Cognitive Elements of Empowerment: An "Interpretive" Model of Intrinsic Task Motivation

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Thomas, Kenneth W.
Velthouse, Betty A.
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1990
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This article presents a cognitive model of empowerment. Here, empowerment is defined as increased intrinsic task motivation, and our subsequent model identifies four cognitions (task assessments) as the basis for worker empowerment: sense of impact, competence, meaningfulness, and choice. Adopting an interpretive perspective, we have used the model also to describe cognitive processes through which workers reach these conclusions. Central to the processes we describe are workers' interpretive styles and global beliefs. Both preliminary evidence for the model and general implications for research are discussed.
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Academy of Management Review, 1900, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 666-681.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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