Organizational agility, dynamic managerial capability, stakeholder management, discretion, and project success: Evidence from the upstream oil and gas sectors by Muh Arifuddin Budiman, Budi W. Soetjipto, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti, Setyo Wijanto

“…The study notes the essential roles of strategic management literacy in mediating the relationship between perceived managerial discretion and project success in Indonesia and provides insights for middle managers seeking to foster the success of projects by considering strategic management literacy.…”
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Integrative strategy formation process and the management of complex work - a microorganizational analisys by Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda, Maria Teresa Canet-Giner, Fernando Juan Peris-Bonet

“…After the case analysis it has been identified two different variables (flexibility and the role of the middle manager) that can have an influence in the subject of study; also, it has been found that if there is an important fit between the variables that define an integrative strategy formation process and the design variables used in the management of work, the process will be more efficient and, consequently, the organisation will obtain better results.…”
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Business performance for private higher education institutions in Malaysia by Ahmad, Hartini, Hashim, Fariza, Abu Bakar, Abdul Rahim, Md Isa, Filzah

“…In view of today’s development in the world economy, and globalization, Malaysia recognises that ‘knowledge’ is the passport to prosperity and social stability.The purpose of the study to identify the performance of Private Higher Education Institutions (IPTS) Malaysia based on each main factors, namely reputation, accreditation, admission, and finance.Initially, the failures Private Higher Education Institutions (IPTS) this could affect Malaysia's aspiration to become an education hub in the region.The interviews were conducted with personnel the senior and middle managers of the PHEIs, who are able to give the right information and related to the research questions by getting the data collection personally from the participants themselves.The important factors of these for business performance of the PHEIs, i.e. 1) clear and well defined mission, values and strategy; 2) top management and leadership style and support; 3) participation and total involvement that leads to performance; 4) transformation and change management; 5) human resource management; and 6) departmental integration and communication.…”
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The Moderating Effect of Organizational Climate on the Relationship Between of Total Quality Management (TQM) on Organisational Sustainability: The Case of the Hotel Industry in Sa... by Alharbi, Khalid, Yusoff, Rushami Zien, Al-Matari, Ebrahim Mohammed

“…The sample of the study consisted of 204 middle managers working in 932 hotels located in five Saudi cities namely Mecca, Madinah, Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province. …”
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The mediating role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between transformational leadership and corporate entrepreneurship by Samer Ali Al-Shami, Salama Jamal Rafeea, Massila Kamalrudin, Tika Widiastuti, Abdullah Al Mamun

“…Surveys were collected from 154 middle managers representing a broad range of healthcare institutions in the United Arab Emirates. …”
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Corporate entrepreneurship and business performance: The moderating role of organizational culture in selected banks in Pakistan by Waheed Ali Umrani, Kabiru Maitama Kura, Umair Ahmed

“…Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from middle managers of Big Five banks of Pakistan. A two-step approach to structural equation modeling was used. …”
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Identification and Prioritization of Tourism Development Strategies in Chabahar Free Trade- Industrial Zone using SWOT- AHP Approach by habiboallah salarzehi, Armina mirzadeh

“…The study population consists of30 individuals among active high and middle managers, senior investment expertsand investors and pundits in the tourism industry. …”
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Leadership, power, and symmetry by Ole Michael Spaten

“…This article focuses on leadership, power and moments of symmetry in the coaching relationship regarding managers coaching their employees and it is asked; what contributes to coaching of high quality when one reflects on the power aspect as being immanent? Fourteen middle managers coached five of their employees, and all members of each party wrote down cues and experiences immediately after each session. …”
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Planned change process in the framework of Lewin’s field theory, knowledge stickiness theory and unlearning: A case study of the libraries merger in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad... by سمیه سادات آخشیک, مهری پریرخ, محمد حسین دیانی

“…The research population consisted of librarians (40), senior managers (5) and middle managers’ (11) of FUM libraries. Research tools for the three groups consisted of questionnaires, interviews) and focus group discussions in unfreezing, moving and refreezing phase. …”
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Between Crime and "Doxa": Researching the Worlds of State-Corporate Elites by David Whyte

“…The article begins with a brief summary of the theoretical and methodological approaches to the research which involved interviews with government officials and senior and middle managers in corporations that were exploiting the commercial opportunities opened up in the aftermath of the invasion and subsequent occupation. …”
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Pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga dan Konflik Keluarga- Pekerjaan Pada Niat Karyawan Untuk Keluar dari Pekerjaannya Dengan Gender, Dukungan Sosial, dan Nilai Individu Keluarga... by , PUTU IRMA YUNITA, , Dr. Gugup Kismono, MBA.

“…This study use 210 low and middle manager of four and five star hotels in Bali as a respondents. …”

Human resource management practices in building learning organizations: a study of large manufacturing organizations in Malaysia / Norashikin Hussein by Hussein, Norashikin

“…Data were collected using mail questionnaires sent to middle managers and nonexecutive employees of manufacturing organizations in Malaysia……”
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The influence of trainees' characteristics and environmental factors on the effectivess of training by Ismail, Edora, Din, Ghazali

“…The study examined the relationship between trainee characteristic and environmental factors with the perception towards transfer of training.The outcomes of the successful training transferability were observer based on the impact on the job performance self-competencies and organizational commitment.A company operated in Malaysia took part in the study. 178 middle managers were selected as sample for the have significant relationship with the perception towards transfer of training. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SERBIAN NATIONAL CULTURE AND NATIONAL CULTURES OF SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BY GLOBE PROJECT APPROACH by Milena Nedeljković, Jelena Vukonjanski, Milan Nikolić, Olga Hadžić, Marica Šljukić

“…The results of the GLOBE project were based on the data collected from samples which consisted of middle managers. In this paper, we used the GLOBE project approach to clustering process because of its importance from the point of view of international business cooperation. …”
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Training of Production Managers for Machine-building Enterprises by I. A. Ivanov, G. E. Persiyanova

“…The result is an acute shortage of qualified top managers and middle managers, whereas university graduates can’t find specialty related occupation.To assess the needs of machine-building industry in production managers and various professionals a study was conducted at Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, which is the largest machine-building enterprise in Russia for production of mainline freight and passenger electric locomotives. …”
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Educational leadership on the Chinese mainland: A case study of two secondary schools in Beijing by Manhong Lai, Lijia Wang, Wei Shen

“…However, we found that her efforts were being hindered by middle managers.…”
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Trust in management, change resistance and work engagement on startup employees in Indonesia by Dhimas Fachri Aziza, Fiona Niska Dinda Nadia

“…The participants actively involved inthis study were 100 start-up members at the staff to middle manager level and were selected based on a purposivesampling technique. …”
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A knowledge management metrics model for measuring strategy implementation success by Okfalisa, Okfalisa, Alias, Rose Alinda, Wong, Kuan Yew, Chong, S. C.

“…It can guide the top and middle managers in making decisions to support the achievement of strategy implementation success.…”

The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation by Fatimah, Mahmud, Baba, Md Deros, Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab, Norazidah, Shamsudin

“…A survey questionnaire was sent 700 middle managers involved in oil palm plantation and palm oil mill in Malaysia. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Business Strategies on Innovative Performance (Case Study; Ministry of Defense Companies) by Amirhosein saadat, Ebrahim Mahmoodzadeh, Alireza Bushehri, Reza Hosnavi

“…The statistical population of this study includes middle managers and top managers of 82 companies under the Ministry of Defense who were selected by simple random sampling for the research sample. …”
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