autonomy
Definition 1
Degree or level of freedom and discretion allowed to an employee over his or her job. As a general rule, jobs with high degree of autonomy engender a sense of responsibility and greater job satisfaction in the employee(s). Not every employee, however, prefers a job with high degree of responsibility.
Definition 2
Rule of law that an individual must be held responsible for his or her behavior.
autonomy is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and HR, Teams, & Training subjects.
autonomy appears in the definitions of the following terms: high trust system, organizational culture, job enrichment, low trust system, autonomous work group, commonwealth, motivating factors, organizational structure and voluntary organization
autonomy appears in the other term: autonomy principle
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