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Lagerman, Moa, and Mikael Pietilä. "Middle Managers : Facing Everyday Challenges." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-140.

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<p>Many industries have gone through changes in the last decades, everyone involved have been affected but few have encountered the same amount of changes as the middle managers. Being in the centre of the organisation, torn between wills, middle managers have struggled during the last years to redefine their job. There exists research describing their workdays, what they do and how they spend their time, but we have not found any study that has tried to investigate what challenges the middle managers face.</p><p>The purpose of this study is to identify the challenges faced by internally-promo
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Holm, Petra, and Sara Johansson. "Middle Managers' Planning and Perceived Stress." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-141.

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<p>Problem: A hardening business climate all over the world has resulted in company downsizing, which in turn has increased the workload and created a more stressful workday for middle managers. This has developed a new pressure upon middle managers to manage their work days efficiently, and in order to do this they have to make good use of their restricted time. One way to handle this is to utilize more efficient planning and time allocation, which also might have an impact on middle managers’ perceived stress.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze everyday plan
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Månsson, Ulf. "Stress : The Middle Managers everday life." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-89.

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<p>Flera undersökningar åskådliggör att organisationsstruktur spelar en avgörande roll och påverkar anställdas attityder och arbetsresultat. Organisationskultur beskriver hur medlemmarna upplever organisationens karaktär och har en starkt motiverande effekt hos organisationens medarbetare. De humana organisationerna är de effektivaste och undersökningar styrker argumentet att ledare påverkar sina anställdas arbetstillfredsställelse och arbetsresultat. Med anledning av detta är det förhållandevis logiskt att de framgångsrikaste ledarna medvetet skapar en stark organisationskultur på sin arbetsp
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Payaud, Marielle Audrey. "Formation des stratégies et middle managers /." Paris ; Budapest ; Torino : l'Harmattan, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39991765s.

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Gatt, Rebecca Maria. "Managing from the middle : a labour process analysis of middle managers." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/41210.

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This thesis examines the labour process (LP) of middle managers (MMs) in a large public sector organisation in Malta. The role of MMs, at least in Anglo-American countries, tends to stretch across management functions (controlling subordinate employees and coordinating work) and labour functions. In the case of Malta, however, the general management functions have not been separated from specialist expert functions which impacts upon the LP of MMs. The MMs analysed in this study were specialist managers, performing a dual-role as managers and experts. As a consequence of the considerable speci
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Wilson, Richard James. "Explaining middle managers' responses to change initiatives." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413796.

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ARDUINI, SILVIO CARLOS. "The oragnizational role of Brazilian middle managers." Doctoral thesis, Università Bocconi, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11565/4051014.

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Fadhl, Abraheem Qassim. "ETHICAL PRACTICES OF THE MIDDLE MANAGERS IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7653.

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Magister Commercii - MCom<br>Middle managers play an important role in contemporary organisations, particularly in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Research on middle managers in a HEI environment suggests that their roles, work practice and identities are under-researched. Middle managers occupy a central position in organisational hierarchies where they are responsible for implementing senior management plans. In HEIs in SA academic middle managers/heads of departments (HODs) face many challenges that are not commonly found in conventional organisations. In this qualitative study the co
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Englund, Jenny, and Lisa Bäckvall. "Middle Management : Constraints and Enablers for Middle Managers' Sensemaking and Sensegiving Process." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-873.

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<p>As a result of organizational restructuring, the role of the middle managers has changed over time. Studies of change processes have increasingly placed focus on middle managers. According to researchers, middle managers play a key role in implementing the change. When putting the change into practice, there are factors affecting the middle managers. However, further research is needed regarding what constrains and enables the middle manager in these change processes.</p><p>Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to explore the sensemaking and sensegiving process during organizational chan
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Brelsford, Noelle. "Do middle level managers contribute to strategic development? : a study of the practices of middle level managers in strategic renewal." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/378257/.

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This qualitative research explores the third-order sensemaking practices of middle level managers that could be seen as antecedents of strategic renewal within their organisations, and whether these micro-practices are context-specific or generalisable and transferable. The intention is to answer calls for deepening our understanding of the practices of middle level managers on influencing and changing strategic actions (Jarzabkowski and Spee, 2009; Kwee et al., 2011; Mantere, 2008; Rouleau and Balogun, 2007, 2010), and contribute to the juxtaposition of the bodies of literatures on strategic
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Robertson, R. D. "Middle managers in secondary schools : rhetoric and reality." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2002. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/22327/.

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This thesis is concerned with contrasting the rhetoric and the reality experienced by teacher middle managers. A significant number of teachers interviewed in the study see this rhetoric as being generated at and promulgated from the 'centre. The thesis considers how this centrally devised rhetoric influences teacher middle managers in secondary schools. The thesis utilized a 'grounded theoryapproach. Class teachers, teacher middle managers and senior managers in two secondary schools were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. These teachers were also observed as they interacted with c
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Joseph, Janine Marcelle. "Professional development programme for middle managers at schools." Thesis, Peninsula Technikon, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1905.

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Thesis (MTech (Education))--Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town, 2005<br>In order for productive and positive interaction and growth to occur, schools need to be regarded as organisations with a specific purpose and aim. This means that very definite duties and responsibilities need to be structured to ensure that the organisation operates smoothly and that it achieves its aims and goals. In turn, smooth organisational operation will also determine its effectiveness and efficiency and the impact it has on educators, learners and the community. A professional development programme for middle m
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MINELLI, MICHELE. "MIDDLE MANAGERS AND DIVESTMENT DECISIONS IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/57900.

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Il progetto di ricerca riguarda le decisioni di disinvestimento ed il coinvolgimento del management di livello intermedio nelle iniziative di disinvestimento. L’obiettivo principale è quello di comprendere il processo decisionale sottostante alle decisioni di disinvestimento nelle grandi aziende multinazionali, con particolare attenzione agli asset di business. I manager di livello intermedio sono chiamati spesso a valutare gli asset di business e scegliere quali tenere e quali vendere, nell’ambito del portafoglio di asset detenuti da un’azienda. Utilizzando il framework di dynamic capabilitie
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MINELLI, MICHELE. "MIDDLE MANAGERS AND DIVESTMENT DECISIONS IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/57900.

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Il progetto di ricerca riguarda le decisioni di disinvestimento ed il coinvolgimento del management di livello intermedio nelle iniziative di disinvestimento. L’obiettivo principale è quello di comprendere il processo decisionale sottostante alle decisioni di disinvestimento nelle grandi aziende multinazionali, con particolare attenzione agli asset di business. I manager di livello intermedio sono chiamati spesso a valutare gli asset di business e scegliere quali tenere e quali vendere, nell’ambito del portafoglio di asset detenuti da un’azienda. Utilizzando il framework di dynamic capabilitie
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Ferguson, Samual R. "Managerialism and the middle manager : A comparative analysis of middle grade support managers in a UK and an Irish university." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534742.

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Nazar, Gabriela. "Employability and career identity : Chilean male, middle-aged middle managers' narratives of career." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29296.

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The relationship between the self and organisations in the changing work context is the main focus of this study. The concept of career identity is explored and its relationship with employability discussed in light of evidence from a study of middle-aged, middle managers in the three industries in Chile. Using mixed methods an initial mapping of the objective aspects of career was attempted, followed by a narrative approach to access to the sensemaking process individuals develop to construct and inform their identities at work. Findings indicate that Chilean managers’ careers tend to unfold
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Wise, Christine Susan. "The role of academic middle managers in secondary schools." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30950.

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This study focuses on academic curriculum team leaders in secondary schools who are in middle management positions and assesses their role following the Education Reform Act of 1988. It examines both their perceived role, along with how that relates to the tasks they prioritise, and their stated role. The expectations of others within their school are considered and compared with findings of other studies established by analysis of current literature. A model is developed to classify the tasks expected of the academic middle managers to see if expectations and performance vary according to whe
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Chanjan, Documet Rafael Hernando. "Criminal liability of the middle managers and corporate crimes." Derecho & Sociedad, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117163.

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Corporate crimes have become a highly widespread phenomenon in modern industrialized societies. The aim of this paper is to offer criteria and elements to evaluate criminal liability of middle managers of a highly hierarchical company for criminal acts committed by employees, which have been adopted and conceived by top managers of the company. To this end, different theories that have arised from the criminal doctrine to penalize managers of a complex organization will be analyzed, as truemediate authorship, co-authorship, induction and authorship in the omission. The research is justified to
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Познанська, Аліна Олександрівна, Алина Александровна Познанская, and Alina Oleksandrivna Poznanska. "Development of algorithm for construction middle-managers incentive system." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/28792.

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Rawlins, Owen. "Factors influencing middle managers to enable or inhibit change." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64918.

