Who is ‘the middle manager’
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9891289 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Nancy Harding (0000-0002-5225-2870, University of Bradford, autor de correspondencia), Hugh Lee (0000-0002-1091-5066, University of Bradford, autor de correspondencia), Jackie Ford (0000-0002-9060-4005, Leeds University Business School, UK,, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2014 |
| Volumen | 67 |
| Número | 10 |
| Páginas | 1213-1237 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726713516654 |
| OpenAlex | W2158804052 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 41 |
| Referencias citadas | 70 |
Middle managers occupy a central position in organizational hierarchies, where they are responsible for implementing senior management plans by ensuring junior staff fulfil their roles. However, explorations of the identity of the middle manager offer contradictory insights. This article develops a theory of the identity of the middle manager using a theoretical framework offered by the philosopher Judith Butler and empirical material from focus groups of middle managers discussing their work. We use personal pronoun analysis to analyse the identity work they undertake while talking between themselves. We suggest that middle managers move between contradictory subject positions that both conform with and resist normative managerial identities, and we also illuminate how those moves are invoked. The theory we offer is that middle managers are both controlled and controllers, and resisted and resisters. We conclude that rather than being slotted into organizational hierarchies, middle managers constitute those hierarchies
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| Citas por año | 3,73 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
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