Middle Managers, Strategic Sensemaking and Discursive Competence [PDF]
, 2011 This paper seeks to better understand the way middle managers contribute strategically to the development of an organization by examining how they enact the strategic roles allocated to them, with particular reference to strategic change.
Rouleau, Linda, Balogun, Julia
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The Emotions of Management and the Management of Emotions: A Case Study of Middle Managers in a Change Context [PDF]
, 2006 The over-rational portrayal of middle managers has the intended or unintended consequence of masking and marginalising the emotional dimension demanded in this role.
Moore, Caroline
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Relationship between financial performances and marketing practices in the banking sector of Jordan [PDF]
Banks and Bank Systems, 2019 The study aims at analyzing the relationship between financial performances and marketing practices in the banking sector of Jordan. A questionnaire was distributed to 45 top, middle, and branch level managers of 15 banks. The financial data was obtained
Majed Khalil Shami
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“Expecting the unexpected?” Uncovering role expectation differences in a Dutch hospital
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The aim of this study was to empirically investigate differences in role expectations, among the stakeholders involved, about the devolved personnel management role of front-line managers (FLMs).
Milan Wolffgramm +6 more
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A study of the top and middle managers knowledge and attitude on the feasibility of applying Total Quality Management in hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Science in 2009 [PDF]
پیاورد سلامت, 2010 Background and Aim: Managers today work in a dynamic environment. Their role in creating quality is essential. Today paying attention to the quality of goods and services is the first Paiority in heath care organizations which is in with contact ...
A Ahangar, S Safarani, A Fayaz Bakhsh
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Perceptions of human resource professionals of challenges to and strategies for retaining managers
Acta Commercii, 2018 Orientation: Retaining and developing talented top- and middle-level managers who possess organisational-specific skills and experience promotes competitive advantage for organisations and is a long-term investment.
Danielle Uitzinger +2 more
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Uncovering middle managers' role in healthcare innovation implementation
Implementation Science, 2012 Background Middle managers have received little attention in extant health services research, yet they may have a key role in healthcare innovation implementation.
Birken Sarah A +2 more
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Management : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 2019 Previous studies rather neglected the issue of how nurses are satisfied with the usage of communication channels by their managers. This paper aims to discover how nurses in Croatia and Slovenia are satisfied with their managers’ usage of communication ...
Jasmina Starc +2 more
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What locals want: Jordanian employees' views on expatriate managers [PDF]
, 2014 This paper sheds light on the expatriate–local relationship based on local employees' perspectives of expatriate managers. Drawing on a survey of local employees working in three Western multinational banks in Jordan, the study explores local employees ...
Syed, Jawad +2 more
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Reluctant leaders : an analysis of middle managers' perceptions of leadership in further education in England [PDF]
, 2008 The research that forms the basis for this article draws attention to a group of middle managers who are reluctant to become leaders because they seek more space and autonomy to stay in touch with their subject, their students, and their own pedagogic ...
Gleeson, Denis, Knights, David
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