期刊名称：The International Technology Management Review
电子版ISSN：1835-5269
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：1-6
DOI：10.2991/itmr.2016.6.1.1
语种：English
出版社：Atlantis Press
摘要：Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) depicts the sequential order of activities connecting externally generated knowledge into an organisation; this involves a company’s ability to acquire new knowledge from an external source, assimilate and transform it, and eventually exploit it via its industrial processes and products/services. The sandwiched role of middle managers, being interlinked between decision makers and employees, has been argued as vital to organisational success. However, their role is often viewed as having conflicts astride management i.e. between employees and decision makers. This study, using a thematic analysis approach, explores and identifies the common and conflicting role of middle managers, as viewed by different respondents in organisational hierarchies. Results, based on a sample of 33 employees operating in the Pakistan Pharmaceutical sector, indicate that conflicting roles of middle managers also persist with more common roles in organisations.
关键词：Absorptive Capacity; Common and Conflicting Roles; Decision Makers; Knowledge Management.
