Analysing variations in employee empowerment in Indonesia
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Hermawan, Aji
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Manchester
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
Manchester
Text preceding or following the note
2005
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This thesis aims to provide an examination of theory and practice of empowerment in an Indonesian context. It develops a theoretical analysis of empowerment based on literature from several disciplines including organisational behaviour, human resource management, community psychology, and political science. It integrates perspectives by taking advantage of the diversity offered by these disciplines, while recognising the limitations of one discipline, in order to produce a richly contextualised understanding of empowerment. As a consequence, this study also combines their different methodologies. It consists of four cases of manufacturing plants in Indonesia. The empirical work involved a survey of employees, interviews with management and employees, and analysis of corporate documents.