University of Groningen
Dependent leaders
Voorn, Bart
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Voorn, B. (2018). Dependent leaders: Role-specific challenges for middle managers. University of Groningen, SOM research school.
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RELATED TO THE DISSERTATION
DEPENDENT LEADERS
ROLE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS
1. To lead is to be dependent. (this dissertation)
2. Leadership cannot cascade down the hierarchy without informational justice. (this dissertation, Chapter 2)
3. Assigned difficult goals have detrimental effects on middle managers’ behavior and performance. (this dissertation, Chapter 3)
4. Young middle managers experience high tenure in a position as “getting stuck in the middle.” (this dissertation, Chapter 4)
5. Middle managers are pivotal to organizational performance. (this dissertation) 6. Scientific research can be conducted not only embedded within - but also together
with- organizations. (this dissertation)
7. The art of management is at risk to be replaced by algorithms.
8. The unprecedented availability of data combined with the capability to convert them into meaningful insights further gives social sciences the credibility it deserves in the academic realm
9. “In science one must search for ideas. If there are no ideas, there is no science. A knowledge of facts is only valuable in so far as facts conceal ideas: facts without ideas are just the sweepings of the brain and the memory.” (Vissarion Belinsky)
10. “Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben.” (Alexander von Humboldt)
11. With a remarkable Byron and unique Herzen on thy side, one can win almost every fight
12. The best propositions are not aphorisms
