Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Background In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of middle managers in organizational structures and processes is increasingly pivotal. Positioned at the nexus of strategic directives and operational execution, they play an important role in driving digital transformation. This study discusses the under examined domain of middle manag...
The fluoroquinolone restriction for the prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection (FIRST) trial is a multisite clinical study in which sites carry out a preauthorization process via electronic health record-based best-practice alert (BPA) to optimize the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in acute care settings. Our research team worked clos...
peer reviewed / The abundance of technological innovations has dramatically increased the prominence of digital transformation processes in many organizations and sectors. At the present time, digital transformation is first and foremost depicted in the literature as a strategy carefully elaborated and deployed by diligent executives. This stands i...
Based on an in-depth analysis of a successful large-scale agile transformation, this article sheds light on the evolving role of line managers during the transformation. At the beginning of the transformation, line managers act like “missionaries” and leverage influencing mechanisms in their attempts to foster the adoption of agile values. At matur...
While leadership is one of the most discussed concepts in the social sciences, there is a need for more scholarly research that examines the ambiguous leadership position of middle managers, and how their leadership work is perceived in practice. In this article, we follow the recent research turn of adopting a social constructionist view of leader...
International audience
I denna studie undersöker vi mellanchefens roll i mitten av organisationen. Rollen som mellanchef porträtteras i tidigare forskning som komplex då positionen är av både över- och underordnad karaktär, och innefattar därmed en dubbelriktad lojalitet. Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka vad som motiverar mellanchefen att vilja axla denna kompl...
The covid-19-pandemic has affected many companies and businesses in society, the retail business being one of them. The pandemic has caused a decrease in sales and many stores have had to make staff reductions. The responsibility of managing the store, as well as managing the changing work conditions, lands in the hands of the store managers. Previ...
Published in Journal of nursing management
To explore the experiences of middle management nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. The outbreak of COVID-19 has placed extraordinary demands on health care systems worldwide, which were found mostly unprepared. In this situation, middle management nurses played a strategic role because they acted as a link between organizational di...
