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empowerment  

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  • Empowerment is described as the opportunities a person has for power, choice, autonomy, and responsibility. The literature on organizational management and sociology of work indicates that empowerment is an alteration in the distribution of power in the workplace. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Empowerment]

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