Purpose – This paper aims to focus the attention of management educators and trainers internationally on the need for cooperation and coordination in developing management skills at the supervisory level. Such action is perceived not only as being highly beneficial in advancing effective...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the issues involved in managerial control and managerial identity in relation to the idea of a post‐bureaucratic organization. In addition it introduces the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what it means to be a manager in the context of working from home, or “flexworking”, as an increasingly common work practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is located within an interpretive interactionist perspective, drawing on...

Purpose – This paper seeks to show how the shift of paid work from traditional locations into the home environment raises serious questions of identity for managers who have started to work from home and who have to “cope with” the sometimes conflicting demands imposed by different...

Purpose – This paper aims to empirically explore the nature of tensions that emerge within the process of becoming a manager in the post‐bureaucratic organisation, by focusing on the emergence of project management as a key carrier of post‐bureaucracy. The paper seeks to address two...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the struggles of managerial identity in relation to the process of becoming/being a manager, and the personal conflicts involved within this process. Design/methodology/approach – In a qualitative, longitudinal project, five managers were...

Purpose – While the number of women in managerial positions has been increasing, the gender composition of top management teams is skewed. There are barriers and obstacles in place that limit the movement of women into leadership roles. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the effects of communicative interaction on integration and coordination of a commercial aerospace supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – A perspective of supply chains as complex activity networks is used for data analysis based on in‐depth...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to propose a theory about the convergence of paradox and complexity and the consequences of this. Design/methodology/approach – The author conducts an ongoing series of conversations with a range of thinkers in the academic and commercial domains Findings...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine characteristics that contribute to leaders' emergence and development as social advocates in their organizations and communities. Design/methodology/approach – Building on theories of social problems, influence, and impression management, this paper...