“Rozana Huq has made an important contribution to the subject of employee empowerment, highlighting both the positive and negative aspects of employee empowerment and providing rich examples of people and situations. This book will be of value not only to academics, but also to practitioners of both small and large enterprises who may wish to implement or improve employee empowerment.”
Professor Adrian Wilkinson
Director, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
Griffith University,
Australia.
“I was impressed with Dr Huq’s book and plan to recommend it to my current class. I will also add it to my readings for next year. Dr Huq’s book is the first I have seen that focuses on the reasons employee-based safety programs have so much difficulty being adopted…I have been asked by the school to develop a Leadership Practicum, which will be required by all students in order to graduate. I plan to include D Huq’s book as required reading for the Practicum.”
Dr James E Leemann, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor Tullane University, USA.
“Understanding, and effectively managing, the relationship between Empowerment and Leadership is one of the central issues of our time. Dr Huq’s research and analysis not only makes an important scholarly contribution to the theory of the subject but, in her well-presented and readable book, she makes invaluable suggestions on the critical area of the practice of employee empowerment. All individuals with leadership roles urgently need to rethink their ideas, roles and behaviours within Dr Huq’s insightful ‘Framework for Implementing Employee Empowerment Model’.”
Professor Bruce Lloyd London South Bank University, London, UK.
“To achieve effective management through empowerment, Huq argues convincingly in her ‘Framework for Implementing Employee Empowerment’ for a synergy of the managerial goals of effectiveness, efficiency and innovation with social work insights into power, personal relationship and psychological well-being. She challengingly highlights a paradox
that if a sustainable, productive future is to be found, would-be powerful leaders need to learn the lessons of how to create enabling and empowering environments from a profession who works with those pushed to the social margins”.
Professor John Pinkerton School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Queens University, Belfast, UK.
“Dr Rozana Huq is an inspiring and engaging speaker and teacher who I had the pleasure of observing in action. Rozana creates an interactive learning environment and has the rare ability to appeal to students from a diverse range of backgrounds and learning styles. Rozana’s capacity to bring together her own research findings and consultancy experience to the classroom triggers enthusiasm and deep learning from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Rozana is personable, knowledgeable, a great communicator and it was a joy to have her as a lecturer for our International MBA students.”
Dr Steven Kilroy, School of Management, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK.
“I had read and been inspired by the work of Dr Rozana Huq, QUB. Her research links themes of empowerment from the management and social work literature that are relevant to employee empowerment. I encourage you to look up Dr Huq’s research and see what it inspires in you and those you live and work with.”
Heather Palmer
HR Consultant, BBC
“Rozana’s coaching sessions were useful to talk through some current issues pertinent to the Senior Team. The most helpful tools and techniques I learnt were empathy and collaboration, listening skills and taking the time out to think and reflect was important. On a scale of 1 to 4 – I would rate Rozana’s style of coaching at number 1 (Excellent)! I would definitely recommend this one-to-one coaching to other leaders and managers.”
V McConville
Head of Business Development, NI Chamber of Commerce & Industry
“I enjoyed the business and leadership course because it was down to earth in meeting the needs of the people in the room being able to relate to how the structure of your business being a sole trader is so similar to the corporate business”.
Nuala O'Hare
Business Entrepreneur
“Well laid out, clearly communicated. Valuable tools that I can use to improve my business as well as my personal life”.
Connie Mercer
Business Entrepreneur
“The Business development course made me reflect on what I needed to do to move my business forward”.
M Douglas
Business Entrepreneur
“I invited Dr Huq as a guest speaker at the IrFUW Conference on Education: Empowering Women and Girls held at Queen’s University Belfast. Dr Huq gave a very informative lecture ‘On the Grounds of Humanity: Employee Empowerment and Corporate Social Responsibility’. Her research has made a considerable contribution to knowledge in response to the complexities surrounding the understanding of employee empowerment, at the conceptual and practical levels. Rozana has wide experience in teaching, lecturing and training.”
Dr Lavinia Boyce BEM
HR Consultant