Access to information and empowerment perspectives in health services

This study highly supports the role of empowerment in a health organization. The aim of the study is to emphasize the impact of empowerment dimensions (access to information, resources, workplace support, and development opportunities) over the workplace satisfaction, commitment, justice and workplace exhaustion. Two questionnaires were administered to measure empowerment and organizational climate in a sample of 108 hospital workers. The regression analysis revealed the role of empowerment dimensions on employees' attitudes/perceptions. Management should promote the empowerment practices in healthcare organizations and pay attention to the monitoring of empowerment practices effects on employees attitudes and performances. (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of PSIWORLD2011