Perceptions Of Empowerment Research Articles

Pengaruh Empowerment, Self Efficacy, dan Budaya Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan

Employee performance affects the company's ongoing activities, and better employee performance will help the company develop the company for the better. Improved employee performance will bring progress for the company to survive in an unstable competitive business environment. This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of empowerment, self-efficacy, and organizational culture on PT employees' performance. Zebra Agrindo Utama Jember. The variables used are Empowerment (X1), self-efficacy (X2), corporate culture (X3), and employee performance (Y). The population in this study were employees of PT. Zebra Agrindo Utama Jember, totaling 60 employees. The sampling technique used is the saturated sample. This study uses multiple linear regression analysis with independent variables, namely empowerment, self-efficacy, and organizational culture. The dependent variable is employee performance. This study uses qualitative data quantified with primary data sources obtained through questionnaires distributed to respondents, namely employees of PT. Zebra Agrindo Utama Jember, and secondary data obtained from journals, articles, and literature related to empowerment, self-efficacy, organizational culture, and employee performance. The results showed that empowerment, self-efficacy, and corporate culture had a positive and significant effect. On the variable performance of employees of PT. Zebra Agrindo Utama Jember, so that the better the employee's perception of empowerment, self-efficacy, and organizational culture by employees, the better the employee's performance

Assessment of the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the perceptions of empowerment in midwifery practice scale-revised (PEMS-R-IT) in midwives.

INTRODUCTIONA higher degree of midwives’ empowerment is associated with greater job satisfaction and better midwifery care outcomes for women and their families. Empowered midwives are able to better empower women who in turn have a positive influence on the midwives’ empowerment. The aim of this study was the translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the perceptions of empowerment in midwifery scale-revised (PEMS-R) in a group of Italian midwives.METHODSThe World Health Organization (WHO) method was adopted to achieve the PEMS-R Italian version. This process involved five steps: 1) forward translation, 2) expert panel translation, 3) back-translation, 4) pre-testing and cognitive interviewing, and 5) final version. The test’s internal consistency and validity were assessed by following international guidelines. Internal consistency was examined through Cronbach’s alpha (α) coefficient.RESULTSThe PEMS-R-IT was administered to 147 Italian midwives from northern Italy. Factor analysis of the 19 items, extracted 4 factors that explained 74.96% of the variance. The Student’s t-test for independent samples was used to identify a possible correlation between a higher/lower perception of empowerment and: 1) the education level, and 2) the years of experience of recruited midwives. No statistically significant differences were obtained in either case. The PEMS-R-IT was found to have a good internal consistency for each of its 4 subscales.CONCLUSIONSThe PEMS-R-IT is a valid and reliable tool, useful to assess midwives’ empowerment. It can be used in both clinical practice and research in order to investigate the level of empowerment of midwives within the Italian national context.

Determinants of Proactive Low-Carbon Consumption Behaviors: Insights from Urban Residents in Eastern China.

Proactive low-carbon consumption behaviors (PLCBs) are crucial to achieving carbon neutrality and identifying motivations for PLCBs is indispensable to changing individual consumption patterns. This study establishes a model by incorporating individual–group-level factors with psychological empowerment perception. The ordinary least-squares regression model was applied to identify the influencing factors of PLCBs with data collected from 1732 urban residents in eastern China. Results show that PLCBs are positively influenced by normative internalization, learning capacity, symbol concern, expertise level, and an environmentalism culture. In particular, the effect of learning capacity is the largest, with an influence coefficient of 0.271. A negative impact is observed between the consumerism culture and PLCBs. Moreover, psychological empowerment perception partly medicated the association between individual–group-level factors and PLCBs, and the maximum ratio of mediating effect to the full impact is 62.64%. The study sheds light on low-carbon-related behavioral management, and recommendations to promote PLCBs are further proposed.

Understanding Principles of Environmental Racism, Climate Change, and the Blob: A Socioecological Approach in the Development of Food Justice

This mixed-methods quasiexperimental study examined the role of community psychology in relation to increasing problems of climate change, environmental racism, sustainable food production programs, and ecojustice. Green space and environmentally sustainable programs are increasingly popular examples of community service activities that can provide multiple ecologically sustainable benefits, including protecting limited natural resources and reducing carbon emissions and also facilitate community empowerment among vulnerable and Persons of Color and Indigenous groups. A significant (r = 0.869, p < 0.01) correlation was determined between engagement in green community service work (CSW) activities (i.e., a community fruit tree planting project among the Indigenous people of the Lower Sioux Tribal Nation), perceptions of community empowerment, and likelihood of participating in future CSW activities. Results of the study may be particularly appropriate for community organizers, educators, and stakeholders who are engaged and committed in the development of environmentally sustainable programs. In addition, the results of this study are both useful and viable in that they provide mechanisms to improve community health and empowerment in the development of sustainable community gardens and fruit tree orchards. Suggestions for future areas of study (including the development of community vegetable gardens, native prairie plants, and fruit tree orchards) are offered.

