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The Managerial Career after Downsizing: Case Studies from the `Leading Edge'

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  • Patrick McGovern

    (London School of Economics)

  • Veronica Hope-Hailey

    (Cranfield School of Management)

  • Philip Stiles

    (University of Cambridge)

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This paper sets out to investigate whether the recent wave of organisational restructuring has contributed to the further decline of the internally promoted manager or produced a new model of managerial employment in large organizations. Our research, which is based on in-depth case studies of eight major British-based employers, finds no evidence of the kind of transformational change associated with the introduction of a new model. Instead, we find that the traditional model of managerial employment has been eroded rather than replaced. The most notable changes include less job security - especially for those older than fifty - more emphasis on `managing your own career', fewer opportunities for upward promotion, and an increased emphasis on lateral career moves. We conclude by arguing that this restructuring adds further impetus to the decline of the internally promoted middle manager.

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  • Patrick McGovern & Veronica Hope-Hailey & Philip Stiles, 1998. "The Managerial Career after Downsizing: Case Studies from the `Leading Edge'," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 12(3), pages 457-477, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:12:y:1998:i:3:p:457-477
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    1. Jill RUBERY & Damian GRIMSHAW, 2001. "ICTs and employment: The problem of job quality," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 140(2), pages 165-192, June.
    2. Leo McCann & Jonathan Morris & John Hassard, 2008. "Normalized Intensity: The New Labour Process of Middle Management," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(2), pages 343-371, March.
    3. Dodd, Nigel, 2000. "Economic sociology in the UK," economic sociology. perspectives and conversations, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, vol. 2(1), pages 3-12.
    4. Leo McCann & John Hassard & Jonathan Morris, 2010. "Restructuring Managerial Labour in the USA, the UK and Japan: Challenging the Salience of ‘Varieties of Capitalism’," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 48(2), pages 347-374, June.

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