title: [Ideas of empowerment and their application: the example of vocational trainers in public hospitals].
abstract: Theories of empowerment differ in their assumptions about power, which can essentially be differentiated as either liberal, Marxist or post-structuralist. The liberal approach tends to intervene at the individual level while the Marxist and post-structuralist approaches do so at the systemic level. The case of vocational trainers in hospitals is adopted in this study as an example to illustrate the post-structuralist empowerment approach. The strategies of empowerment developed by these trainers include establishing peer support and dialectic relationships, transforming recognition about self-identity and organizational dynamics, developing action strategies, and connecting with other trainers for potential collective action.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health & Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming University. tywang@ym.edu.tw
authors.forename: Frank T Y
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D013663:Teaching