Repository logo
 

Autonomy and empowerment for middle managers in Jamaican local (municipal) authorities: a positioning strategy for change leadership/management

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorRoache, Darcia Ann Marie
dc.contributor.authorThomson, Stanley Bruce
dc.contributor.authorMuschette, Richard Oliver
dc.contributor.editorWilmot, Ann-Marie
dc.contributor.editorThompson, Canute Sylvester
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-06T17:11:20Z
dc.date.available2025-06-06T17:11:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe chapter explores how chief executive officers' (CEOs) leadership styles in municipal corporations (MCs) in Jamaica affect middle managers' autonomy and empowerment for change leadership in times of crises. The CEOs' leadership styles contribute to the performance of middle managers' fulfilment of their organizational mandate. Fourteen participants (senior and middle managers), with at least 10 years of working experience at the senior and middle management levels, participated in this study to explore human lived experiences using a case study approach. The qualitative case study used NVivo 12 software to analyze data collected using semi-structured interview questions on how CEOs in MCs can empower middle managers with autonomy to effectively perform their jobs. The findings reveal that when CEOs empower and give autonomy to middle managers, such an action could transform local government organizations and encourage best practices for organizational change in times of crises.
dc.description.urihttps://macewan.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MACEWAN_INST/1mogj0i/cdi_igi_books_10_4018_978-1-6684-4331-6_ch008
dc.identifier.citationRoache, D., Thomson, S. B., & Muschette, R. (2022). Autonomy and empowerment for middle managers in Jamaican local (municipal) authorities: a positioning strategy for change leadership/management. In A. Wilmot, & C. S. Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of research on activating middle executives’ agency to lead and manage during times of crisis. IGI Global. https://www.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4331-6.ch008
dc.identifier.doihttps://www.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4331-6.ch008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3948
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectbusiness management
dc.subjectleadership styles
dc.subjectchange management
dc.subjectJamaica
dc.titleAutonomy and empowerment for middle managers in Jamaican local (municipal) authorities: a positioning strategy for change leadership/managementen
dc.typeBook Chapter

Files

Collections

Department of International Business, Marketing, Strategy and Law