Getting things done by middle manager
Much research has been conducted on the role of the middle manager; however, most of the studies in research on this topic have focused on the middle manager’s managerial work. However, upon surveying 2,183 managers at Japanese firms, we found that 87% of managers were actually engaged in nonmanager...
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Global Business Research Center
2020-11-01
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| author | Kaoru Tsuda Hidenori Sato |
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| description | Much research has been conducted on the role of the middle manager; however, most of the studies in research on this topic have focused on the middle manager’s managerial work. However, upon surveying 2,183 managers at Japanese firms, we found that 87% of managers were actually engaged in nonmanagerial work. Furthermore, in extreme cases where middle managers responded that there was either not enough or too much non-managerial work, team performance was poor, while in cases where middle managers did an appropriate amount of nonmanagerial work, team performance was good. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fe0dbcc4c044aa2b6a4bf2efbb5fd812022-12-21T23:21:36ZengGlobal Business Research CenterAnnals of Business Administrative Science1347-44641347-44562020-11-0119624125110.7880/abas.0200901aabasGetting things done by middle managerKaoru Tsuda0Hidenori Sato1Recruit Career Co., Ltd.Faculty of Business Sciences, University of TsukubaMuch research has been conducted on the role of the middle manager; however, most of the studies in research on this topic have focused on the middle manager’s managerial work. However, upon surveying 2,183 managers at Japanese firms, we found that 87% of managers were actually engaged in nonmanagerial work. Furthermore, in extreme cases where middle managers responded that there was either not enough or too much non-managerial work, team performance was poor, while in cases where middle managers did an appropriate amount of nonmanagerial work, team performance was good.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/19/6/19_0200901a/_pdf/-char/enmiddle managernon-managerial workteam performance |
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