An exploration of the relationship between school poverty rates and students’ perceptions of empowerment: student-staff relationships, equitable roles, & classroom sense of community

This study explores the association between school-level poverty rates and young peoples’ perceptions of student empowerment, drawing on survey and administrative data from a large urban district. Participants included 29,318 diverse youth in grades 6-12 from 211 schools. We used multilevel linear regression models to estimate the relationships between school poverty rates and students’ reports of positive relationships, equitable roles, and a sense of community. Results indicated that youth attending schools with higher poverty rates were less likely to report empowering school climates than their peers from schools serving more affluent students. We also found a strong correlation between school-level poverty rates and student racial composition. Findings suggest that young people who attend racially segregated schools with concentrated poverty would likely benefit from greater opportunities for relationship building, power-sharing, and community building. Such efforts may also strengthen other domains of youth development, including academic achievement and positive identity.

Trust and collaboration between patients and staff in SUD treatment: A qualitative study of patients' reflections on inpatient SUD treatment four years after discharge.

Background and aim: Substance use disorder (SUD) is multifactorial, complex, and involves the severe problematic use of alcohol, prescription drugs, and other substances. People with SUD have long histories of perceived stigma, marginalisation, exclusion, social isolation, and shame. Moreover, patients with SUD are often treated as untrustworthy and incapable of actively participating in their treatment planning, even by healthcare and social services workers. Methods: Through in-depth interviews with former patients who have undergone SUD treatment, we explored their reflections on the treatment content. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that some informants experienced aspects of the treatment as valuable, whereas others considered the same treatment useless or harmful. Results: Essential aspects of treatment were developing self-esteem and optimism about the future, developing strategies for coping with stress and challenging emotions and situations, developing relationships with family and friends, and preparing for life after inpatient treatment. Relationships with staff were described as crucial in all parts of the treatment. Conclusion: In conclusion, we suggest that a transition to a more collaborative treatment philosophy would be ethically and professionally valuable for providing support and treatment and enhancing patients’ perceptions of empowerment, inclusion, participation, and well-being on their terms, in cooperation with supportive others.

Perceived Benefits and Costs of Empowerment: Conceptualization, Measure Development, and Its Impact on Empowering Leadership

Despite the benefits associated with empowering employees, some leaders are reluctant to do so. From a decision-making perspective, this may be due to leaders’ perception that empowerment also has potential costs. In this manuscript, we frame the role of leader as decision-maker, advancing the idea that empowering leadership behavior is a function of leaders’ perceptions of both the benefits and costs of empowerment. Using five unique samples of supervisors (and, in two samples, their direct reports), we identify the specific content areas associated with leaders’ perceptions of the benefits and costs of empowerment, create and validate measures of perceived benefits and costs, and test its relationship with empowering leadership. Results revealed five categories of perceived benefits and six categories of perceived costs of empowerment and provided support for the factor structure and reliability of our measures. Results from two field studies provide mixed support for the relationship between perceptions of empowerment's benefits and costs and empowering leadership; although perceived costs consistently influenced empowerment behaviors, perceived benefits were significantly related to empowerment behaviors in one sample but not the other. We discuss implications of these findings for empowering leadership research and theory, and managerial practice.

Glass Ceiling for Women: Does it Exist in the Modern Environment

In the modern era the word "glass ceiling" refers to a barrier where the qualified women or the minorities from obtaining senior positions in the organization. In the ancient days or in a traditional world “a women place is at home”. where now also some of the women think that their duties is only for the household they can’t go out as men and work where they have restricted themselves in looking after their children and family. They don’t know that the women can do they think themselves as weak and they are not trying to go to the modern world and work equally as men.The need of any corporation is responsible for the corporate environment where to attaining efficiency for the competitive benefit. Women play a significant role where company face on empowering women. The finding of the study is all about the level of the glass ceiling for women still exist in the modern environment of the society. The result of the study would provide a stop perception of the women empowerment within the Companies.

