... (PBC), their involvement in the change process (IIC), and their overall attitudes towards the change (ATC). The alternative OC models were tested using data from a sample of over 300 middle managers from an Italian public sector service provider company undergoing a radical process of change...

...Michael Morley; Teri McConville Purpose This paper aims to report a study into the role of middle line managers, in public services, in relation to devolved HRM. The paper notes that the intermediacy of middle management leads to a distinct and unique form of role tension. A model is offered...

... to manage their staff effectively. The middle manager’s is thus an intermediate, vicarious job devoid of entrepreneurial and managerial responsibility. His [sic] autonomy is regulated and prescribed by the division and organisation of labor within the company… This function is not simply scaled‐down...

...Stephen Procter; Graeme Currie; Helen Orme The concern of this paper lies with empowerment of middle managers in a community health trust. It considers the impact of traditional structures and cultures upon the level of decision which middle managers are empowered to make. The conclusion reached...

...Helen Newell; Sue Dopson Considers the extent to which one organization through rationalization and redundancy programmes has violated its psychological contracts with its middle manager employees by removing the prospect of a traditional career. Offers a review of the issues raised...

.... The results of that comparison are also given in this paper. In an extensive survey of middle management[ 1 ] it was reported that, in the UK, middle managers anticipated more of their work being undertaken in teams than is presently the practice. Indeed, in that survey, sponsored by the British...