How middle managers' group-focus emotions and social identities influence strategy implementation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1387-1410

  Huy, Quy Nguyen ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

group focus emotion; middle manager; qualitative research; social identity; strategy implementation

Indexed keywords

GROUP-FOCUS EMOTION; MIDDLE MANAGER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTITY; STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MANAGERS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80455177226     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.961     Document Type: Article

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