TY  - JOUR
AB  - Looks at the effect of modern empowerment policies on middle management. The transition of middle managers from technical experts to coaches, and the position at the sharpest point of conflict between senior management and employees, means that empowerment often requires middle management to implement a policy which threatens their own jobs. Based on 28 management interviews and five focus groups held within two large UK organizations between 1995‐1996, this research seeks to to answer three central questions: How does empowerment affect middle managers? What coping mechanisms do they use? What are the implications for the organizations? The results show that, in line with previous literature, managers are resisting empowerment policies to some extent. However, the added fear of redundancy among middle managers means that they are, to varying extents, beginning to “act” their compliance to empowerment affecting the ultimate success of such initiatives.
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SN  - 0142-5455
DO  - 10.1108/01425459710171030
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459710171030
AU  - Denham Nicola
AU  - Ackers Peter
AU  - Travers Cheryl
PY  - 1997
Y1  - 1997/01/01
TI  - Doing yourself out of a job? : How middle managers cope with empowerment
T2  - Employee Relations
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 147
EP  - 159
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -