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ERIC Number: EJ653186
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-5629
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Negotiating Managerial Legitimacy in Smaller Organizations: Management Education, Technical Skill, and Situated Competence.
Taylor, Scott; Thorpe, Richard; Down, Simon
Journal of Management Education, v26 n5 p550-73 Oct 2002
Case studies of four British companies showed that management legitimacy and authority were negotiated along the axes of technical expertise and abstract knowledge. Employees required evidence of management competence, and structural indicators such as management degrees or courses did not confer unquestioned legitimacy. (Contains 62 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Competence, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Small Businesses, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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