Azambuja & Islam (2019), Human Relations

Working at the boundaries: Middle managerial work as a source of emancipation and alienation

Middle managers at a Brazilian accounting firm saw themselves as proactive, reflective agents yet also as lacking autonomy and belonging, and routinely shifted between active mediators and mere coordination devices.

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Start it close to the workMixed The middle's own weatherSupports

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What the research saysHow does change affect middle managers themselves?

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