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Organisations undergo various change initiatives as a result of both external and internal pressures in order to survive and prosper, yet it is estimated that approximately 70% of change initiatives fail. Middle managers play a vital role in change initiatives; however, little is known about their views regarding the factors that enable them to commit to change initiatives. The purpose of this study is to ascertain which factors influence middle managers to enable or inhibit change. Qualitative, exploratory research methods were employed in this study, with the data being analysed utilising t
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Bastoni, Marco Antonio. "Middle managers: estratégias para sobrevivência em ambientes corporativo mutantes." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/5670.

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Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:20:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 163074.pdf: 315377 bytes, checksum: 172ccab9752ad19a2ad8b3d2ce4acfc3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-23T00:00:00Z<br>Master´s degree work which identifies some survival strategies and work maintenance used by the middle management of three corporations installed in Brazil, one of high North-American technology, other of telecommunication based on Portuguese, Spanish and Brazilian investment and the last one a national corporation with family control. The study reaches to context the growing importance of the mi
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Nilsson, Robert O. "Desirable Competencies for Middle Managers in the Hospitality Industry." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-166410.

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The purpose of this thesis was to gain an updated understanding of the needs of thehospitality industry, and the desirable competencies for middle managers. Most previous studieshave stated the importance of continuant research on desirable competencies to update hospitalityeducators and students. This study was conducted to explore what competencies are desirable,why they are desirable, and how one can acquire them. Few, if any previous studies haveexplored how desirable competencies can be acquired. This thesis adapted qualitative methods togain a better understanding of the informants’ perc
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Teo, Philip. "Self-reported business leadership competencies of middle-level managers." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/818.

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This study aims to investigate self-reported managerial leadership competencies of middle-level managers in business organisations in Australia, and stems from the Karpin Report (1995) on perceived weaknesses in Leader hip and Management skills in Australia. The report leads to a need to investigate the perceptions of the current middle level business managers in regard to leadership competency and to develop a scale to measure leadership competency. A model of leadership competency, based on a literature review, was developed for this study and involves four aspects: Leading, Managing, Commun
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Chirwa, Maureen L. "Management skills of middle-level nurse managers in Malawi." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1996. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/952.

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Much has been written about the problems facing nurse managers in different countries including Malawi, yet the literature is sparse in relation to information about their perception of required management skills. There is enough evidence that nurse managers face many problems. These problems stem from different sources including organizational, economic, social or political changes. All changes within and outside the health care system affect nursing and its management. Nurse managers require relevant management skills to make valuable decisions and promote quality care, and enable them to mo
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Feltrinelli, Elena. "Middle Managers training in Italy: a firm-level analysis." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/367971.

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This research presents for the first time panel evidence on the performance and wage effects of middle mangers' training in Italy. It also offers an analysis of the determinants of training by investigating the relationship between training provision and firm characteristics. It is based on a rich and reliable panel dataset covering Italian firms for the years 2006-2011. Several estimation techniques and model specifications are implemented to argue that middle mangers' training significantly increases productivity and to prove the existence of a 'too-much-of a good' thing effect. Similarly a
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Feltrinelli, Elena. "Middle Managers training in Italy: a firm-level analysis." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2015. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1481/1/Doctoral_Thesis_EF.pdf.

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This research presents for the first time panel evidence on the performance and wage effects of middle mangers' training in Italy. It also offers an analysis of the determinants of training by investigating the relationship between training provision and firm characteristics. It is based on a rich and reliable panel dataset covering Italian firms for the years 2006-2011. Several estimation techniques and model specifications are implemented to argue that middle mangers' training significantly increases productivity and to prove the existence of a 'too-much-of a good' thing effect. Similarly a
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Johansson, Emily, and Johanna Svensson. "Implementing strategy? Don't forget the middle managers : Strategy implementation from a middle management perspective." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-64509.

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Business strategy in itself is a well-known concept in today’s academic literature and extensive research on strategy formulation can easily be found. Strategy implementation on the other hand has not been researched to the same extent. This seems to be contradictory when one takes into consideration that effective and efficient strategy implementation has been proven to have an incredibly large impact on the success of any firm, company or organisation. Furthermore, no strategy will be beneficial for a company if it cannot be implemented. Adding to the complexity of this situation, middle man
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Bergkvist, Fanny, and D'Ath Anna Johansson. "Juggling in the middle : Middle managers’ perceptions on leading through the complexity of change." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-147528.

