Hassard et al. (2012), Journal of Management Studies

‘My Brilliant Career’? New Organizational Forms and Changing Managerial Careers in Japan, the UK, and USA

Interviews with HR managers in large firms in Japan, the UK and the USA found most had downsized and delayered, promotions were scarcer and sideways moves more common, and middle managers were generally resentful.

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