This document defines and discusses several concepts related to identity: 1. Self identity is defined as one's own identity or individuality. Social identity is defined as the part of one's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a social group. 2. Social identity theory introduced the concept of social identity to explain intergroup behavior. Types of social identity include inter-personal and inter-group continuum. 3. Empowerment is defined as sharing information, rewards, and power with employees so they can make decisions to solve problems and improve performance. It is based on holding employees responsible for their actions.

3. DEFINATIONOF SELF IDENTITY
1. the identity of a thing with itself.
2. the consciousness of one's own identity or individuality.
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1. (Psychology) the conscious recognition of the self as having a unique identity
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6. DEFINATIONOF SOCIAL OR GROUP IDENTITY
A social identity is the portion of an individual's self-
concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social
group.[1] As originally formulated by Henri Tajfel and John Turner in
the 1970s and the 1980s,[2] social identity theory introduced the
concept of a social identity as a way in which to explain intergroup
behaviour.[3][4][5]
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7. TYPES OF SOCIAL OR GROUP IDENTITY
1. INTER-PERSONAL
2. INTER-GROUP CONTINUUM

8. DEFINTION OF EMPOWERMENT
A management practice of
sharing information, rewards,
and power with employees so that they can
take initiativeand make decisions to
solve problems and improve serviceand performance
.
Empowerment is based on the idea that giving
employees
skills, resources, authority, opportunity, motivation,
as wellholding them responsible and accountable for
outcomes of their actions, will contribute to
their competence andsatisfaction

9. According to author Stewart, in her book Empowering
People she describes that in order to guarantee a
successful work environment, managers need to exercise
the “right kind of authority” (p. 6). To summarize,
“empowerment is simply the effective use of a manager’s
authority”, and subsequently, it is a productive way to
maximize all-around work efficiency.
ECONOMICS EMPOWERMENT
In economic development, the empowerment approach
focuses on mobilizing the self-help efforts of the poor, rather
than providing them with social welfare. Economic
empowerment is also the empowering of previously
disadvantaged sections of the population, for example, in
many previously colonized African countries.[21]

10. According to Thomas A Porterfield,many organizational theorists
and practitioners regard employee empowerment as one of the
most important and popular management concepts of our time.
Calla discusses an inverse case: that of bogus empowerment.
Empowerment in international development
The UK's Department for International Development are working
to address constraints to the empowerment of adolescent girls in
developing countries. Researchers mapped organizations that
competitively seek innovative ideas from both the private and non-
profit sectors potentially to reach girls, youth and/or women in
developing country contexts and provides support in the forms of
finance and technical assistance to bring their ideas to market.

11. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
is an attitudinal, structural, and cultural process whereby
young people gain the ability, authority, and agency to make
decisions and implement change in their own lives and the
lives of other people, including youth and adults.
Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway
to intergenerational equity, civic
engagement and democracy building. Many local, state,
provincial, regional, national, and international government
agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations
provide programs centered on youth
empowerment.Activities involved therein may focus
on youth-led media, youth rights, youth councils,
youth activism, youth involvement in community decision-
making

12. DEFINATIONOF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION
Is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a
common name, tradition, and identity.
Examples of religious denominations within Islam
include Sunni, Shia, Ahmadiyya, Nation of
Islam, Ibadi, Sufism, Quranism, non-denominational
Muslims and Wahhabism is the dominant Muslim schools of
thought in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sub-groups among
Shias include Zaydis and Ismailis, while the Sunni schools are
more connected by seeing one another as equally valid.
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