Community Empowerment Under Powerful Government: A Sustainable Tourism Development Path for Cultural Heritage Sites.

Community participation is the core of sustainable tourism development; however, it encounters obstacles at government-controlled heritage sites in China. This paper examines the status quo of community participation and residents’ empowerment perception through 25 in-depth interviews and 168 questionnaires in the Miao ethnic heritage site of Xijiang Village in southwest China, the findings reveal that: (a) The phenomenon of disempowerment focuses on the political and economic aspects, rather than the social and psychological aspects; (b) Spatial difference affects empowerment perception; and (c) Residents desire more political and education empowerment. On this basis, the present research puts forward a comprehensive empowerment system consists of system, information, and education empowerment which contributes to the theorization of community empowerment between Chinese and Western scholars and provides an alternative path to sustainable tourism development for developing countries’ cultural heritage sites.

Support Networks and Family Empowerment in Early Intervention

Despite the importance of empowerment and the support network of families who receive early intervention (EI) with a family-centered approach, there is little evidence of a relationship between these two variables and family characteristics that might influence this relationship. This study analyzes the correlations between the perception of empowerment of the families, the family supports used, and the socio-demographic factors of both the child and the family. The study consisted of 44 families who received family-centered EI services. Our results show that families mainly used formal supports, followed by informal supports, and, to a lesser extent, intermediate supports. This indicates that families with children who receive EI preferably use the support network based on EI programs, schools, and professionals. Along with this formal support network, primary caregivers rely on their partners, parents, or friends—that is, the informal support network. Family empowerment was not correlated with age, diagnosis, or the reason for referral to EI; on the other hand, it was related to the supports where the families with the lowest empowerment scores were those who made greater use of formal support over informal support. Early intervention professionals must know, from the first encounter, the type and level of support of each family to enhance the development of the child and promote empowerment in families.

Building sustainable communities for sustainable development: An evidence‐based behavior change intervention to reduce plastic waste and destructive fishing in Southeast Asia

AbstractEnvironmental crises often stem back to how humans make decisions and behave. Thus, the extent to which we can successfully address these challenges will depend on the extent to which we can design and deliver effective behavioral change interventions. This project examines how complex behavioral change interventions can be applied to modify human behavior of villagers living in coastal communities. Our work aimed to increase adoption of sustainable behaviors, protect marine biodiversity, improve community wellbeing, increase individual psychosocial skills and executive functions, and increase communal resiliency and adaptability. We conducted pilot and feasibility efficacy trials in two low‐resource coastal communities in Indonesia and Philippines. We used a single site case study and a quasi‐experimental design with control‐treatment matching to evaluate the intervention. Results include increased sustainable behaviors (e.g., recycling), increased prosocial behaviors (e.g., positive communication), and increased perceptions of empowerment for groups exposed to the intervention.

How professional quality of life is influenced by perceptions of empowerment in midwives

IntroductionProfessional quality of life is affected by various factors, such as people's perception of professional empowerment. This study aimed to investigate the role of midwives' personal perception of empowerment in their professional quality of life.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted with 380 midwives providing maternal and neonatal care services across five provinces of Iran. Data were collected using virtual platforms and analysed using descriptive and analytical tests including regression analysis.ResultsThe mean professional quality of life was high (59.7%) in most participants. Midwives' personal perception of empowerment alone predicted 17% of professional quality of life.ConclusionsGiven midwives' role in maintaining and improving maternal and neonatal outcomes, it is important to devise policies and plans to enhance midwives' perception of empowerment, especially with regards to autonomous practice and management.

Patients' reflections on undergoing non-myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and participating in a multimodal interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme: A qualitative study.

To explore participants' experiences and perspectives on the relevance and meaning of participating in the multimodal interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme named 'HAPPY', and the programme's influence on their handling of everyday life during and after non-myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A qualitative interview study using Thorne's interpretive description methodology. A semi-structured interview guide and the analysis were inspired by symbolic interactionism. From April to July 2020, individual interviews were conducted with 24 patients who had participated in HAPPY while undergoing non-myeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. HAPPY contributed to the patients' knowledge building on the basis of three themes: Social Solidarity and Comparison, Processing Mind and Body, and Balancing Disease and Life. HAPPY supported the participants in maintaining their physical functioning and induced a perception of empowerment. Moreover, HAPPY supported patients in their efforts to familiarise themselves with their changed life conditions after the stem cell transplantation. Our findings showed that participation in HAPPY empowered patients to manage and cope with the stresses of everyday life and restore balance in their lives whilst undergoing treatment and confronting their cancer diagnosis. The findings underline the importance of elements of peer support and continuous support and facilitation from the specialist team, and the possibility to rethink the use of online technology to support and ensure a balance between disease and life and to minimise hospital visits.

