Empowerment among generations. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Usha; Weimar, Daniel
• Is Part Of: German journal of human resource management =. Volume 31:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 328
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Cluster analysis -- empowerment -- generations -- responsibility; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- Germany -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 658.3
• DOI: 10.1177/2397002217719864
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2397-0022

Abstract

The study investigates differences in people's attitudes towards empowerment among generations and other demographic variables as there are only few insights available so far. Therefore, a combination of a hierarchical and a non-hierarchical cluster analysis is used, leading to two clusters termed 'empowered employees' and 'less empowered employees'. Chi-square tests are applied to investigate the differences in the demographic variables among the clusters. Furthermore, a discriminant analysis is carried out to check the segmentation strength and the consistency of the clusters. Additionally, multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) and logit estimations are used as a robustness check. Results indicate that people from Generation X and the Post-war Generation are more likely to tend towards empowerment than Baby Boomers.