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Dealing with change is crucial for organizations in order to survive in today's constantly changing business environment, such tasks are included in the role of the middle managers’. There are plenty of studies made on change and how managers’ successfully should lead through change, but managers’ own perceptions and considerations of what is important when proceeding with change, seems less researched. The aim of this paper is to contribute with a better understanding of how middle managers’ perceive their own position and leadership in change. A case study was conducted on a large internatio
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Chiang, Yam-wang Allan. "Motivation of middle level managers : a comparison of the public and private sectors in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12323226.

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Wang, Wei. "Middle manager leadership competencies in China perceptions of MBA and EMBA students at Nankai University /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3231911.

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Giltrow, Mark Andrew. "A comparison of middle and upper managerial behavior in Assessment Centers." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29228.

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Kubicek, Ernestine Balderrama. "Women in middle management : the impact of an involuntary job change /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Hewison, Alistair. "Middle management in the National Health Service : exploring the experience." Thesis, Coventry University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343166.

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Fadhl, Abraheem Qassim. "Ethical practices of the middle managers in a South African University." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7595.

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Masters of Commerce<br>Middle managers play an important role in contemporary organisations, particularly in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Research on middle managers in a HEI environment suggests that their roles, work practice and identities are under-researched. Middle managers occupy a central position in organisational hierarchies where they are responsible for implementing senior management plans. In HEIs in SA academic middle managers/heads of departments (HODs) face many challenges that are not commonly found in conventional organisations. In this qualitative study the contribu
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Wahl, Craig Paul. "The role of middle managers in creating a motivating climate." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019979.

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Middle managers are important role players in organisations today. They are the link between the executive and the employees of organisations. Managers must ensure that the employees under their supervision fulfil their duties and responsibilities in the execution of their tasks, in order that the organisation achieves the strategic goals as set by the executive. For employees to perform at their peak and to ensure continual motivation, employees should find themselves in a motivated work environment. Managers are key to establishing this motivating climate; however they are only able to do th
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Landa, Clive H. "Middle managers’ role in organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviours." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9313.

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“Any motivated behavior, either preparatory or consummatory, must be understood to be a channel through which many basic needs may be simultaneously expressed or satisfied. Typically an act has more than one motivation.” (Maslow 1943, p.370) Written before organizational behaviour had been named let alone studied as a separate discipline, Abraham Maslow warned of the dangers of assuming that an individual behaviour can be explained simply by a single motivation. This dissertation will argue that where organizations operate in the context of continuing downsizing over long periods it is necessa
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Lloyd, Catherine. "The role of middle managers in land based further education." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10042105/.

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This study explores the role of middle managers within specialist land-based provision. Middle management is currently under researched within further education and relatively little is known about the role in specialist settings. The study was influenced by the current context within the sector and the need for colleges to become more efficient whilst still meeting the needs of their local communities. This has led to a growing interest in new models of leadership which will enable them to meet current and future challenges. A qualitative study was undertaken and empirical data gathered throu
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Yang, Shiyi. "Career Success of Hospitality Female Middle Managers in Mainland China." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1481558462345824.

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Larsson, Patrik, and Petronella Rundwall. "Self-leadership in managerial work: the case of middle managers." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-34058.

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Background: The middle managers’ managerial work is characterised by the absence of clarityand structure around the work practice and implies excessive responsibility on the individual toorganise the work. Self-leadership is a tool for individuals to become more effective in their work and can provide middle managers with guidance in their unstructured work. Research Question: How do middle managers apply behavioural-focused strategies for self-leadershipin relation to their managerial work? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand and contribute with new theories about how m
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Coates, Nicholas Robert. "The psychological adjustment of middle managers after revolutionary organisational change." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008554.

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With the accelerated process of political and socio-economic transformation in South Africa, revolutionary organisational change has become a given in contemporary South African business life (Human & Horwitz, 1992). For revolutionary organisational change to succeed in South Africa, middle managers who represent the 'cement' of the organisation, need to adjust at the individual level. However, the literature on organisational change remains curiously silent about individual adjustment (Ashford, 1988). The goals of the research were firstly, to recount the middle manager's perceptions and expe
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Malemela, Lesabe Thomas. "Challenges faced by middle management at Shoprite Holdings LTD." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2572.

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Thesis (MBA) --University of Limpopo, 2017<br>Middle management at Shoprite faced challenges and their role is diverse and they lack strategies to cope with challenges within the organisation.Middle managers, in trying to balance the needs of senior and junior managers, often feel like ‘piggy-inthe- middle’, with potential for conflict and tension (McConville, 2006; Floyd and Wooldridge, 1992). A lack of leadership from senior management may compromise middle managers’ ability to take a professional approach to managing their area. Middle managers in Shoprite say that they want to be mor
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Motileng, Barnard Buti. "Affirmative Action the experience of people in middle management positions /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01252005-074747.

