Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian, Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers
There is a need for more comparative empirical research that examines middle manager roles in strategic change. This paper reports a study of middle managers in two dynamic settings: the Asia/Pacific region – Malaysia and Thailand; and Central/Eastern Europe – Hungary. Results of 213 respondents...
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| author | P. Joshi, Maheshkumar D. Sherman, Hugh Schermerhorn, John R. |
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| description | There is a need for more comparative empirical research that examines middle manager
roles in strategic change. This paper reports a study of middle managers in two dynamic
settings: the Asia/Pacific region – Malaysia and Thailand; and Central/Eastern Europe –
Hungary. Results of 213 respondents across three countries indicate that middle managers
from all three tend toward use of authoritarian management styles even in proactive
strategic change situations. However, Hungarians are less likely to use these styles than Thai
and Malaysian middle managers. For all three countries, managers with less work
experience were found to have lower tendencies to use an authoritarian style of
implementation. When top managers exhibit an aggressive strategic posture, middlemanagers from all three countries are also less likely to use an authoritarian style. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-358332017-07-25T07:59:46Z http://eprints.usm.my/35833/ Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian, Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers P. Joshi, Maheshkumar D. Sherman, Hugh Schermerhorn, John R. HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management There is a need for more comparative empirical research that examines middle manager roles in strategic change. This paper reports a study of middle managers in two dynamic settings: the Asia/Pacific region – Malaysia and Thailand; and Central/Eastern Europe – Hungary. Results of 213 respondents across three countries indicate that middle managers from all three tend toward use of authoritarian management styles even in proactive strategic change situations. However, Hungarians are less likely to use these styles than Thai and Malaysian middle managers. For all three countries, managers with less work experience were found to have lower tendencies to use an authoritarian style of implementation. When top managers exhibit an aggressive strategic posture, middlemanagers from all three countries are also less likely to use an authoritarian style. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35833/1/AAMJ_9-2-2.pdf P. Joshi, Maheshkumar and D. Sherman, Hugh and Schermerhorn, John R. (2004) Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian, Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 9 (2). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/9.2.2004/AAMJ%209-2-2.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management P. Joshi, Maheshkumar D. Sherman, Hugh Schermerhorn, John R. Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian, Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title | Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian,
Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title_full | Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian,
Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title_fullStr | Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian,
Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian,
Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title_short | Strategy Implementation Styles Of Malaysian,
Thai And Hungarian Middle Managers |
| title_sort | strategy implementation styles of malaysian thai and hungarian middle managers |
| topic | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/35833/1/AAMJ_9-2-2.pdf |
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