McConville, Teri; Holden, Len - In: Personnel Review 28 (1999) 5/6, pp. 406-424
The central role of line managers in implementing human resource management, is widely acknowledged. There has, however … hospitals, this article demonstrates that middle line managers, positioned between the service’s decision‐making bodies and its … creates “role dissonance” for managers who must balance the various aspects of their work from a weak power base, and act as a …