Putting Giddens into action: social systems and managerial agency
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This article examines the influence of Anthony Giddens on recent work in management studies, especially the contribution of his structurationist perspective to understanding managerial agency. A citation analysis and discussion of prominent exponents such as Ranson et al. (1980), Andrew Pettigrew and Hugh Willmott, concludes that Giddens' influence is substantial but lopsided. Giddens' concern for the intersection and tension between different social systems has been particularly neglected. Drawing on the insights of current 'institutionalist' studies of societal influences on organizations, the article builds a structurationist account of managerial agency that is founded on the contradictions within and between different social systems. The article ends by considering the implications of this structurationist account for current concerns with managerial leadership, organizational symbolism and strategic choice. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 1992
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Cross-cultural role expectations in nine European country-units of a multinational enterprise
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Research on role expectations of 104 staff in 9 offices of an international business enterprise shows considerable variation, suggesting the influence of local cultures. Significant differences were also discovered between employees and managers for expectations about employee and managerial roles.
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 2001
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The underpinnings of 'bureaucratic' control systems: HRM in European multinationals
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Issues discussed concern management control systems and resources mobilization in international business enterprises. Topics addressed include social control systems and human resource management principles in German and British multinational organizations.
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 2000
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