Exploring Empowerment Across Different Organizational Structures and Countries: A Comparative Multi-Case Study of Chinese and Japanese High-Tech Companies

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10.2991/978-94-6463-527-0_3How to use a DOI?

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Organizational Formalizations; Empowering Leadership Behaviors; high-tech Companies; Institution Theory

Abstract

This study investigates empowerment implementation from Macro-perspective. By categorizing organisational structure into two types and examining companies in China and Japan, we adopted a multi-case study approach to explore empowerment in eight high-tech companies. Based on our two-by-two matrix, the finding revealed the unique features of empowerment across two countries. Meanwhile, based on our cases, we suggest four propositions for high-tech companies to explore the value of empowerment. This study contributes to understanding empowerment in diverse organizational and cultural contexts and offers practical propositions for managers to effectively implement empowerment in the future.

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© 2024 The Author(s)

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xi Zhao
AU  - Ou Yang
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/09/28
TI  - Exploring Empowerment Across Different Organizational Structures and Countries: A Comparative Multi-Case Study of Chinese and Japanese High-Tech Companies
BT  - Proceedings of the SSEME workshop on Economics and Management (SSEME-EM 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 15
EP  - 28
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-527-0_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-527-0_3
ID  - Zhao2024
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