The Review of Empowerment Leadership

Abstract

First, the paper starts with the meaning of power and empowerment and discusses the concept of empowering leadership. It summarizes the constructs and measuring instruments of empowering leadership by literature analysis. Second, on the basis of empirical researches, it analyzes the antecedents and effectiveness as well as intervening factors. Finally, it points out the limitations of current researches and some prospects for the future research.