Caregiver Inclusivity and Empowerment During Family-Centered Rounds.

Despite widespread adoption of family-centered rounds, few have investigated differences in the experience of family-centered rounds by family race and ethnicity. The purpose of this study was to explore racial and ethnic differences in caregiver perception of inclusion and empowerment during family-centered rounds. We identified eligible caregivers of children admitted to the general pediatrics team through the electronic health record. Surveys were completed by 99 caregivers (47 non-Latinx White and 52 Black, Latinx, or other caregivers of color). To compare agreement with statements of inclusivity and empowerment, we used the Wilcoxon rank sum test in unadjusted analyses and linear regression for the adjusted analyses. Most (91%) caregivers were satisfied or extremely satisfied with family-centered rounds. We found no differences by race or ethnicity in statements of satisfaction or understanding family-centered rounds content. However, in both unadjusted and adjusted analyses, we found that White caregivers more strongly agreed with the statements "I felt comfortable participating in rounds," "I had adequate time to ask questions during rounds," and "I felt a valued member of the team during rounds" compared with Black, Latinx, and other caregivers of color. Congruent with studies of communication in other settings, caregivers of color may experience barriers to inclusion in family-centered rounds, such as medical team bias, less empathic communication, and shorter encounters. Future studies are needed to better understand family-centered rounds disparities and develop interventions that promote inclusive rounds.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Scholars has emphasized that community involvement are an important factor in achieving sustainable tourism goals, including community empowerment. The study purpose is to identify community perception of social empowerment resulted from tourism development, to analyze the community involvement in tourism development and to analyze the relationship between community involvement and perceptions related to social empowerment in tourism development. The method employ in this research was a quantitative approach (i.e., household survey). The result showed that majority respondents have a positive perception related social empowerment indicators, including conflict in the area. Community involvement in tourism industry and decision-making process could enhance respondents’ perceptions toward social empowerment indicators. It can be seen from the percentage of the respondents who has positive perception is higher than those who do not involve in tourism industry or decision-making process. The interesting finding is, however, despite the limited resources due to island condition and the ethnic composition that dominate by certain ethnic group, the conflict occurs in the area seems to be low. Since more respondent are disagree if tourism in their area increase the conflict. &#x0D; &#x0D; Key words: community involvement, decision-making process, tourism industry

Understanding the pathways to women’s empowerment in Northern Ghana and the relationship with small-scale irrigation

Women’s empowerment is often an important goal of development interventions. This paper explores local perceptions of empowerment in the Upper East Region of Ghana and the pathways through which small-scale irrigation intervention targeted to men and women farmers contributes to women’s empowerment. Using qualitative data collected with 144 farmers and traders through 28 individual interviews and 16 focus group discussions, this paper innovates a framework to integrate the linkages between small-scale irrigation and three dimensions of women’s empowerment: resources, agency, and achievements. The relationship between the components of empowerment and small-scale irrigation are placed within a larger context of social change underlying these relationships. This shows that many women face serious constraints to participating in and benefitting from small-scale irrigation, including difficulties accessing land and water and gender norms that limit women’s ability to control farm assets. Despite these constraints, many women do benefit from participating in irrigated farming activities leading to an increase in their agency and well-being achievements. For some women, these benefits are indirect—these women allocate their time to more preferred activities when the household gains access to modern irrigation technology. The result is a new approach to understanding women’s empowerment in relation to irrigation technology.

Understanding Health Empowerment From the Perspective of Information Processing: Questionnaire Study.

BackgroundMassive, easily accessible online health information empowers users to cope with health problems better. Most patients search for relevant online health information before seeing a doctor to alleviate information asymmetry. However, the mechanism of how online health information affects health empowerment is still unclear.ObjectiveTo study how online health information processing affects health empowerment.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study that included 343 samples from participants who had searched online health information before the consultation. Respondents' perceptions of online information cues, benefits, health literacy, and health empowerment were assessed.ResultsPerceived argument quality and perceived source credibility have significant and positive effects on perceived information benefits, but only perceived argument quality has a significant effect on perceived decision-making benefits. Two types of perceived benefits, in turn, affect health empowerment. The effects of perceived argument quality on perceived informational benefits and perceived decision-making benefits on health empowerment are significantly stronger for the high health literacy group than the low health literacy group (t269=7.156, P<.001; t269=23.240, P<.001). While, the effects of perceived source credibility on perceived informational benefits and perceived informational benefits on health empowerment are significantly weaker for the high health literacy group than the low health literacy group (t269=–10.497, P<.001; t269=–6.344, P<.001). The effect of perceived argument quality on perceived informational benefits shows no significant difference between high and low health literacy groups.Conclusions In the context of online health information, perceived information benefits and perceived decision-making benefits are the antecedents of health empowerment, which in turn will be affected by perceived argument quality and perceived source credibility. Health literacy plays a moderating role in the relationship of some variables. To maximize health empowerment, online health information providers should strengthen information quality and provide differentiated information services based on users' health literacy.

