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    In review of the related empowerment literature, the author finds that many scholars actually use the term “job strain” or “job stress” to describe the psychological strain of employees in the organization. In order to maintain and avoid the term confusion, the author does not employ the original terms and uses the term “role strain” in this study.

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Wang, X. (2015). Theoretical Framework. In: Empowerment on Chinese Police Force's Role in Social Service. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45614-9_3

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