Objectives To explore the potential tension between the need for managers to produce measurable change and the skills required to produce cultural change, and to investigate how managers of primary care trusts are attempting to deal with this tension. Design Qualitative case studies using data derived from semistructured interviews and a review of published documents. An established cultural fr...

This study examined the perceived importance of line managers and middle managers in virtual teams of what work roles and leadership functions are necessary to promote virtual team success and performance. Using Quinn’s (1988) competing values framework it was found that control-related roles of directors and producers were perceived to be most important. With years in a leading position, the r...

OBJECTIVES To explore the potential tension between the need for managers to produce measurable change and the skills required to produce cultural change, and to investigate how managers of primary care trusts are attempting to deal with this tension. DESIGN Qualitative case studies using data derived from semistructured interviews and a review of published documents. An established cultural ...

BACKGROUND Regional networking between services that provide mental health care in Brazil's decentralized public health system is challenging, partly due to the simultaneous existence of services managed by municipal and state authorities and a lack of efficient and transparent mechanisms for continuous and updated communication between them. Since 2011, the Ribeirao Preto Medical School and th...

Middle managers, it turns out, can assist a business in implementing significant changes and achieving its vision goals by facilitating top management’s communication with lower managers or subordinates. This study aims to analyse bibliometric measures relevant middle dilemmas examining publishing trends, delving into information about the trending of authors’ keywords, probing conceptual evolu...

organizational culture and managers' personal attitudes play a crucial role in conducting change initiatives, especially strategic change. in this regard, middle managers' commitment to change is of great importance and cynicism is the biggest obstacle in forming this commitment. in the present study, it is investigated whether organizational justice dimensions, senior management supp...