Getting things done by middle manager

Abstract

Much research has been conducted on the role of the middle manager; however, most of the studies in research on this topic have focused on the middle manager's managerial work. However, upon surveying 2,183 managers at Japanese firms, we found that 87% of managers were actually engaged in nonmanagerial work. Furthermore, in extreme cases where middle managers responded that there was either not enough or too much non-managerial work, team performance was poor, while in cases where middle managers did an appropriate amount of nonmanagerial work, team performance was good.

Digital transformation and middle managers’ leadership skills and behavior: a group concept mapping approach

“…From various studies across different industries, it is widely agreed that middle managers are important for the success of an organization (Engle et al, 2017;DeFilippis et al, 2022). They play a crucial role in instigating change across the organization by influencing the mentalities and reasoning of their employees, as highlighted by Reynders et al (2020) and Tsuda and Sato (2020). Their function strongly influences the implementation of entire strategic directions, as Kieran et al (2020) emphasized.…”

Is shared leadership shared?

“…Shared leadership first became a leadership research topic in the mid-1990s (Zhu, Liao, & Yam, 2018. 2 An early study on the subject was Pearce and Sims (2002), who defined shared leadership by comparing it with vertical leadership, calling it "distributed influence 1 For example, Abe (2019), Kosuge and Takahashi (2016), Sato (2015), and Tsuda and Sato (2020) point out the importance of leaders in organizational transformation. 2 However, the starting point can be found in older studies.…”