Empowerment: Doctor vs Nurses

Silvia Akter

doi:10.18034/abr.v1i2.133

Authors

Silvia Akter East West University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/abr.v1i2.133

Keywords:

Empowerment, leadership, Hospitals, Motivation

Abstract

This paper aims to see the levels of empowerment exist in the private hospital in Dhaka city, considering the case of doctors and nurses. A small sample of 40 respondents from the two private hospitals was chosen randomly. The theories of empowerment are discussed and the results are analyzed in respect to the theories which shows that doctors are more empowered than the nurses.

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Author Biography

Silvia Akter, East West University

Faculty of Business, East West University, Dhaka, BANGLADESH

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