Purpose: The critical input of middle managers as they make sense of the organisation's plans is paramount during the process of strategic change. Through the lens of middle manager sensemaking literature, this explorative research identifies key organisational practices that underpin...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to advance our understanding of the role of risk in leader identity development for women by identifying processes women leaders employ to overcome perceived risk. Design/methodology/approach: Twenty-five women leaders in the Irish healthcare sector took...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the experiences of redress seeking and organisational responses for targets of bullying. Design/methodology/approach: A phenomenological research design was adopted. In total, 22 primary teachers (seven males, 15 females) in Ireland were...

Prior research indicates that individualism - collectivism orientations (I/C) of employees, as well as organizational justice perceptions - procedural and distributive justice perceptions - influence the following employee attitudes: affective/normative commitments, pro-social behaviour, team...