The Effects of Budgetary Control System, Belief System and Employee’s Perception of Empowerment: A Test of Three-way Interaction

The Effects of Budgetary Control System, Belief System and Employee’s Perception of Empowerment: A Test of Three-way Interaction

Compassion, communication, and the perception of control: a mixed methods study to investigate patients’ perspectives on clinical practices for alleviating distress and promoting empowerment during awake craniotomies

Purpose To inquire into clinical practices perceived to mitigate patients’ intraoperative distress during awake craniotomies. Methods This mixed-methods study involved administration of Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale and PTSD Checklist prior to the awake craniotomy to evaluate anxiety and information-seeking related to the procedure and symptoms of PTSD. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Depression Module of the Patient Health Questionnaire were administered before and after the procedure to evaluate generalized anxiety and depression. Patient interviews were conducted 2-weeks postprocedure and included a novel set of patient experience scales to assess patients’ recollection of intraoperative pain, overall distress, anxiety, distress due to noise, perception of empowerment, perception of being well-prepared, overall satisfaction with anaesthesia management, and overall satisfaction with the procedure. Qualitative data were analysed using conventional content analysis. Results Participants (n = 14) had undergone an awake craniotomy for tissue resection due to primary brain tumours or medically-refractory focal epilepsy. Validated self-report questionnaires demonstrated reduced levels of generalized anxiety (pre mean = 8.66; SD = 6.41; post mean= 4.36; SD = 4.24) following the awake craniotomy. Postprocedure interviews revealed very high satisfaction with the awake craniotomy and anaesthesia management and minimal levels of intraoperative pain, anxiety, and distress. The most stressful aspects of the procedure included global recognition of medical diagnosis, anxiety provoked by unfamiliar sights, sounds, and sensations, a perception of a lack of information or misinformation, and long periods of immobility. Important factors in alleviating intraoperative distress included the medical team’s ability to promote patient perceptions of control, establish compassionate relationships, address unfamiliar intraoperative sensations, and deliver effective anaesthesia management. Conclusion Compassion, communication, and patient perception of control were critical in mitigating intraoperative distress. Clinical practice recommendations with implications for all clinicians involved in patient care during awake craniotomies are provided. Use of these interventions and strategies to reduce distress are important to holistic patient care and patient experiences of care and may improve the likelihood of optimal brain mapping procedures to improve clinical outcomes during awake craniotomies.

I've Got the Power: Nurses' Moral Distress and Perceptions of Empowerment.

Nurses experience moral distress when they feel disempowered or impeded in taking the ethically right course of action. Research suggests an inverse relationship between moral distress and empowerment. In the intensive care unit, providing palliative care services may reduce moral distress because palliative care is often provided in situations that give rise to moral distress. To evaluate the effect of nurses' use of a palliative care screening tool on their moral distress and perceptions of empowerment. A pretest-posttest pilot study was conducted involving day-shift medical intensive care unit nurses. The nurses administered a palliative care screening tool to their assigned patients daily for 8 weeks and communicated the results to an attending physician or fellow. Demographic information was collected, along with data on nurses' moral distress and perceptions of structural and workplace empowerment before and after the intervention. Moral distress was evaluated using the Moral Distress Scale-Revised. Perceptions of structural and workplace empowerment were quantified using the Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II and the Global Empowerment Scale, respectively. Preintervention and postintervention surveys were completed by 17 nurses. Paired-sample t tests revealed a significant decrease in the frequency of moral distress (t16 = -2.22, P = .04) and a significant increase in workplace empowerment (t16 = -2.75, P = .01). No significant changes in moral distress intensity or structural empowerment were found. Nurses' sense of empowerment and the frequency of moral distress are favorably affected by active participation in assessing and communicating patients' palliative care needs.