Abstract

Today, more than 70 percent of organizations have adopted some kind of empowerment initiative for at least part of their workforce. Empowerment is a set of power-sharing managerial strategies, practices and techniques. Empowerment is a construct, its dimensions namely potency, meaningfulness, autonomy and impact develop a sense of empowerment that results in organizational effectiveness. Potency develops a collective belief in a team that it can be effective that in turns develops a feeling of empowerment. Meaningfulness refers to a team's experiencing its task important, valuable and worthwhile to them. Autonomy generates a sense of substantial freedom, independence in their work. Impact is felt by team members when they found their work significant and important for organization. Empowerment is associated with organizational effectiveness in terms of Job satisfaction, job involvement, productivity, innovation. Perceptions of empowerment can enhance the value of work for individuals, increase job satisfaction, and contribute to work productivity and success of an organization. The present study was conducted on 200 managerial employees to determine the role of team empowerment in organizational effectiveness.

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