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Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa

Empowerment can be defined as a process of increasing the ability of an individual or a group to make choices and turn those choices into decisions and desired results. Accordingly, empowerment is a process in which a person becomes an agent of change through a transfer from "I can't"...

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Main Authors: Abd Rahman, Nurul Hayani, Mohamed Isa, Zuraidah
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah 2021
Subjects:
Leadership in women. Women executives
Leadership in women
Women in public services. Women in public life
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spelling my.uitm.ir.497862021-09-22T03:16:00Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49786/ Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa Abd Rahman, Nurul Hayani Mohamed Isa, Zuraidah Leadership in women. Women executives Leadership in women Women in public services. Women in public life Empowerment can be defined as a process of increasing the ability of an individual or a group to make choices and turn those choices into decisions and desired results. Accordingly, empowerment is a process in which a person becomes an agent of change through a transfer from "I can't" to "I can." Numerous studies have discussed empowerment. For example, a study conducted by Stromquist (1995) discussed empowerment with both cognitive and psychological components. Stromquist’s (2002) study stated that empowerment involves understanding oneself and reported on the importance of making choices and decisions in life that may go against cultural and social expectations. Thus, empowerment involves the process of improving the status and capabilities of individuals to enable them to lead their lives independently. Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49786/1/49786.pdf ID49786 Abd Rahman, Nurul Hayani and Mohamed Isa, Zuraidah (2021) Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa. FBM INSIGHTS Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah, 3: 3. pp. 5-6. ISSN 2716-599X https://kedah.uitm.edu.my/publication
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topic Leadership in women. Women executives
Leadership in women
Women in public services. Women in public life
spellingShingle Leadership in women. Women executives
Leadership in women
Women in public services. Women in public life
Abd Rahman, Nurul Hayani
Mohamed Isa, Zuraidah
Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
description Empowerment can be defined as a process of increasing the ability of an individual or a group to make choices and turn those choices into decisions and desired results. Accordingly, empowerment is a process in which a person becomes an agent of change through a transfer from "I can't" to "I can." Numerous studies have discussed empowerment. For example, a study conducted by Stromquist (1995) discussed empowerment with both cognitive and psychological components. Stromquist’s (2002) study stated that empowerment involves understanding oneself and reported on the importance of making choices and decisions in life that may go against cultural and social expectations. Thus, empowerment involves the process of improving the status and capabilities of individuals to enable them to lead their lives independently.
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author Abd Rahman, Nurul Hayani
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title Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
title_short Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
title_full Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
title_fullStr Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
title_full_unstemmed Understanding women’s empowerment / Nurul Hayani Abd Rahman and Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
title_sort understanding women’s empowerment / nurul hayani abd rahman and zuraidah mohamed isa
publisher Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah
publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49786/1/49786.pdf
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