‘Bureaucracy-lite’ and Continuities in Managerial Work†

By C. Hales. 2002

173 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. N. Jacobshagen
2. Stefan Tengblad
3. Jonathan Morris
4. John S. Hassard
5. E. Galanaki
6. N. Papalexandris
7. Leo McCann

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Stefan Tengblad
2. Jonathan Morris
3. John S. Hassard
4. E. Galanaki
5. N. Papalexandris
6. Leo McCann

In Strategy and Management

1. N. Jacobshagen
2. Stefan Tengblad
3. E. Galanaki
4. N. Papalexandris

Citations in the corpus

• Normalized Intensity: The New Labour Process of Middle Management (2008, background): “Echoing Ackroyd (2002), Alvesson and Thompson (2004), Ackroyd and Thompson (2005), Hales (1999, 2005), and Littler and Innes (2004), we will argue that whilst major workplace change has undoubtedly taken place, claims of the ‘death of © Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2008 middle management’, the ‘end of…”
• I shouldn't have to do this: Illegitimate tasks as a stressor in relation to organizational control and resource deficits (2013, background): “However, studies indicate that this is not always the case in the fragmentized, often interrupted and uncertain operations management work reality of public sector organizations (Arman, Wikström, Tengelin, & Dellve, 2012; Hales, 2002).”
• Leadership’s Impact on Employee Engagement: Differences Among Entrepreneurs and Professional CEOs (2009, background): “Although bureaucracy sometimes proves necessary (Hales, 2002), it is usually negatively connected with employees’ commitment and motivation, especially when emphasis on processes overshadows other motivational effects.”
• Is there a New Managerial Work? A Comparison with Henry Mintzberg's Classic Study 30 Years Later (2006, background): “The existence of a new managerial work, however, is not really substantiated by empirical evidence, and its advent has been questioned by Hales (2002) based on a number of empirical studies of middle managers.”