Role of middle managers in dealing with hierarchy and network logics: exploration in the context of Sino-Foreign Cooperative University

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 15; p. 1328675
• Main Authors: Li, Jiaxin, Zhang, Xiaojun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 2024
• Subjects: hierarchical organization; institutional complexity; middle managers; multiple logics; network organization; middle managers; institutional complexity; hierarchical organization; network organization; multiple logics

While organizations tend to introduce network mechanism to activate the potential of members in the hierarchical dominated context, it is not clear how individual members deal with the complexity caused by two logics of hierarchy and network. To address this gap, this study focuses on the role of mi...