Outila et al. (2020), Organization Studies

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

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Middle managers in a Russian subsidiary used proverbs to reconcile an imported 'western' empowerment concept with local ideals of good management, acting as both translators and implementers.

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