AngularJS (Restangular CRUD , Simplify / DRY Controllers?) - angularjs

Question

Below a small example of what I want to simplify. I have the same structure set up for a few other models, and was wondering if I could prevent typing out the same functionality but with just different messages/model.
Is it possible to reuse a controller & pass parameters? (In this case, the name of the model + the messages that need to be shown...). Ideally, I just want the basic CRUD controller to be reused, but allow custom methods, just in case.
angular.module('employees.controllers', ["templates.app", "ui.bootstrap"])
.controller("EmployeeListController", ["$scope", "$modal", "Restangular", function ($scope, $modal, Restangular) {
var Employee = Restangular.all("employees");
Employee.getList().then(function (employees) {
$scope.employees = employees;
})
$scope.createEmployee = function () {
$modal.open({
templateUrl: 'employees/partials/employees.manage.modal.tpl.html',
controller: 'EmployeeCreateController'
}).result.then(function (employee) {
Employee.post(employee).then(function (newEmployee) {
$scope.messageService.addMessage("success", "Employee was successfully created!");
$scope.employees.push(newEmployee);
});
});
};
$scope.deleteEmployee = function (employee) {
employee.remove().then(function () {
$scope.messageService.addMessage("success", "Employee was successfully deleted!");
$scope.employees = _.without($scope.employees, employee);
});
};
$scope.editEmployee = function (originalEmployee) {
$modal.open({
templateUrl: 'employees/partials/employees.manage.modal.tpl.html',
controller: 'EmployeeUpdateController',
resolve: {
employee: function () {
return Restangular.copy(originalEmployee);
}
}
}).result.then(function (employee) {
employee.put().then(function (updated_employee) {
$scope.messageService.addMessage("success", "Employee was successfully updated!");
var originalIndex = _.indexOf($scope.employees, originalEmployee);
$scope.employees[originalIndex] = updated_employee;
});
});
};
}]).controller("EmployeeCreateController", ["$scope", "$modalInstance", "$timeout", function ($scope, $modalInstance, $timeout) {
$scope.createMode = true;
$scope.form = {};
$scope.employee = {};
$scope.datepicker = {};
$scope.ok = function () {
if ($scope.form.createResource.$valid) {
$modalInstance.close($scope.employee);
}
};
$scope.open = function () {
$timeout(function () {
$scope.datepicker.opened = true;
});
};
$scope.cancel = function () {
$modalInstance.dismiss("cancel");
};
}]).controller("EmployeeUpdateController", ["$scope", "$modalInstance", "employee", function ($scope, $modalInstance, employee) {
$scope.createMode = false;
$scope.form = {};
$scope.employee = employee;
$scope.ok = function () {
if ($scope.form.createResource.$valid) {
$modalInstance.close($scope.employee);
}
};
$scope.cancel = function () {
$modalInstance.dismiss("cancel");
};
}]);