“Trust But Verify”: How middle managers in a multinational use proverbs to translate an imported management concept

In this paper we report on how middle managers in a Russian subsidiary translate empowerment, a ‘western’ management concept imposed by the Finnish headquarters. The analysis shows that in their discursive struggles these middle managers mobilised proverbs to address competing discourses that reflec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Organization studies 2021-10, Vol.42 (10), p.1581-1601, Article 0170840620934065
Hauptverfasser:	Outila, Virpi, Piekkari, Rebecca, Mihailova, Irina, Angouri, Jo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Business & Economics Discourses Empowerment Head offices Management Middle management Middle managers Organization studies Proverbs Social Sciences Translation
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