The resilience of 'institutionalized capitalism': Managing managers under 'shareholder capitalism' and 'managerial capitalism'

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 687-710

  Morris, Jonathan ^a,b   Hassard, John ^c,d   McCann, Leo ^c  

^a Department of Organizational Analysis ^*

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRM; Japan; Middle managers; Organizational governance; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449138430     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708091767     Document Type: Article

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