Congo
… was theoretically informed by social cohesion theory, social capital theory, as well as empowerment theory. Findings were drawn from the responses of the participants, and analysed with reference to literature that have discussed similar issues. It was found that although mining activities have …
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The promotion of psychological well-being of caregivers at childrens' homes in the greater Durban area
… model of mental health promotion and Zimmerman's empowerment theory (1995) and psychological intervention being conceptualized as a positive component with a view to enhancing psychological well-being. This study investigated psychological intervention as a strategy for the promotion of well-being …
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SHAKE YA ASS, BUT WATCH YOURSELF: AN INTERSECTIONAL AND DECOLONIAL APPROACH TO EXPLORING THE SEXUALIZATION OF FEMALE RECORDING ARTISTS AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
… of Female Recording Artists and the Empowerment of Women in the United States, critically examines the phenomenon of sexualization of women in the music industry and its impact on female empowerment. Through an intersectional and decolonial feminist lens, the study delves into the …
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Cuban Americans and type 2 diabetes : describing self-management decision making using an empowerment framework
… framed by the concepts of Paolo Freire’s empowerment theory. Self-management tasks of exercise, diet, medication administration, and glucose monitoring were all thought to be important by the participants. Cost, time, structural barriers, social environment, symptoms, and medical …
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Contributions of community education to community development: a case study of a community education and training centre, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
… The theoretical framework of the study was the empowerment theory which argues that community participation promotes and empowers community development. It was adopted to this study to explain evidence related to the concepts of community education and development. The literature review, and the …
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The impact of psychological empowerment on the service quality of front-of-house staff in the Jordanian hotel sector
… customer-orientated behaviour and psychological empowerment on service quality in Jordanian hotels by employing a sample of three-to-five star hotels within the capital of Jordan. Moreover, this study seeks to assess the importance of role clarity as a new factor, alongside other variables, in …
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Evaluation of Feasibility of NGO Activities to Strengthen Social Economic Status of Youth Living with HIV: A Case of PASADA in Temeke Municipality
… three theories that include Feminist Social Work Theory, Maslow Hierarchy of needs and Youth Empowerment Theory. The majority of respondents had never reached higher level of education. Also, the income level of persons who were living with the youths interviewed was from the low income level. …
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How executives describe empowering employees during corporate change : a multiple case study.
… employees through the transition. I selected empowerment theory (Zimmerman, 1995) as the theoretical framework for the study. Data sources included questionnaires, interviews, and resumes. I collected questionnaires from corporate leaders who led change in their organizations within the last …
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The Impacts of Microfinance Institutions on Women Empowerment in Tanzania. A Case Study of Temeke District
… suffer from traditions and customary laws. Thus, empowerment of women is one of the main issues in Tanzania and outside Tanzania. Microfinance services are considered as an entry point or a vehicle toward empowering women. The objective of this study is to establish the impact of microfinance …
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Heal the Hood: An Exploration of Community and Organizational Assets in Chicago's Twentieth Ward
<p>This study seeks to expand upon Empowerment Theory (Rappaport, 1984) by utilizing Asset Based Community Development to better understand what community members and organizations deem as current strengths and needs of Chicago’s twentieth ward. The questions that this dissertation explores are …
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What is the experience of foster care mothers?
… stress and coping model, as well as role theory, were applied to understand foster mothers' and their view of their role versus the reality of what they experience, taking into consideration the influence of their non-kinship or kinship status. Among this group of foster care mothers, 20 …
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Women Empowerment Through Self-Selected Groups: The Case of LAPO Microfinance Bank Ltd.
In contemporary times, the concept of women empowerment has become an issue of key importance in the development discourse across the world. Studies on the impact of microfinance on women empowerment has shown conflicting results- with some studies presenting empirical evidence of its positive …
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Development of a conceptual framework to inform self-advocacy for social and health-related policy priorities of adults with intellectual disability
… in South Africa. The study was informed by empowerment theory, with the integration of the concept of Ubuntu. Method: The study design was qualitative and was underpinned by the hermeneutic phenomenological approach. This approach allowed the researcher to understand lived experiences of the …
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