Change From the Middle: A Grounded Theory Approach on Middle Manager-Initiated Organizational Change From a Southeast Asian Context

• Main Authors: Balgos, Marcial Orlando A, Jr, Ilac, Emerald Jay D
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: LMX; middle managers; organizational change; culture; Philippines; Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Leadership Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/333; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Prior studies on the strategic influencing done by middle managers emphasized on a unidirectional sensemaking and failed to explore how middle managers utilized discursive capabilities in engaging stakeholders in change projects. To forward this, we used the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory as em...