Purpose

Strategy implementation is a critical component of firm performance and middle managers play a key role in the implementation process. This study was conducted to enhance the authors’ understanding of how middle managers influence strategy implementation (SI) effectiveness by investigating the impact of leadership and work team coordination.

Design/methodology/approach

A field study was conducted using interviews and survey data gathered from executive managers, middle managers and work team members within a large municipal organization undergoing a major strategic change.

Findings

Middle manager transformational and instrumental leadership have a direct positive impact on work team SI effectiveness. Additionally, middle manager transformational leadership has an indirect positive effect on work team SI effectiveness through coordination.

Practical implications

The study offers insights into managers and practitioners seeking to improve SI effectiveness by highlighting the importance of middle manager leadership development and the coordination of interdependent tasks within work teams.

Originality/value

The study provides valuable insight into an important but previously unstudied relationship between middle manager leadership and SI effectiveness. The work also helps bridge the chasm between leadership research and strategy research by linking leadership behavior to SI effectiveness – a key ingredient of firm performance.

中文翻译：

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战略实施：中层管理者的领导和协调作用

目的

战略实施是企业绩效的重要组成部分，中层管理人员在实施过程中发挥着关键作用。本研究旨在通过调查领导力和工作团队协调的影响，加深作者对中层管理人员如何影响战略实施 (SI) 有效性的理解。

设计/方法论/途径

我们利用从正在经历重大战略变革的大型市政组织内的执行经理、中层管理人员和工作团队成员收集的访谈和调查数据进行了实地研究。

发现

中层管理者的变革型领导和工具性领导对工作团队 SI 有效性有直接的积极影响。此外，中层管理人员变革型领导通过协调对工作团队 SI 有效性产生间接的积极影响。

实际影响

该研究通过强调中层管理人员领导力发展和工作团队内相互依赖的任务协调的重要性，为寻求提高 SI 有效性的管理者和从业者提供了见解。

原创性/价值

该研究为中层管理人员领导力与 SI 有效性之间的重要但之前未研究过的关系提供了宝贵的见解。这项工作还通过将领导行为与 SI 有效性（公司绩效的关键要素）联系起来，有助于弥合领导力研究和战略研究之间的鸿沟。