BPS Occupational Digest: Managers in the middle shape change their own way

Via Scoop.it – personnel psychology

The middle child can be an awkward position in a family, and this is just as true in the workplace. Middle management juggle responsibilities to their reports and their managers, a feat trickiest when leadership decide that the organisation needs to change. Do they dutifully implement the bosses’ plans, or cling to the manageable status quo? A recent qualitative study suggests this group take a third role, of ambivalent change agents.
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