... and challenging elements in hospital reforms. The authors study the social aspects of management and the roles of middle managers in the aftermath of a hospital merger. Especially, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how professional staff and middle managers perceive their relationships with top managers...

... Service Commissioning Middle managers Primary care During the 1980 s, it was common for high‐profile management thinkers to argue that the middle‐management role should be attenuated or even phased out entirely. Responding to globalisation, changes in capital markets and demands from...