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Leiner, Marie A. "Business ethics among Mexican middle managers : a comparison between the national and international management influence in the moral development of Mexican middle managers at Mexican borderlands /." Ann Arbor, MI : UMI, 2000. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00076912.pdf.

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Jachimiak, Peter. "Middle management and the enactment of masculinity." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2002. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/middle-management-and-the-enactment-of-masculinity(8055911d-3612-4f34-90f5-4887cf7c02dd).html.

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Adopting a radically diverse organisation studies approach that embraces a Cultural Studies analytical framework, this thesis examines the ways in which today's middle managers enact masculinity. Considering the gender-orientated 'ways of being' of a middle manager within a contemporary organisational environment, the research gives equal credence to space, language and the body - termed Locations of Enactment - at a time when masculinity (and even middle management) is thought to be 'in crisis'. Focusing, primarily, upon a single case-study - a local authority social services department that
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Linstead, Alison Mary. ""No particular place to go" : a poststructuralist feminist reading of middle managers." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2003. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/16587/.

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This thesis examines the changes in managers’ construction of their identities during the last two decades of social and organizational change. It is based around a detailed interpretative study of middle managers in three companies, Carlux, Larts and Nylons. The three in-depth case studies were drawn from a wider sample and some additional data were also drawn from this wider sample. The thesis critically examines Gowler and Legge’s 1983/1996 model of managers’ construction of the meaning of management, and argues that the model is is need of extension - on the one hand, to add emphasis to di
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Al, Shirawi Thaira Mohammed. "Strategy implementation : exploring roles, perceptions, and expectations of middle managers' practices." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12817.

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Strategy and its successful implementation is the responsibility of all stakeholders in an organisation; however, thus far, most empirical research in the field of strategy has mainly focused on Boards of Directors or senior management. The dearth of research, as evidenced from the review of the literature concerning the roles of middle managers in strategy implementation, coupled with the disagreement of senior management on their importance, leaves room for discovery. Acknowledging the importance of middle managers’ roles and agreeing what is expected from them in strategy implementation pro
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Mayeko, Ncedisa. "Coping strategies of African women middle managers in the manufacturing industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1071.

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African women in South Africa have for decades, if not centuries, been marginalized in the workplace. With the dawn of the new South Africa came Affirmative Action and subsequently, the Employment Equity Act. These policies offered African women opportunities to enter the workplace. The review of the literature shows that the psychological functioning of African women managers has received minimal research attention. In addition, the literature review on coping focused on the individual and communal coping strategies which indicated that individual and systemic strategies have been neglected i
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Boyce, Dorothy. "The relationship between hardiness and coping effectiveness among nurse middle managers." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/917041.

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In balancing the divergent needs of staff, patients, families, support services and upper management, the nurse middle manager (NMM) in the acute care hospital faces daily stresses in dealing with the demands of the management role. The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between hardiness, a stress resistance buffer, and coping effectiveness among NMMs. The conceptual framework used in the study was Lazarus' theory of stress and coping. The study was based on a descriptive correlational comparative design. The instruments used were: (a) the Health Related Hardiness Scale (HR
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Mabena, Ashanti. "Surviving middle managers : a critical component to enhancing a restructuring process." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59856.

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Restructuring processes have increasingly become an adopted business strategy solution which is often implemented in order to manage the financial difficulties facing organisations in the current economic climate. While significant research has been conducted into understanding the effect such restructuring processes have had on surviving employees, very little is understood about how the implementation and execution of such processes may impact surviving middle managers. It was observed that business leaders do not always consider how remaining middle managers are affected by such processes a
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Cunningham, Elaine Constance Luscene. "Leadership Practices of Middle Managers in Selected Secondary Schools in Jamaica." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/457323.

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Educational Leadership<br>Ed.D.<br>The study was specifically designed to explore the leadership density in selected secondary schools by examining how leadership at the middle tier is conceived and implemented. This focus was predicated on the increasing demand to acknowledge the layers of leadership that exists in schools. Additionally, there is a growing need to direct attention to this tier by building their leadership capacities as the expectations regarding accountability in the educational system increases. In pursuing this investigation, a qualitative research design was used and there
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