Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration
Working Papers,
Örebro University, School of Business
No 2003:2: Empowerment in organizations: Autonomy as second-order capacity
Owe L. Johansson ()
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Owe L. Johansson: Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Postal: Örebro University, Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show that the conception of autonomy as second-order capacity, i.e. the capacity to reflect on and change our personal motivational structures, e.g. preferences and desires, should be of particular interest to the scholarly debate on empowerment. Two major implications of the conception are discerned to support this claim. Firstly, this conception of autonomy can help to get the easily neglected issues of second-order reflection and procedural independence more into focus when empowerment is discussed. Secondly, this conception also makes it harder to neglect employee participation in the strategic decision making
Keywords: Empowerment; autonomy; preferences; second-order capacity
JEL-codes: L20
12 pages, August 9, 2004
Price: 100 SEK
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