title: A theoretical approach to studying work empowerment in nursing: a review of studies testing Kanter's theory of structural power in organizations.
abstract: Although work empowerment is a common theme in the current nursing systems literature, few systematic programs of research have studies the phenomenon from an explicitly theoretical framework. The author summarizes the results of a series of studies in a program of research designed to test Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Structural Theory of Organizational Behavior in the nursing population. Future directions for theory and research are proposed.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Laschinger
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D009938:Organizations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011584:Psychology