The competing roles of middle management: Negotiated order in the context of change

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-373

  Bryant, Melanie ^a   Stensaker, Inger ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interactionism; Middle managers; Negotiation processes; Organizational change; Theory of negotiated order

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052991532     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2011.586951     Document Type: Article

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