Tuuli, M M and Rowlinson, S (2007) Towards a conceptual framework of empowerment and job performance in project teams. In: Boyd, D (ed.) Proceedings of 23rd Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2007, Belfast, UK.
Abstract
Emerging project delivery arrangements, increasing complexity of projects and client requirements, are having substantial impact upon the roles and responsibilities of individuals and teams across the entire construction supply chain. Individuals and teams deployed at the inter-organisational interface at the project level are increasingly assuming greater responsibility for strategic aspects of projects. The concept of employee empowerment has thus been emphasised as key to engendering performance at the project level. Despite its long history however, empowerment still remains a diffuse concept, a characteristic that has retarded its development and appropriate use. An integrative conceptual framework of the empowerment process is developed as an interaction between employee cognitions (psychological empowerment) and empowerment climate, created by the dynamic interplay of contextual factors emanating from the individual, team, organisation and project levels. Empowerment is then construed as a constellation of employee cognitions of autonomy and the capacity to perform meaningful work that can impact project and organisational goals. Ultimately, enhancing the job performance of individuals and teams through empowerment will depend on a better understanding of what empowerment entails and the mechanisms through which empowerment influences performance.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | job performance; motivation; psychological empowerment; social cognitive theory; structural empowerment |
| Index terms: | interaction, conceptual framework, history, project delivery, complexity, project team, employee empowerment, cognition, client requirements, construction supply chain, motivation, empowerment, social cognitive theory |
| Subjects: | professional development, management, theoretical framing, behavioral psychology, systems engineering, cognitive psychology, construction logistics, architectural and construction history, project delivery, psychology |
| Topics: | Project Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Procurement, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 CTA |
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