For a sample of Shanghai firms, we find th larger firms still receive higher wages. Th between managers and non-managers is po have a lower percentage of middle and high

BACKGROUND Researchers have explored empowerment as an important condition for nursing staff but little current research focuses on empowerment from a middle-management perspective. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the empowerment of a middle-management group made up of only nurse managers (NMs) and assistant nurse managers (ANMs) in an acute-care hospital setting. ...

Literature around middle management has highlighted the importance of intra-organizational boundaries, focusing on in-betweenness and fluidity middle-managerial roles practices. Yet, this literature largely focused crossing stable, monolithic placing less emphasis plurality emerging boundaries ways in which they are constructed. Focusing as outcomes of, rather than only constraints upon, everyd...

Transaction banking is changing in a fast pace due to digitalization, changes in regulation, new competition in the market etc. This acronym VUCA describes this environment; Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. Due to changes in technology, politics and economics strategic renewal is critical to ensure long term survival. Middle managers play a vital role within strategic renewal ...

This paper explores whether the relationships among different dimensions of strategic planning outcomes are moderated by the predominant participation of top via middle managers in the strategic planning process. Drawing on survey data from 164 large firms, we use structural equation modeling to examine the relationships among four outcome variables. We provide support for three major findings....