...John Gilbert; Peter Boxall Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings of a study of the management of senior managers. The aim is to describe the ways in which firms in a small economy, such as New Zealand, manage their managers and analyse how they deal with the strategic...

... highlight a number of key dimensions that can distort the rhetoric of human capital: corporate strategy, organizational structure, managerial style, and the cognitive frames of individuals. Practical implications The study suggests a need for senior managers to take pre‐emptive actions to close the gap...