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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Level of empowerment"”.
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High School Teacher Perceptions of Empowerment
As the responsibilities of principals become more complex and as accountability becomes more evident in K-12 cultures, it becomes increasingly important that high school principals be trained to empower teachers. This paper examined the research concerning the conditions of the empowerment of …
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The Impact of Supervisory Behavior on Permanency Rates for Foster Children in a Child Welfare Context
Worker characteristics such as education, empowerment, and experience did not act as mediators of supervisory characteristics and behaviors. The moderating variables of average case load and type of foster care, either regular or kinship, predicted significant variance whereas the measures used to …
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Dimensional Assessment of Empowerment in Organizations
… efforts to empower associates and achieve a goal of continuous improvement. Initial review of the survey created suspicion that the survey was not built around the appropriate dimensions to accurately measure the level of empowerment in organizations. As such, the survey was psychometrically …
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Measuring Empowerment and Social Inclusion in Favela Upgrading Belo Horizonte, Brazil
… budgeting process as "an instrument of empowerment and social inclusion" implemented by the Worker's Party to foster the "efficient and democratic allocation of resources and citizen involvement in the planning and management of their localities" (Serageldin, 2005: 4). Although the …
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Job Satisfaction and Empowerment of Self-Employed Nurse Practitioners: A Mixed Methods Study
… nurse practitioners (NPs) have been part of the American health care landscape since the 1980s, owning practices throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of self-employed NPs, focusing on their level of job satisfaction and perceived level …
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Teachers' Perceptions of Empowerment in Their Work Environments as Measured by the Psychological Empowerment Instrument.
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher perceptions of their empowerment. Six school systems in the Northeast Tennessee region were used in the study. Of the 600 teachers who were surveyed, 312 responded (52%). The Psychological Empowerment Instrument was used to survey the …
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Toward Financial Inclusion and Female Empowerment through Microfinance Development Initiatives in Manila and Central Luzon, Philippines
This qualitative study examines the impact of microfinance on the empowerment of Filipino women in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Central Luzon (Region II) regions of the Philippines. Microfinance in the Philippines is a tool of varied uses, implementations, and results. Those include four, …
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Readiness for continued learning and empowered nursing practice among graduating nursing students of associate and baccalaureate degree programs
The critical shortage of competent nurses, disillusionment, and high attrition rate among graduates entering the workforce provided the impetus for this investigation. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived level of empowerment among graduating nursing students of two basic …
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The Benefits of a Person-centered Social Program for Community-dwelling People with Dementia and Caregivers: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… study aimed to explore the experience and impact of a person-centered, social program on community-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers. I conducted semi-structured interviews with five dyads, each with a person with dementia and that person’s caregiver, 7-8 months after the program …
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Erfarenheter av stigmatisering och diskriminering bland personer med psykisk sjukdom
The overall aim of this thesis is to 1) investigate the prevalence of stigmatizing experiences and beliefs of devaluation and discrimination among persons with mental illness, and 2) to investigate the relationship between beliefs of devalua¬tion/¬discrimination, rejection experiences and …
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Registered general nurses’ perceptions of the factors that influence the nurse’s frequency of engagement in activities for the ongoing maintenance of professional competence in Ireland
… will be required to demonstrate ongoing professional competence through a professional competence scheme to be developed by the NMBI. Aims: To establish perceptions of registered general nurses in relation to 1) factors that influence the nurse’s frequency of engagement in activities for …